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8/11/07
"Our culture tends to
determine what foods we like, how we dress, what constitutes polite behavior,
what sports we should follow, what our taste in music should be, the importance
of education, and our attitudes toward honesty. It also influences men as to the
importance of recreation or religion, influences women about the priority of
career or childbearing, and has a powerful effect on how we approach procreation
and moral issues. All too often, we are like puppets on a string, as our culture
determines what is 'cool.'
"There is, of course, a zeitgeist to which
we should pay attention, and that is the ethos of the Lord, the
culture of the people of God. As Peter states it, 'But ye are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye
should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into
his marvelous light' (1 Peter
2:9).
"It is the ethos of those who keep
the Lord's commandments, walk in His ways, and 'live by every word that
proceedeth forth from the mouth of God' (D&C 84:44). If that makes
us peculiar, so be it." - David R. Stone, "Zion
in the Midst of Babylon ," CR April 2006
6/8/08
"Wherever
we are, whatever city we may live in, we can build our own Zion by the
principles of the celestial kingdom and ever seek to become the pure in heart.
Zion is the beautiful, and the Lord holds it in His own hands. Our homes can be
places which are a refuge and protection, as Zion is."
- David R. Stone, "Zion
in the Midst of Babylon," CR April 2006