Monthly Archives: February 2026

Learning to Think, 1972

May 1972 Commencement Remarks As many of you have come to the climax of your formal education, it is appropriate to ask what you have learned. Likely you have learned in two areas, acting and thinking. Training is the educational … Continue reading

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Commencement Address for the College of Humanities, 1992b

14 August 1992 Let us begin by dividing up reality. The first part of reality is the natural world, that which is created and governed by the hand of God; this is the terrain, the flora and fauna and the … Continue reading

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Report from the Bottom, c. 1975

(Written in about 1975) Each of us files a daily report as to how we feel about the Church in our actions. Silently we acclaim or protest through our support or non-support of what we see and hear. This is … Continue reading

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The Atonement of Jesus Christ–Handout

Atonement: At-one-ment. To become one with Father. The Great Commandment: Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all of thy heart, might, mind and strength; and in the name of Jesus Christ shalt thou serve him. (D&C 59:5) One … Continue reading

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Fireside, Aug. 2009

17 August 2009 Topic: Exit strategy: How to leave this world as intelligently as possible. (Definition of “this world:” This fallen state where Satan controls most of what goes on.) Main goal: To be “unworldly.” To love God with all … Continue reading

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A Simple Choice for Certain Teachers, 1968

15 November 1968 God created man to be free—to act, and not to be always acted upon. The work of Satan is to thwart the work of God; Satan thus strives to make men captive, to be always acted upon … Continue reading

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It Is So Simple

Monthly Message, June 2021 As I think about departing this mortal sphere my mind keeps coming back to why we are here. And we are here for two reasons. First, to get a physical body. Second, to choose what kind … Continue reading

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The Two Great Theories

Monthly Message, May 2021 A theory is a set of unproved ideas. The word “theory” means vision. Our human minds always invent or appropriate unprovable theoretical frameworks, mental visions, which we use to make sense of and to explain what … Continue reading

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Secular Ideas Need Not Kill Religious Faith

Monthly Message, April 2021 It is true that some secular ideas are not compatible with the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is true that some persons are destroyed spiritually by the university experience. But it is also true that … Continue reading

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The Greatest Human Achievement (According to CCR)

Monthly Message, March 2021 I believe the greatest thing any human being can accomplish is to attain “clean hands and a pure heart, not lifting one’s soul up to vanity nor swearing deceitfully.” (Paraphrase on Psalms 24:4) Noteworthy: No human … Continue reading

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