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Consider Conference: Faithful to the End

May 19, 2024 by FAIR Staff

2024 April General Conference, Saturday Evening Session

Faithful to the End

Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus
Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency

Main Points [Read more…] about Consider Conference: Faithful to the End

Filed Under: Consider Conference, General Conference, Jesus Christ, Youth

Consider Conference: Promptings of the Spirit

February 11, 2024 by FAIR Staff

2023 October General Conference, Saturday Afternoon Session

Promptings of the Spirit
Elder Gary E. Stevenson, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Main Points [Read more…] about Consider Conference: Promptings of the Spirit

Filed Under: Consider Conference, General Conference, Jesus Christ, Revelation, Temples, Youth

2023 FAIR Conference Ticket Sales Countdown – Day 7

July 22, 2023 by FAIR Staff

We’re in the final week of ticket sales for the 2023 FAIR Conference. If you’ve been considering attending in person but haven’t been able to decide whether to come or not, we want to help you make the leap! [Read more…] about 2023 FAIR Conference Ticket Sales Countdown – Day 7

Filed Under: Abuse, FAIR Conference, New Testament, Youth

For the Strength of Youth: A Higher and Holier Way

February 25, 2023 by Trevor Holyoak

By David W. Smith

In the October 2022 general conference, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf announced an updated version of the youth standards guidebook For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices. Elder Uchtdorf explained that the booklet “has been updated and refreshed to better cope with the challenges and temptations of our day.”

With the purpose of pointing youth to Christ, this new version is focused on “teach[ing] you eternal truths of His restored gospel” and “how to make righteous choices based on those eternal truths. . . . It focuses on values, principles, and doctrine instead of every specific behavior.” [1]

Have the Standards Been Relaxed? [Read more…] about For the Strength of Youth: A Higher and Holier Way

Filed Under: General Conference, Jesus Christ, Prophets, Questions, Revelation, Youth

What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU

September 1, 2022 by Cassandra Hedelius

BYU unquestionably made the right choice to remove an LGBT “resource pamphlet” from freshman welcome bags, but the public doesn’t understand why. Reporting has sympathetically portrayed student activists and their purported good motives, but failed to detail their disturbing and harmful recommendations. 

The latest tempest in the social media teapot features yet another clash between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the antagonism of the growing activist class. BYU administration prevented several groups from giving an LGBT “resource pamphlet” to all incoming Brigham Young University freshmen, and the groups are condemning it for censorship, breach of contract, and hard-heartedness toward the needs of its vulnerable students. 

But are you aware of what’s actually in the pamphlet – and why the school administration was unquestionably correct to intervene?  [Read more…] about What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU

Filed Under: Chastity, Gender Issues, Homosexuality, Mental Health, News stories, pornography, Youth

Come, Follow Me Week 24 – Ruth; 1 Samuel 1–3

June 6, 2022 by Trevor Holyoak

by BJ Spurlock

                When reading the scriptures, especially as one reads through the Old Testament, it is always helpful to ask the following questions:

  1. Where is Jesus Christ in the text?
  2. Where do we see gospel doctrines & principles that Jesus Christ taught?
  3. Where do we see gospel doctrines & principles that living Prophets are currently teaching?

                Seeing the Savior in the text as he interacts with his covenant children is of utmost importance. Elder Henry B. Eyring (at the time) made the following promise: [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me Week 24 – Ruth; 1 Samuel 1–3

Filed Under: Bible, Come Follow Me, Conversion, Doctrine, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Old Testament, Prophets, Women, Youth

Come, Follow Me Week 22 – Joshua 1–8; 23–24

May 23, 2022 by Trevor Holyoak

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Trying to Serve the Lord Without Offending the Devil

By Nick Galieti

(Originally published on February 11, 2015 as part of our “Rise Up” podcast for youth)

When it comes to living our lives, we have a lot of choices placed before us. We have our choice of schools to attend after high school, or even a choice of career path. Spiritually speaking, we have a choice to make. When viewing the world around him, even Joshua in the Old Testament dealt with this same question. In Joshua 24:14-15 he was speaking prior to his death and reflecting on the different choices that he made in his life when he recorded this often quoted passage: [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me Week 22 – Joshua 1–8; 23–24

Filed Under: Anti-Mormon critics, Bible, Book of Mormon, Chastity, Come Follow Me, Conversion, Homosexuality, Jesus Christ, Marriage, New Testament, Nick Galieti, Old Testament, Podcast, Priesthood, Prophets, Temples, Testimonies, Youth

The Church Of Jesus Christ and the BSA Bankruptcy Case

September 18, 2021 by Trevor Holyoak

By Cassandra Hedelius

Crossposted from Public Square Magazine

A few days ago, many saw the arresting headlines that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed to pay an enormous amount of money—a quarter of a billion dollars—to survivors of sexual abuse by Boy Scouts of America leaders. It’s a complicated legal situation, and an impossibly sad one, and I’ll do my best to make it clear what’s happening and why. (I’m a lawyer, but not a bankruptcy lawyer, and bankruptcy law is quite complicated, so I’m going to leave out a lot of legal nuances.)

I’m a parent of young children, and I can hardly fathom the horror I’d feel if one of them was abused. I can hardly fathom the pain, despair, and confusion abused children feel. I do know, from some personal experience with loved ones, how the effects of childhood abuse can persist all life long in depression, anxiety, difficulty forming loving relationships, problems in school and employment, and worse. At the end of the world, I expect the Lord will dispense mighty judgment against abusers and also merciful understanding to the many abusers who were themselves abused. [Read more…] about The Church Of Jesus Christ and the BSA Bankruptcy Case

Filed Under: News stories, Perspective, Youth

Come, Follow Me Week 37 – Doctrine and Covenants 98–101

September 6, 2021 by Trevor Holyoak

A Letter to my Seminary and Institute Students

by Louis Herrey

My dear young friends,

This week I had the chance to meet with several of you. As always, it is a joy to be around you. I deeply appreciate not only your attendance, but also your participation. You might not think your comments matter that much, but believe me, your words are a strength to me and to your classmates. I feel like I want to become a better person because of you.

I see the goodness in your faces; you have an honest desire to come closer to Jesus and grow in truth and light. All I want to say to that is: continue. Continue to walk in the light of your Savior, trusting Him with every step you take, showing gratitude each day for the grace that He gives you.

My heart is full, and there are many things I want to tell you. For starters, even if you might be facing more complex challenges in your live than I did in my youth, I still understand what you’re going through. I know that although you are filled with dreams and ambitions, it’s hard sometimes to know if you’re on the right path to fulfilling those. I know that although you have faith, sometimes you wonder if it’s strong enough – or even there at all. Some of you struggle with finding your identity, fighting off addictions, and suffering injustices caused by others. And on top of it all, you may ask, why is it such a struggle finding true love? [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me Week 37 – Doctrine and Covenants 98–101

Filed Under: Come Follow Me, Conversion, Doctrine and Covenants, Gospel Doctrine: D&C, Questions, Testimonies, Youth

Defending Agency

May 21, 2021 by Andrew Miller

Every church leader or parent has been confronted with the same basic argument—

“You can’t make me put my phone away! What ever happened to agency?”

“I can date before I’m 16 if I want to because I have agency!”

“You can’t tell me to wear a mask at church. I have my agency!”

“The Church’s stance on abortion is inconsistent with agency.”

“Why is the Church opposed to same sex marriage? Don’t we believe in agency?”

Partly because we place such a high doctrinal value on agency, Latter-day Saints are often poorly equipped to deal with these criticisms.

Before the world began, Lucifer “rebelled against [God], and sought to destroy the agency of man” (Moses 4:3).  Satan and his followers lost the ensuing war and were cast out, but they continue to “rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up in anger against that which is good” (2 Nephi 28:20). Satan has never conceded his loss; He persists in trying to “destroy the agency of man.”

[Read more…] about Defending Agency

Filed Under: Doctrine, Perspective, Questions, Youth

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