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“Service that is given with little or no thought of personal advantage is an ideal to pursue for a lifetime.”

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Intellectual methods-study and reason-are essential to our progress toward eternal life, but they are not sufficient. They can prepare the way. They can get the mind ready to receive the Spirit. But what the scriptures call conversion-the change of mind and heart that gives us the direction and strength to move resolutely toward eternal life-comes only by the witness and…

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Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the…

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“Feeling the Lord magnify me professionally as I sought to serve him solidified my commitment to serve the Lord first. In doing so I…

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Priesthood power blesses all of us. Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as…

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Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand.

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As children of God, knowing of His great love and His ultimate knowledge of what is best for our eternal welfare, we trust in…

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The consumption of alcohol is increasing among youth. Targeting young audiences, advertisers portray beer and wine as joyful, socially desirable, and harmless. Producers are promoting new types of alcoholic beverages as competitors in the huge soft-drink market. Grocery and convenience stores and gas stations stock alcoholic beverages side by side with soda pop. Can Christians who are involved in this…

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We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can…

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All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

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Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

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When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice.

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Loving-kindness is required, but a follower of Christ-just like the Master-will be firm in the truth.

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Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male over female teachers,especially for boys, is seen in their superior physical strength,which often, if highly estimated, gives real dignity and commands real respect, and especially in the unquestionably greater uniformity of their moods and their discipline.

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