People have said to me, “baptism is essential to salvation ... (Mosiah 18: 10 in the Book of Mormon). “Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me ...

A doorbell rings and there’s a cheerful, clean-cut Mormon teen, offering a book he says will change your life. Multiply that by about a dozen and you’ve got the iconic opening number of “The Book of ...