Showing posts with label Dallin H. Oaks. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Standing Your Ground

Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand. We must not surrender our positions or our values. The gospel of Jesus Christ and the covenants we have made inevitably cast us as combatants in the eternal contest between truth and error.
Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ—just like the Master—will be firm in the truth.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks - October 2014 General Conference "Loving Others and Living with Differences"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/loving-others-and-living-with-differences?lang=eng

Sacrament Responsibility

If the emblems of the sacrament are being passed and you are texting or whispering or playing video games or doing anything else to deny yourself essential spiritual food, you are severing your spiritual roots and moving yourself toward stony ground. 

Elder Dallin H. Oaks - April 2015 General Conference "The Parable of the Sower"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-parable-of-the-sower?lang=eng