Elder Renlund gives promises of blessings if you do temple work

[mfbukowski]

16 minutes ago, Ginger Snaps said:

Pretty sure it was live. It was at least tailored to the region because C Scott Grow mentioned living in several places throughout. 

Interesting idea that perhaps the talks were different than they would have been had the audience been Utahns.  I could almost believe that. 

 

[VideoGameJunkie]

I went on the geneology site and checked how far back temple work has been done on my mom's side and it goes all the way back to the 1200s. I found out some of my ancestors have been King of England distantly and their work has been done. On my dad's side I still have so much work to do.

[Scott Lloyd]

8 hours ago, mfbukowski said:

Interesting idea that perhaps the talks were different than they would have been had the audience been Utahns.  I could almost believe that. 

 

Tailoring them to the needs of a specific region (as one would expect a General Authority to do as he prepares a talk under divine inspiration) does not necessarily mean they would have been different "had the [congregation] been Utahns."

[consiglieri]

20 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said:

Sorry if this has been a topic already, but I felt it's important. http://ldsmag.com/apostolic-challenge-issued-at-rootstech/ From the article: "

Elder Renlund further beefed up the challenge and issued it to all, “Prepare as many names for the temple as ordinances you perform in the temple and teach others to do the same.”

 If you do this, he said, blessings will flow to your family. You’ll find not only protection from the temptation and ills of this world but also power to change, power to repent, power to be sanctified, power to learn, power to bind your family together and heal that which needs healing.

I think it has become too much a feature of LDS leadership discourse to promise unquantifiable blessings in exchange for quantifiable work.

[cinepro]

Here's a specific quote from Renlund:

I believe drinking alcohol is a violation of God's law. So what do I do when I'm hosting friends who do not believe as I do? My wife and I arranged to go to a restaurant with them where they can order as they choose to and when they order wine with their meal I don't get in their faces and call them out as sinners. Similarly, can I be friends with individuals who are living together without the benefit of marriage? Absolutely. And when I am with them do I stand up in great indignation and call them to repentance even though they're presently engaged in plan-stopping behavior? No, of course not.

[Calm]

Assuming that the guy who bootleg recorded it got that transcription right.