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• Required Readings Study Guide
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• 0. Course Introduction
  • The Plan and the Proclamation
    • What did President Oaks say converted Latter-day Saints believe about the Family Proclamation?→Converted Latter-day Saints believe that the family proclamation, issued nearly a quarter century ago and now translated into scores of languages, is the Lord’s reemphasis of the gospel truths we need to sustain us through current challenges to the family.
    • What process did the First Presidency and Quorum of Twelve use in the creation of the family proclamation?→The inspiration identifying the need for a proclamation on the family came to the leadership of the Church over 23 years ago. It was a surprise to some who thought the doctrinal truths about marriage and the family were well understood without restatement.8 Nevertheless, we felt the confirmation and we went to work. Subjects were identified and discussed by members of the Quorum of the Twelve for nearly a year. Language was proposed, reviewed, and revised. Prayerfully we continually pleaded with the Lord for His inspiration on what we should say and how we should say it. We all learned “line upon line, precept upon precept,” as the Lord has promised (D&C 98:12).
    • Elder Oaks declared that the Family Proclamation is a statement of eternal truth and the will of God for His children who seek eternal life. T/F?→True
    • Why did Elder Oaks say some people "consider this family proclamation as just a statement of policy that should be changed?”→Those who do not believe in or aspire to exaltation and are most persuaded by the ways of the world consider this family proclamation as just a statement of policy that should be changed. In
• 1. The Eternal Family and the Nature of God
  • Our Identity and Our Destiny https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/tad-r-callister_our-identity-and-our-destiny/
    • What doctrine defines our destiny? Why?→You are a child of God. He is the father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God! If one does not correctly understand his divine identity, then he will never correctly understand his divine destiny. They are, in truth, inseparable partners.
    • • What are the five witnesses that speak of our potential?→For our search of truth, we will turn to five witnesses—first and foremost to the testimony of the scriptures; second, to the witness of the early Christian writers; third, to the wisdom of those poets and authors who drink from the divine well; fourth, to the power of logic; and fifth, to the voice of history.
    • What three things allow us to have “unlimited opportunities to progress toward [our] destiny of godhood”?→Being immersed in a world of good and evil, having the capacity to choose, and being able to draw upon the powers of the Atonement resulted in man having unlimited opportunities to progress toward his destiny of godhood.
    • What logical reason do we have for believing in our divine destiny?→Do not the laws of science teach us that like begets like, each after its kind? Science has taught us that a complex genetic code transferred from parent to child is responsible for the child attaining the physical attributes of his parents.
    • Rather than viewing the saving ordinances as a checklist of actions, how should we see them?→they are the keys that open the doors to heavenly powers that can lift us above our mortal limitations.
  • ‘A Mother There’: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/mother-there-survey-historical-teachings-about-mother-heaven
    • What did President Hinckley teach about our ability to add to or diminish Heavenly Mother’s glory?→The fact that we do not pray to our Mother in Heaven in no way belittles or denigrates her. . . . None of us can add to or diminish the glory of her of whom we have no revealed knowledge.
    • Besides statements speaking of Heavenly Mother’s procreative role, what other roles and/or responsibilities have Church leaders spoken about?→we will share historical portrayals of Heavenly Mother as procreator and parent, as a divine person, as co-creator of worlds, as coframer of the plan of salvation with the Father, and as a concerned and loving parent involved in our mortal probation. Finally, we will sketch portrayals of her role in the eschaton.
    • Do we have evidence of General Authorities advising us not to speak about Heavenly Mother? (note: Howard Brewster is not a general authority)→[No.] Our investigation marshals evidence against some claims that General Authorities and other Church leaders have limited Heavenly Mother’s role to reproduction. It also refutes the suspicion that General Authorities have advocated a position of total sacred silence about her.
  • What did President Harold B. Lee teach about Heavenly Mother in comparison to our earthly mothers?→President Rudger Clawson (Quorum of the Twelve, October 10, 1989–June 21, 1943) disagreed that deifying our Heavenly Mother risked divided worship. He urged, “It doesn’t take from our worship of the Eternal Father, to adore our Eternal Mother, any more than it diminishes the love we bear our earthly fathers, to include our earthly mothers in our affections.
  • Becoming like God
    • Why is it natural to assume that we can become like our Heavenly Parents?→Just as a child can develop the attributes of his or her parents over time, the divine nature that humans inherit can be developed to become like their Heavenly Father’s.
    • • When was the concept of deification first disputed by an early church father?→One modern scholar refers to the “ubiquity of the doctrine of deification”—the teaching that humans could become God—in the first centuries after Christ’s death.11 The church father Irenaeus, who died about A.D. 202, asserted that Jesus Christ “did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be what He is Himself.”
    • How did the teaching of creation ex nihilo impact how Christians saw men and women's relationship with God?→Creation ex nihilo widened the perceived gulf between God and humans.
    • What two things are necessary for “receiving one’s full inheritance as a child of Heavenly Father”?→available through the Atonement of Christ, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel.
    • How do Latter-day Saints understand the magnitude of the atonement of Jesus Christ?→Latter-day Saints understand the magnitude of the Atonement of Christ in terms of the vast human potential it makes possible. Christ’s Atonement not only provides forgiveness from sin and victory over death, it also redeems imperfect relationships, heals the spiritual wounds that stifle growth, and strengthens and enables individuals to develop the attributes of Christ.
  • The Eternal Family
    • What four things does Satan try to do because of the importance of family?→Because of the importance of the family to the eternal plan of happiness, Satan makes a major effort to destroy the sanctity of the family, demean the importance of the role of men and women, encourage moral uncleanliness and violations of the sacred law of chastity, and to discourage parents from placing the bearing and rearing of children as one of their highest priorities.
• 2. The Plan of Salvation and the Eternal Family
  • Why marriage, Why Family by D. Todd Christofferson
    • According to Elder Christofferson, why is marriage more than the love couples feel for each other?↔It's a post/ office in the kingdom of God. Best setting for God's plan to thrive.
    • Why can no person or government alter the divine order of matrimony?↔It is not a human invention. Such marriage is indeed “from above, from God” and is as much a part of the plan of happiness as the Fall and the Atonement.
    • What four things did Elder Christofferson teach are "needed for the success of [God's] plan"?↔Creation of the Earth, condition of mortality, redemption from the fall, setting for our physical birth and subsequent spiritual rebirth into the kingdom of God.
  • Teaching the Doctrine of the Family
    • What did President Julie B. Beck teach that the theology of the family is based on?→the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement.
    • Rather than a consumer approach to dating, how did President Beck describe dating and courtship?→faith-based work.
  • Marriage Is Essential to His Eternal Plan
    • What were Elder Bednar’s two reasons for why eternal marriage is essential to our exaltation?→Reason 1: The natures of male and female spirits complete and perfect each other, and therefore men and women are intended to progress together toward exaltation. Reason 2: By divine design, both a man and a woman are needed to bring children into mortality and to provide the best setting for the rearing and nurturing of children.
    • Which issues did Elder Bednar say constitute Satan’s most direct and diabolical attack on the family?→Satan works unremittingly to confuse understanding about gender, to promote the premature and unrighteous use of procreative power, and to hinder righteous marriage precisely because marriage is ordained of God and the family is central to the plan of happiness.
    • According to Elder Bednar, where must we look in order to overcome Satan’s counterfeit messages regarding gender and marriage?→understanding the intent of an enemy is a key prerequisite to effective preparation.
  • The Great Plan of Happiness
    • What eight ways did President Oaks say that Satan would try to destroy the plan?→Satan seeks to discredit the Savior and divine authority, to nullify the effects of the Atonement, to counterfeit revelation, to lead people away from the truth, to contradict individual accountability, to confuse gender, to undermine marriage, and to discourage childbearing (especially by parents who will raise children in righteousness).
    • What did Adam and Eve need to do to keep the first commandment?→They could not fulfill the Father’s first commandment without transgressing the barrier between the bliss of the Garden of Eden and the terrible trials and wonderful opportunities of mortal life.
    • What did Eve transgress to initiate the conditions of mortality?→The boundaries of the garden of Eden
    • What was the first commandment given to Adam and Eve?→the Lord said, “Be fruitful, and multiply”
  • Choose Ye This Day
    • According to our readings, what is Heavenly Father's goal in parenting?→Our Heavenly Father’s goal in parenting is not to have His children do what is right; it is to have His children choose to do what is right and ultimately become like Him.
    • Why is opposition and a veil necessary for the use of agency?→To ensure that we would exercise faith and learn to use our agency properly, a veil of forgetfulness was drawn over our minds so we would not remember God’s plan. Without that veil, God’s purposes would not be achieved because we could not progress and become the trusted inheritors He wants us to be.
    • What is the relationship between commandments and agency?→Obedience to His commandments is not blind; we knowingly choose God and His pathway home. The pattern for us is the same as it was for Adam and Eve, wherein “God gave unto them commandments, after having made known unto them the plan of redemption.” Though God wants us to be on the covenant path, He gives us the dignity of choosing.
    • What is the relationship between commandments and God's goal for our destiny?→They are linked to our developing the attributes of godliness, returning to our Heavenly Father, and receiving enduring joy.
• 3. Jesus Christ – The Sure Foundation of Eternal Family
  • Justification and Sanctification
    • “If justification removes the punishment for past sin, then sanctification ________.”→then sanctification removes the stain or effects of sin.
    • Though we cannot earn the grace of Christ, what must we do to receive it?→Thus, it is not that we earn these gifts, but rather that we choose to seek and accept justification and sanctification.
    • What is the medium through which Christ’s atoning grace is applied?→The Holy Spirit
    • Is perfection dependent on justification and sanctification, or is justification and sanctification dependent on perfection?→the first one
  • Hope in Christ
    • What is necessary in order to guarantee exaltation?→everyone who is faithful in keeping gospel covenants will have the opportunity for exaltation.
    • How did Elder Ballard define “waiting on the Lord?→Third, waiting upon the Lord implies continued obedience and spiritual progress toward Him. Waiting upon the Lord does not imply biding one’s time. You should never feel like you are in a waiting room.
• Waiting upon the Lord implies action.
• • The Gift of Grace
    • True or false: According to the reading, the Atonement restores us to our previous innocent state.→False. But the grace of God does not merely restore us to our previous innocent state. If salvation means only erasing our mistakes and sins, then salvation—as wonderful as it is—does not fulfill the Father’s aspirations for us. His aim is much higher: He wants His sons and daughters to become like Him.
  • What two things does grace do according to Elder Uchtdorf?→To that end I would like to speak of grace. In particular, first, how grace unlocks the gates of heaven and, second, how it opens the windows of heaven.
  • Why do “we seek to obey our Heavenly Father"?→We seek to obey our Heavenly Father because our spirits will become more attuned to spiritual things. Vistas are opened that we never knew existed.
  • What doesn't "after all we can do" mean according to Elder Uchtdorf?→I wonder if sometimes we misinterpret the phrase “after all we can do.” We must understand that “after” does not equal “because.”
    • Sermon on the Mount Commentary
      • Prepare to share three lessons you learned from your study of the Sermon on the Mount Commentary→false prophets are specifically warned against by Christ. Jesus was looking at the apostles during the ‘take no thought for the morrow’ part. there are two kinds of judging: final judgments, which we are forbidden to make, and intermediate judgments, which we are directed to make, but upon righteous principles.
    • Is Faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ Written in Our Hearts?
      • According to Sister Burton, what are three principles that will increase our faith in Jesus Christ?→Principle 1: “All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”,
• Principle 2: There is power in the Atonement to enable us to overcome the natural man or woman and become true disciples of Jesus Christ.,
• Principle 3: The Atonement is the greatest evidence we have of the Father’s love for His children.
• 4. The Role of Prophets, Seers, and Revelators in Teaching the Eternal Family
  • What Is Truth? https://religion.byu.edu/eternal-family/doctrines-principles-and-applications
    • Why is it helpful to realize that we may only have partial information when we are trying to interpret prophetic teachings?→we can avoid missing important information.
    • What is "part of our problem in the question for truth"?→human wisdom has disappointed us so often
    • How does Satan attack those who already embrace the truth? What is one of his “primary strategies”?→spread the seeds of doubt
    • What does the invitation to "trust the Lord" not remove from us?→The invitation to trust the Lord does not relieve us from the responsibility to know for ourselves.
    • What counsel was given for when we are confronted with information that conflicts with the revealed word of God?→remember that the blind men in the parable of the elephant would never be able to accurately describe the full truth.
  • Faith Is Not Blind https://speeches.byuh.edu/devotional/faith-is-not-blind
    • What are the Hafens’ three levels of dealing with uncertainty and how can understanding them help us?→acting like there is only the real and ideal, acting like there is only the ideal, and acting like there is only the real.
    • What were the Hafens’ four suggestions to work through our questions and exercise faith?→faithful questions; be cautious about the Internet’s weaknesses as a source of information about the Church; let’s focus on the hugely positive doctrinal content of the Restoration, rather than becoming sidetracked with the details of how Joseph received that content; cultivate an attitude of meekness. When our idealism has been rattled by abrupt confrontations with realism, our attitude about what has happened is more important than what has happened.
  • Doctrines, Principles, and Applications https://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/transcripts/educationweek/1998_06_04_bednar.htm
    • How did Elder Bednar define a teaching as a “doctrine”?→doctrine refers to the eternal, unchanging, and simple truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are several key words in that definition: eternal, unchanging, simple, and truth.
    • What is necessary in order to understand some more sensitive or difficult doctrines?→ask in the father’s name for understanding.
    • How did Elder Bednar define a principle?→Principles are doctrinally based guidelines for what we ought to do. Therefore, if there is a doctrine of the Atonement, then the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Will You Engage in the Wrestle https://www.byui.edu/devotionals/sheri-dew
    • Why are questions different than doubts and how can they lead to good?→we can be seekers instead of doubters.
    • Why can "not asking questions" be far more dangerous than asking questions?→In other words, sin makes you stupid-and so does refusing to seek after truth.
    • Why are spiritual wrestlers also seekers?→They are men and women of faith who want to understand more than they presently do and who are serious about increasing the light and knowledge in their lives
    • Where do our challenges lie in what we don't know instead of what we think we know?→It lies in what we don't yet know.
    • Why can’t we think our way to conversion?→You cannot think your way to conversion, because you cannot convince your mind of something your heart does not feel.
    • What habits do seekers have?→Seekers have certain habits that are key to learning to communicate with God. For starters, they engage in the wrestle, meaning they work at it. They immerse themselves regularly in the scriptures, because the scriptures are the textbook for the Lord's language. They also work to be increasingly pure-pure in their heart and thoughts, pure in what they say, watch, read, and listen to. Purity invites the Spirit. And then, pure seekers listen. One of my former institute students periodically turns everything electronic off. TV off. Music off. Phone off. Computer off. She says, "I like to let the Lord know I'm listening
  • Truth and the Plan
    • What sources did President Oaks say we should use in our search for truth about religion?→Spriritual methods. Scriptures, spirit, prayer. By study and by faith.
    • What does coming to know and act on the truth of who we are and the meaning of life lead to?→We find true and enduring joy
    • What is the mission of the restored church?→help the children of God achieve the supernal blessing of exaltation in the celestial kingdom, which can be attained only through an eternal marriage between a man and a woman
    • What leads the church to oppose social and legal pressure to alter God's definition of marriage?→Our knowledge of God’s revealed plan of salvation requires us.
• 5. Gender is an Essential Characteristic
  • Spiritual Treasures
    • How are women given priesthood authority?→be being set apart for a calling.
    • Do women actually preform priesthood ordinances in the temple?→yes.
    • How do we increase our power to draw upon priesthood power?→serve others
  • Two Great Commandments
    • According to President Oaks, how do we show God we love Him?→We show that love by “keep[ing] [His] commandments.”
    • President Nelson identified two eternal laws that are most significant in relation to LGBTQ issues. One was God’s law of marriage. What was the other one?→its companion law of chastity.
    • Why are God’s laws always a manifestation of God’s love?→“God’s laws are motivated entirely by His infinite love for us and His desire for us to become all we can become.”
  • Same-Sex Attraction and Transgender from ChurchOfJesusChrist.org https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/transgender/
    • Should a person feel guilty because the experience feelings of same sex attraction?→NO
    • Can a person who experiences same sex attraction experience happiness in this life and a fulness in the life to come?→yes
    • What should a person do who is experiencing depression, anxiety or suicidal thoughts do?→Seek help.
    • What is the intended meaning of gender in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”?→biological sex at birth.
    • Are all of God’s promised blessings available to those who experience transgenderism?→yes.
  • The Divine Institution of Marriage https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/the-divine-institution-of-marriage
    • According to our readings, what reasons are there for the “special status granted marriage”?→its central role in the creation of life. Values. Family bonds.
    • What is the relationship of tolerance to diversity?→oaks, Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination.”
    • According to our readings, why will the Church “continue to defend the sanctity of marriage between a man and a women” in the public square?→it is a compelling moral issue of profound importance to our religion and to the future of society.
• 6. Eternal Covenants and Ordinances
  • Why the Covenant Path?
    • How do we open the door to every spiritual blessing and privilege?→“Your commitment to follow the Savior by making covenants with Him and then keeping these covenants
    • What did Elder Christofferson say was the happiest and most satisfying course in life?→Following the principles and commandments of the gospel of Jesus Christ day by day.
    • What is the difference between walking the covenant path compared to walking a “covenant-consistent path”? Committed obedience, you’re bound to God, and you get divine help.
  • Marriage in the Lord’s Way, Part One and Marriage in the Lord’s Way, Part Two
    • What did Elder Kofford say he believes sealing refers to?→the “sealing ordinance” or “being sealed” rather than just “being married in the temple.”
      • What do we know about the patriarchal order?→The gospel, which is called “the new and everlasting covenant,” includes many specific covenants, one being called “the new and everlasting covenant of marriage.” This title, or name, is simply another way of saying “patriarchal order.”
    • Why did Elder Kofford say we need a temple recommend before entering the temple?→once you enter the temple, you are expected and required to live the covenants you will make there. 2nd [D&C 109:20]: “No unclean [unworthy] thing shall be permitted to come into thy house to pollute it.”
    • If there is a difficulty in a marriage that is serious enough to threaten the marriage relationship, what counsel does Elder Kofford provide?→whenever there is a difficulty between a husband and wife in their marriage relationship that is serious enough to threaten that relationship, one or the other (or both) is not living the gospel of Jesus Christ. That means that one or both of the marriage partners are not keeping the covenants, commitments, and promises they made at the altar of the temple. If you love God enough and follow His teachings, everything else will work out just fine and you will be blessed to find solutions.
  • The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn
    • What is the Spirit of Elijah?→“The spirit, power, and calling of Elijah is, that ye have power to hold the key of the … fullness of the Melchizedek Priesthood … ; and to … obtain … all the ordinances belonging to the kingdom of God”
      • What promises flow from responding to the Spirit of Elijah?→your hearts shall turn to the fathers. The promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be implanted in your hearts. you will be protected against the intensifying influence of the adversary.
    • What did Joseph Smith say was the greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us?→seek after our dead.
    • How did Russell M. Nelson define the Spirit of Elijah?→“a manifestation of the Holy Ghost bearing witness of the divine nature of the family”
  • Trust in the Lord
    • What did Elder Oaks promise would be the case regarding relationships in the spirit world or in the kingdoms of glory?→“You are worried about the wrong things. You should be worried about whether you will get to those places. Concentrate on that. If you get there, all of it will be more wonderful than you can imagine.”
    • What two teachings from Joseph Smith regarding the spirit world have been repeatedly taught by other prophets and apostles?→family members who were righteous will be together in the world of spirits. “The spirits of the just are exalted to a greater and more glorious work … [in] the world of spirits. … They are not far from us, and know and understand our thoughts, feelings, and motions, and are often pained therewith.”
      • What two principles do we need to know to have faith that all will be well in the spirit world and beyond?→remember that God loves His children and will surely do what is best for each of us. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• 7. Single Life, Dating and Courtship
  • To the Singles of the Church
    • What did Sister Oaks say are eternal “truths” for singles to understand?→Truth number one: The Lord loves us, He answers prayers, and, most importantly, He delights in blessing those who keep His commandments—but He does so in His own time and His own way. Truth number two: We are not saved in isolation. This life is not just about me.
    • What did Sister Oaks say would be the consequences if we cannot bear the difficulties and challenges while we are single?→you will never be able to bear the difficulties and challenges of married life.
    • What does "having faith" mean and not mean according to Sister Oaks?→Having faith doesn’t mean you will be filled with joy and conviction every moment. Having faith means you keep persisting and believing that the blessing and comfort lie ahead.
  • Finding Your Sweetheart https://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/transcripts/devotionals/2002_02_12_robbins.htm
    • Why did Elder Robbins say that the attributes from 1 Corinthians 13 are different (and better) than those the world suggests are necessary? How are the two lists (between Corinthians and the world) different?→To love as (Jesus) loved is different from the way the world loves
    • What do we learn about the nature of love when we realize that it is a verb?→it’s a choice.
    • What does it mean to "fall out of love"?→phrases that make love sound like something out of our control.
    • Why would it be more appropriate to ask if this is "a one" instead of "the one"?→President Kimball continues, "Soul mates are a fiction and an illusion…
  • True Love http://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/Transcripts/Devotionals/2007_10_23_Turley.htm
    • How does Elder Turley define true love?→A selfless attitude, selfless action.
    • Why did Elder Turley share the reality that many of our hopes and dreams will likely not come true?→Not to discourage you—quite the contrary. What I want to do today is focus our thoughts on one simple concept that will lead to the kind of success that really matters in life—success that lasts beyond the grave. That simple concept is true love.
    • What is the “antithesis of love”?→Gordon B. Hinckley: Selfishness is the antithesis of love
  • As I Have Loved You: Agency-Based Love in Dating and Marriage https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jason-s-carroll/as-i-have-loved-you/
    • How is agency related to love?→Love is something we do, something we can control, and ultimately something we can choose—if not, God could not command us to love one another.
    • How does the author differentiate feelings of love and happiness from the way they are often interpreted?→love and happiness are often interpreted as things that happen to us. They’re actually things that we create via righteousness.
    • What do we learn from the fact that God commands us to love one another?→Love is something we do, something we can control, and ultimately something we can choose—if not, God could not command us to love one another.
    • What principles help us “create” love?→Thoughtful Service, Commitment, Equal Partnership, Practicing Virtues, Sincere Discipleship.
  • Choosing and Being the Right Spouse
    • What should we consider about ourselves before seeking to know if we have found the person we want to marry?→Therefore, when we focus on finding the right person, we should also focus on becoming the right person for someone else. The strengths we bring to a marriage will undoubtedly contribute to the success of the marriage.
    • What are some factors we should consider when seeking for a marriage partner?→First, we need to know a lot about the person we are thinking of marrying. values, self-respect, positive communication,
    • When seeking to make the marriage decision, what five things should we keep in mind?→worthy to receive inspiration, understand the balance between agency and inspiration, seek several witnesess if needed, learn to discern btw inspiriation infatuation desperation, spiritual confirmation needs to come to both parties.
• 8. The Law of Chastity
  • We Believe in Being Chaste
    • What is necessary for us to understand the eternal importance of the law of chastity?→the overarching context of our Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness for His children.
    • What is one of the great ironies of eternity related to the law of chastity?→the adversary, who is miserable precisely because he has no physical body, entices us to share in his misery through the improper use of our bodies.
    • What do our physical bodies amplify?→our relationships with other people, our capacity to recognize and act in accordance with truth, and our ability to obey the principles and ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ are amplified through our physical bodies.
  • For the Strength of Youth
    • What is “the Lord’s standard regarding sexual purity”?→clear and unchanging. Do not have any sexual relations before marriage, and be completely faithful to your spouse after marriage.
    • What does the First Presidency counsel regarding passionately kissing before marriage?→do not participate
    • What role does the Holy Spirit play in helping us stay morally pure?→can help you know when you are at risk and give you the strength to remove yourself from the situation.
  • Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffrey-r-holland/souls-symbols-sacraments/
    • What is the relationship between the worth of souls, the role of sexuality in the plan of salvation, and the Atonement in explaining why sexual sin is so serious to our Heavenly Father?→Sexuality is the method of bringing people into this world, and the spirit and the body are the soul of man.
    • What is one of the dangers of sexual fragmentation?→At worst, we manipulate and exploit others for our gratification. Sexual fragmentation is particularly harmful because it is particularly deceptive. Our sexuality has been animalized,
    • According to our readings, Elder Holland said we “will never be more like God at any other time in this life than when ________.”→you are expressing that particular power
  • Recovering from the Trap of Pornography
    • Why is it important not to incorrectly classify pornography use as addiction?→If behavior is incorrectly classified as an addiction, the user may think he or she has lost agency and the capacity to overcome the problem. 2. users may begin to believe one of Satan’s greatest lies: that what they have done or continue to do makes them a bad person, unworthy of the Savior’s grace and incapable of repentance.
    • What did Elder Oaks teach about the worthiness of a person who has fully repented of pornography use?→Through proper and complete repentance, they may become clean, pure, and worthy of every covenant and temple blessing promised by God.
• the midterm
• 9. Marital Intimacy and the Sanctity of Life https://religion.byu.edu/eternal-family/preparing-for-intimacy
  • Preparing for Intimacy
    • What kind of activities help prepare a couple for marital intimacy?→Activities that draw hearts together and invite the spirit
    • According to the reading, what is the 48-hour rule and how might it help couples deal with past mistakes?→If one of them was upset about something the other did or didn’t do, he or she had 48 hours following the “offense” to talk with the offender about it. If they didn’t bring up what was troubling them within 48 hours, it was not fair to bring it up after that time period.
  • The Spiritual Dimension: Sexual Decision Making https://religion.byu.edu/eternal-family/the-spiritual-dimension-sexual-decision-making
    • What is equally as important as what you decide when it comes to marital intimacy?→how you make decisions as a couple
    • What did the authors say was preeminent in our sexual decision-making?→equal partnership.
    • When deciding what will be part of your marital intimate behavior, what else should be part of the consideration?→God's approval, sexual potential, needs, positive/negative sexual attitudes, consensus. Not other people or even priesthood guidance is recommended for couple's sexuality.
  • Birth Control, True to the Faith
    • In True to the Faith, the First Presidency asks us to consider two things when making decisions about how many children to have and when. What are they?→sancity of life, eternal blessings. responsibility??
  • Birth Control, General Handbook: Serving in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    • Who should be involved in the decision of how many children to have and when to have them?→the couple and the lord. only.
  • Children
    • How can we be in the world but not of the world in relation to these issues?→We also can be in the world but not of the world as we reject false concepts and false teachings and remain true to that which God has commanded.”
    • What question did President Kimball ask of Elder Mason regarding beginning his family and how does that apply to us?→Where is your faith? We can have big families and still get along fine in the world if we have faith.
    • Why did Elder Anderson bring up the examples of Adam and Eve, Lehi and Sarah, Moses’s parents, and Joseph and Mary?→they raised children during hard times, and the Lord helped them.
  • Abortion: An Assault on the Defenseless
    • What are the possible exceptions to the prohibition on abortion?→Rape, health of the mother, certain death of the baby, and incest.
    • Is it possible to be forgiven for the sin of abortion?→yep
  • Suicide
    • What does the Church teach regarding God’s judgement of one who commits suicide?→it need not be the defining characteristic of their life
      • What were the myths discussed in the readings regarding suicide?→most are sudden, just churchy stuff will do, asking makes it worse, you have to be a pro to help, I should only trust churchy resources
• 10. Principles of Happiness in Family Life
  • The Tongue of Angels
    • What did James say should “not be” when it comes to our communications?→out of our mouths should not proceed both blessings and cursings. (just blessings)
    • Joseph Smith taught that it is by what that men work when they work by faith?→“It is by words … [that] every being works when he works by faith.
    • What principles did Elder Holland teach about speaking with a child?→be constructive, never insult them or call them names, don't compare them, praise them individually.
  • Strengthening Families: Our Sacred Duty
    • “However worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may be,” what is the standard on whether we should do them?→they must not be permitted to displace the divinely-appointed duties that only parents and families can adequately perform”
    • According to our readings, what did Joseph Smith say was calculated to lead people to forsake sin?→“Nothing is so much calculated to lead people to forsake sin as to take them by the hand, and watch over them with tenderness. When persons manifest the least kindness and love to me, O what power it has over my mind, while the opposite course has a tendency to harrow up all the harsh feelings and depress the human mind”
    • Parents should stay informed about their children’s lives. What does this mean for their children’s internet (and social media) life?→Parents should know their friends and what they read online.
    • What did Elder Robert D. Hales say was “the key to strengthening our families”?→Having the spirit of the Lord in our homes.
  • The Family https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/henry-b-eyring/family/
    • What should we expect when we read the family proclamation?→We can expect that God won’t just tell us a few interesting things about the family; he will tell us what a family ought to be and why.
    • What “could make it more likely that people in the family would love and serve one another”?→It is in their hearing the word of God and then trying it in faith.
    • How can we plan for success instead of failure in our future plans to take care of our families?→plan for the ideal that God holds for you, not the unforseen circumstances that might get in the way. Plan on a career that lets you be home.
  • More Diligent and Concerned at Home
    • According to our readings, what were Elder Bednar’s three suggestions for how we can be more diligent and concerned at home?→express love and show it, bear testimony and live it, be consistent
• 11. By Divine Design - Partnership in Marriage
  • Crossing Thresholds and Becoming Equal Partners
    • What did President Packer say regarding the virtues and attributes upon which exaltation depends?→they come more naturally to a woman.
    • What did Elder Maxwell teach husbands and wives that they must be?→both theologian and christian.
  • Adversity
    • According to President Eyring, what is part of the evidence of God’s infinite love for us?→The very opportunity for us to face adversity and affliction
    • How does God suit the relief he offers to his children in need?→Often it will come in the inspiration to do what might seem especially hard for the person who needs help himself.
  • Good, Better, Best
    • Why is the fact that something is good not reason enough to prioritize or do that thing?→Other choices are better, and still others are best.
    • What do many “breadwinners” worry about?→Many breadwinners worry that their occupations leave too little time for their families.
    • Why did President Hinckley plead with us to “work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it”?→because in fact everything in life does count on it.”
  • It Is Not Good for Man or Woman to Be Alone
    • What did Sister Dew state that we need to do as a result of men and women being different?→He made us enough alike to love each other, but enough different that we would need to unite our strengths and stewardships to create a whole.
• 12. Parenting Principles
  • A ‘Mother Heart’
    • What must we must do now if we would treasure motherhood in the world to come?→A woman who treasures motherhood on earth will treasure motherhood in the world to come,
    • What do we learn was “far more lasting, far more powerful, far more influential than any earthly position or institution”?→the influence of righteous, conscientious, persistent, daily mothering
  • Women of Dedication, Faith, Determination, and Action elder m russell ballard 0
    • Is it possible for God to inspire one woman to be a stay-at-home mom and another to work outside of the home?→yes
  • Fathers
    • What is a “pernicious philosophy” that undermine a woman’s moral influence?→the devaluation of marriage and of motherhood and homemaking as a career
    • What are “two of the best things a father can do for his children”?→Loving the mother of his children—and showing that love
    • What is the most essential work of a father?→turn the hearts of his children to their Heavenly Father.
  • We’ll Ascend Together
    • According to Sister Burton, when is a husband most attractive to his wife?→When he is serving in his God-given roles as a worthy priesthood holder.
    • What are two false messages being sent to men in our time?→what it means to be a “real man.” One false message is “It’s all about me.” On the other end of the scale is the degrading and mocking message that husbands and fathers are no longer needed.
      • What was Sister Burton speaking about when she asked “if any of these questions lead you to squirm or feel a tinge of guilt”?→remember that Elder David A. Bednar has taught that “guilt is to our spirit what pain is to our body—a warning of danger and a protection from additional damage.”
  • Bring Up A Child in the Way He Should Go
    • If we would help our children, when must we begin? What example did President Hinckley use to illustrate this point?→when they are young and pliable, when they will listen and learn. A tree and its bent shape. Fixable when small, only remedied by cutting entire branches when large.
    • What did President Hinckley say is mandated of each father? What are these needs?→provide for the needs of their families. righteous direction and the teaching, by example as well as precept, of basic principles of honesty, integrity, service, respect for the rights of others, and an understanding that we are accountable for that which we do in this life, not only to one another but also to the God of heaven, who is our Eternal Father.
    • What did President Hinckley say was the greatest responsibility of mothers?→rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love;
    • What will make a greater difference for our children than money or material blessings?→Love can make the difference—love generously given in childhood and reaching through the awkward years of youth. patience and encouragement. and prayers
  • Essential Conversations
    • What is the “uniquely special time” Sister Jones admonished parents to take advantage of?→before the age of accountability, 8.
    • How did Sister Jones’ summarize the definition of “essential conversations”?→family conversations about the gospel of Jesus Christ,
    • Besides teaching children what they believe, what else do essential conversations help children to know?→why they beleive it.
• 13. Providing for Temporal Needs
  • Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually
    • What are acceptable reasons for incurring reasonable debt?→education, a modest home, or a basic automobile
    • What basic commandment must we keep as a provident provider?→thou shalt not covet
    • What is a primary purpose of the law of tithing?→education, a modest home, or a basic automobile
  • All is Safely Gathered In: Family Finances 04007 eng
    • What headings are included in the First Presidency pamphlet All Is Safely Gathered In?→pay tithes and offerings, avoid debt, use a budget, build a reserve, teach family members
  • Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me
    • How did Sister Aburto differentiate normal sadness from possible depression or anxiety?→if we are constantly sad and if our pain blocks our ability to feel the love of God
    • What benefit comes to others through us sharing our challenges?→Together we realize there is hope and we do not have to suffer alone.
  • Seek Learning – You Have a Work to Do
    • What have prophets counseled women in relation to education?→I urge you to pursue your education and learn marketable skills so that, should such a situation arise, you are prepared to provide.”
    • What "has a profound influence on the educational choices" of children?→a mother's educational level.
  • Becoming Self-Reliant – Spiritually and Physically
    • Besides being better able to care for the needs of others, what is the other reason given by the Church Handbook for being self-reliant?→“As people become self-reliant, they are better prepared to endure adversities”
    • How do we become more self-reliant by becoming more reliant on God?→to cry unto the Lord over our homes, our families, and our work.
• 14. Promoting and Defending the Family
  • Defenders of the Family Proclamation
    • What does Sister Oscarson proclaim to be the greatest honor and most elevated title and important role we can seek for in life?→that of mother or father?
  • Christian Courage: The Price of Discipleship
    • What lesson do we learn from how Christ responded to his detractors?→The Savior responded differently in every situation. true disciples of Christ see opportunity in the midst of opposition. in ways that invite the Spirit of the Lord.
    • What is more regrettable than being accused of not being Christian?→when Church members react to such accusations in an un-Christlike way!
  • Truth and Tolerance https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/dallin-h-oaks/truth-and-tolerance/
    • True or false: According to our readings, we may need to challenge laws that would impair our freedom to practice our faith.→true
    • True or false: According to our readings, many of our laws are based in “morality,” and arguing that you should not legislate morality would remove laws necessary for civilization.→true
  • Disciples of Jesus Christ – Defenders of Marriage https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/disciples-jesus-christ-defenders-of-marriage/
    • According to our readings, President Nelson taught that men and women were created for ________.→what they can do and become, together. not interchangeable.
    • According to our readings, what did President Hunter promise those whose lives and faith are centered upon Jesus Christ?→nothing can ever go permanently wrong
    • True or false: According to our readings, pressures to change marriage laws are resulting in practices contrary to God’s will.→true
  • To Heal the Shattering Consequences of Abuse
    • Until we have sufficient time and strength to be healed of abuse, what does Christ invite us to do?→conscientiously study the Atonement and exercise your faith that Jesus Christ has the power to heal,
  • What did Elder Scott ask us to realize if we feel that we are not loved by Heavenly Father?→kneel and ask Father in Heaven to give you the capacity to trust Him and to feel His love for you. Ask to come to know that His Son can heal you through His merciful Atonement.