The Gum Tree for 2006 July 8

From my readings today I found some prescient and timely words:

Neal A. Maxwell:

A few members of the Church end up “looking beyond the mark” missing the already obvious (Jacob 4:14). These few individuals let their minds run far ahead of their confirming behavior. For them, exiting exploration is preferred to plodding implementation. Speculation and argumentation are more fun than consecration for these individuals. Some even try to soften hard doctrines. What happens, however, is that by not obeying, they lack knowing. Thus, since they cannot defend the faith, a few of them become critics instead of defenders (John 7:17).

Furthermore:

Orthodoxy is required to keep all these truths in essential balance. In orthodoxy lies real safety and real felicity! Flowing from orthodoxy is not only correctness but happiness. Orthodoxy is especially vital in a time of raging relativism and belching sensualism. The world’s morality is constantly being improvised. Some views are politically correct one day, but not another.