The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

Although I may not be my brother's keeper, I am my brother's brother, and 'because I have been given much, I too must give.'

Let people repent. Let people grow. Believe that people can change and improve.

Be strong. Live the gospel faithfully even if others around you don’t live it at all.

What we are shines more brightly than anything we say or do. If we are to fill the world with light, we must first face any tattered remnant of darkness that remains in our own souls.

So we have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up, and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to make right, truths to share, and good to do. In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can’t quit and we can’t go back.

In His own ministry, Jesus did not come to improve God's view of man nearly so much as He came to improve man's view of God and to plead with them to love their Heavenly Father as He has always and will always love them.