We must change all elements of our behavior that are in conflict with gospel... covenants.

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.

I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.

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.

All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

If you are trying to live with and maintain ascendancy over same-gender attractions, the best way to do that is to have groups that define their members in terms other than same-gender attractions.

When I was 66, my wife June died of cancer. Two years later--a year and a half ago--I married Kristen McMain, the eternal companion who now stands at my side.