Gems from Elder Bruce R. McConkie

[realtall]

Originally Posted by jay santos

True. Wrong choice of words. Maybe jerk?

Still wrong. Maybe try something a little less insulting.

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by Elder McConkie

It follows that if members of the Church believe false doctrines; if they acccept false educational theories; if they fall into the practices and abominations of the sectarians; if they use tea, coffee, tobacco or liquor; if they fail to pay an honest tithing; if they find fault with the Lord's anointed; if they play cards; if they do anything contrary to the standards of personal righteousness required by the gospel--then to that extent they are in personal apostasy and need to repent.

From Mormon Doctrine.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by fusnik11

I find it kind of odd that you 'love' a story like that.

I prefer to love different types of gospel stories.

Question johnnyvine, who is to stay Bruce is right? He has been wrong quite a bit concerning mormon doctrine.

My thoughts exactly! I will never understand why some Mormons get so excited at the prospect of some of our brothers and sisters not making it. Why would anyone "love" that story?

For the record, I think BRM is wrong, wrong, wrong.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

From Mormon Doctrine.

Ah yes, Mormon "doctrine." The book that the church wishes was never written, precisely because so many Mormons actually believe its contents to be doctrine.

[JohnnyLingo]

In October conference of 1984, Elder McConkie spoke in an eloquence worthy of a great latter-day seer:

Originally Posted by Elder McConkie

The Church is like a great caravan--organized, prepared, following an appointed course, with its captains of tens and captains of hundreds all in place.
What does it matter if a few barking dogs snap at the heels of the weary travellers? Or that predators claim those few who fall by the way? The caravan moves on.
Is there a ravine to cross, a miry mud hole to pull through, a steep grade to climb? So be it. The oxen are strong and the teamsters wise. The caravan moves on.
Are there storms that rage along the way, floods that wash away the bridges, deserts to cross, and rivers to ford? Such is life in this fallen sphere. The caravan moves on.

Ahead is the celestial city, the eternal Zion of our God, where all who maintain their position in the caravan shall find food and drink and rest. Thank God that the caravan moves on!

[Bruce R. McConkie, "The Caravan Moves On," Ensign, Nov. 1984, p. 85]

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by Elder McConkie

I would never quote another man unless I could first square what he said with the scriptures and unless he said what was involved better than I could.

Recounted by Joseph F. McConkie.

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by Elder McConkie

We are here on earth to work-to work long, hard, arduous hours, to work until our backs ache and our tired muscles knot, to work all our days. This mortal probation is one in which we are to eat our bread in the sweat of our faces until we return to the dust from whence we came. Work is the law of life; it is the ruling principle in the lives of the Saints.

-Ensign, May 1979, pg. 93.

[Sleeping in EQ]

I hesitate to mention the obvious, but President Kimball did not like the Seven Heresies talk. Edward Kimball's "Lengthen Your Stride" is pretty good, and goes into this situation a bit.

[ute4ever]

That's a cute little quote, Susan. Now why don't you follow it by getting your ass off of the computer and doing some work?

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

That's a cute little quote, Susan. Now why don't you follow it by getting your ass off of the computer and doing some work?

Who are you talking to? You look schizo.