Instruments of the Lord’s Peace -Robert S. Wood Of the Seventy

LINK Instruments of the Lord’s Peace-Robert S. Wood of the Seventy, April 2006 Conference. Have we who have taken upon us the name of Christ slipped unknowingly into patterns of slander, evil speaking, and bitter stereotyping? I have a friend who is a member of a political panel that is seen each week on national television. Explaining her role, she said, “We are encouraged to speak before thinking!” We appear to be living in an era in which many are speaking without thinking, encouraging... ...more

What is the Awful Situation We Are Told To Awake To?

Ether 8:24 24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up. So what is the awful situation we are told to awake to? To awake to our awful situation is not to awake only to the fact that a secret... ...more