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A simple example of competing wills might be found in an experience that happened in a chapel a few years ago. People of faith were joined for a wonderful occasion. There was a missionary speaking who...

Pride is always a companion to sin and wickedness. “And thus ended also the eighty and seventh year of the reign of the judges, the more part of the people remaining in their pride and wickedness, and...

There is an insightful parallel between malnutrition and pride. Malnutrition is not only not getting enough food, it is also not getting enough of the right food. In a typical case of malnutrition, th...

I remember as a young father having to swallow my pride one day when I came home from work. I thought I was one of the most important things to my young five-year-old son, McKay. There is some importa...

I want to share with you one of my favorite verses of scripture I have affectionately named a “call to courage.” In one phrase of one verse is an abundance of lessons about courage. If there was a ver...

I observed modern courage the past two years while watching a young man in my ward. This young man was true to his principles, true to his prophet, and true to his God. In the For the Strength of Yout...

Many years ago a man by the name of Asch performed a memorable study. The study brought in groups of people to answer very simple multiple choice questions vocally in front of a group. The answers to ...

My son Blake is a young man who stands with power. Blake realized at a young age that righteous men are powerful, and righteousness is a symbol of spiritual power. As a primary child he asked me if hi...

On June 5th, 1989 there were significant events occurring in communist China. The young people were rebelling against governmental powers. The young people of China were tired of being ruled by a dict...

A few years ago for family night we had a lesson on how clinging to the iron rod helps us remain standing in holy places. I set an Ensign magazine on the floor with a picture of a temple on it. I told...

In a family night many years ago, we coined a phrase as a family: Stand tall or sit small. Standing tall means you are willing to stand for a principle, a value, or a standard of truth. Sitting small ...

A day or two before my son Tyler was leaving on his mission, I had an impression to take him to visit another recently returned missionary. This missionary’s name was Chase. Chase had returned a few d...