Faith, an Anchor For the Soul

Brother Brad Wilcox and his daughter, Wendy, gave this talk at BYU Women's Conference, 2007. I love, love, love this talk.

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-Whit

Preparation for the Second Coming

Elder Dallin H. Oaks gave this address in conference, April 3, 2004.

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-Whit

The Savior in Gethsemane

Andrew Skinner gave this beautiful talk at BYU Education Week, August 2001.

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Enjoy!

-Whit

Meeting the Challenges of Today

Neal A. Maxwell gave this amazing speech at BYU 30 years ago.

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I especially love this quote:

It may well be, as our time comes to "suffer shame for his name" (Acts 5:41), that some of this special stress will grow out of that portion of discipleship which involves citizenship. Remember that, as Nephi and Jacob said, we must learn to endure "the crosses of the world" (2 Nephi 9:18) and yet to despise "the shame of [it]" (Jacob 1:8). To go on clinging to the iron rod in spite of the mockery and scorn that flow at us from the multitudes in that great and spacious building seen by Father Lehi, which is the "pride of the world," is to disregard the shame of the world (1 Nephi 8:26–27, 33; 11:35–36). Parenthetically, why--really why--do the disbelievers who line that spacious building watch so intently what the believers are doing? Surely there must be other things for the scorners to do--unless, deep within their seeming disinterest, there is interest.

If the challenge of the secular church becomes very real, let us, as in all other human relationships, be principled but pleasant. Let us be perceptive without being pompous. Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.

Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even these, however, must leave a record so that the choices before the people are clear and let others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, that others will step forward, having been rallied to righteousness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds--a majority which was, till then, unconscious of itself.

Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves "summer is nigh" (Matthew 24:32). Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat.

-Whit

Zion in the Midst of Babylon

Elder David R. Stone gave this amazing talk a couple of years ago. I have re-read it numerous times and LOVE the message that it contains about keeping ourselves "unspotted from the world."

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My favorite part:

My involvement with the building of the Manhattan temple gave me the opportunity to be in the temple quite often prior to the dedication. It was wonderful to sit in the celestial room and be there in perfect silence, without a single sound to be heard coming from the busy New York streets outside. How was it possible that the temple could be so reverently silent when the hustle and bustle of the metropolis was just a few yards away?

The answer was in the construction of the temple. The temple was built within the walls of an existing building, and the inner walls of the temple were connected to the outer walls at only a very few junction points. That is how the temple (Zion) limited the effects of Babylon, or the world outside.

There may be a lesson here for us. We can create the real Zion among us by limiting the extent to which Babylon will influence our lives.

-Whit

A Reservoir of Living Water

Yes, it is another talk by Elder Bednar. My cousin calls me a Bednar-ite. But, I don't believe there should any manner of -ites among us (see 4 Nephi 1:17). :)

This was from a CES fireside last February. It's a GREAT talk on scripture study.

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-Whit

It's Been a Whole Year!

I don't know if anybody is even still listening, but I FINALLY got the Blogger thing fixed. Well, actually I started over from scratch. Here is one of my favorite new talks! From Women's Conference this year....

Awake, Arise, and Come unto Christ, by Sister Sheri Dew.

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-Whit