Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church.

Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand.

My single young friends, we counsel you to channel your associations with the opposite sex into dating patterns that have the potential to mature into marriage, not hanging-out patterns that only have the prospect to mature into team sports like touch football. Marriage is not a group activity—at least not until the children come along in goodly numbers

The distinction between feelings or inclinations on the one hand, and behavior on the other hand, is very clear. It's no sin to have inclinations that if yielded to would produce behavior that would be a transgression. The sin is in yielding to temptation. Temptation is not unique. Even the Savior was tempted.

Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.

If people want to legalize a particular relationship, we need to be careful if that kind of relationship has been disapproved for millennia.

Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life.