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"I think we may accept it as a rule that whenever a person's religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people's religions, he is in a bad condition." -C.S. Lewis (Collected Letters Vol. 3 p. 209)
STAY STRONG SAINTS OF GOD SO YOU CAN SAY AT THE LAST DAY:
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:7-8)
Paul wrote the Corinthian saints that he did not come to them with excellency of speech or of wisdom, because he had determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified (1 Cor. 2:1-2). He added that his preaching was not with enticing words of mans wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power (vs. 4). He did this, he explained, that their faith should not stand in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God (vs. 3).
Similarly, the Book of Mormon condemns those who hearken to the precepts of men, and [deny] the power of God and the gift of the Holy Ghost (2 Nephi 28:26).
Elder Bednar: Standing for truth and righteousness in and of itself is not somehow an inappropriate judgment of other people. We live in a time when we will need to stand for truth and righteousness. I will describe what I call the tyranny of tolerance. The tyranny of tolerance suggests that we have to be accepting of someone else's point of view, but that they don't have to have any tolerance for our point of view. So, tolerance goes both ways. The fact that we take a position and respectfully and thoughtfully articulate that position is not a judgement, it is just standing for what we believe to be true.
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I'm sad. I kept the old style format too.
Well have a good one and blessings to you.
Dawn