Mammon or Marriage?
While many search for happiness through financial or career success, being married and having a family increases overall happiness more than other achievements.
Few Are Chosen: Comparative Religion and the Public Sphere
Scholar Noah Feldman discusses how comparative religion has played a role in history, politics, and the establishment of the United States.
Faith and Works in a Secular World
In navigating this confusing world, we will need strong faith and works that are the sustaining evidence of our faith in Christ.
Doing Business in Babylon
What does it mean to be "in the world, but not of the world?" The line between Zion and Babylon is fuzzy, and only we know which city we truly belong to.
“But We Heeded Them Not”
Let it be said of us that when the pressures of the world tried to pull us away from God and His word, that we stood fast—that "we heeded them not."
“In the World”
May we determine this year to live "in the world," to be a part of it, to set the standard and example that we have learned.
Obedience Brings Happiness
The world offers transitory pleasures, but only obedience brings happiness. Are you obedient to the scriptural commandments of God and to prophetic counsel?
A Standard for My People
It’s a great privilege for me to be here this morning. I am always more thrilled when I am in the presence of the young people of the Church because there is such promise among them, and I am very blessed and feel honored to be on this campus. Summer students, it seems to me, must be rather special. Although tradition is changing, it is rather usual to go to…
To What Purpose Is This Waste?
Our generation's plagues of materialism and pollution are results of a culture of waste. Don't waste the resources, time, and talent you have to offer.
Mormon Milieu
The Mormon milieu is one of being "in the world, but not of the world." The gospel has solutions to the world's problems, and it is our job to find them.