Love is the most powerful force in the world.

God's love is so perfect that He lovingly requires us to obey His commandments because He knows that only through obedience to His laws can we become perfect, as He is. For this reason, God's anger and His wrath are not a contradiction of His love but an evidence of His love. Every parent knows that you can love a child totally and completely while still being creatively angry and disappointed at that child's self-defeating behavior.

We need to lay hold on the feelings and try to control them to keep us from getting into a circumstance that leads to sinful behavior.

When we understand our relationship to God, we also understand our relationship to one another.

The purpose of the gospel is to transform common creatures into celestial citizens, and that requires change.

Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

Homosexual feelings are controllable. Perhaps there is an inclination or susceptibility to such feelings that is a reality for some and not a reality for others. But out of such susceptibilities come feelings, and feelings are controllable. If we cater to the feelings, they increase the power of the temptation. If we yield to the temptation, we have committed sinful behavior. That pattern is the same for a person that covets someone else's property and has a strong temptation to steal. It's the same for a person that develops a taste for alcohol.