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Prager University- Why Socialism Never Works: A Prager U Video Marathon

Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty and is the only creator of wealth. Socialism ONLY results in economic ruin. 👉So why do so many young people today support it? Watch this specially-curated video marathon devoted to understanding Socialism and its pitfalls.

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374,084 views Premiered Dec 30, 2021

Donate today to PragerU! http://l.prageru.com/2ylo1Yt Joining PragerU is free! Sign up now to get all our videos as soon as they're released. http://prageru.com/signup Download Pragerpedia on your iPhone or Android! Thousands of sources and facts at your fingertips. iPhone: http://l.prageru.com/2dlsnbG Android: http://l.prageru.com/2dlsS5e Join Prager United to get new swag every quarter, exclusive early access to our videos, and an annual TownHall phone call with Dennis Prager! http://l.prageru.com/2c9n6ys Join PragerU's text list to have these videos, free merchandise giveaways and breaking announcements sent directly to your phone! https://optin.mobiniti.com/prageru Do you shop on Amazon? Click https://smile.amazon.com and a percentage of every Amazon purchase will be donated to PragerU. Same great products. Same low price. Shopping made meaningful. VISIT PragerU! https://www.prageru.com FOLLOW us! Facebook:   / prageru   Twitter:   / prageru   Instagram:   / prageru   PragerU is on Snapchat! JOIN PragerFORCE! For Students: http://l.prageru.com/29SgPaX JOIN our Educators Network! http://l.prageru.com/2c8vsff

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The Rational Bible: Exodus by Dennis Prager  

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Highly Recommended by ACU.

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The Rational Bible: Genesis by Dennis Prager 

USA Today bestseller

The Rational Bible: Deuteronomy: God, Blessings, and Curses by Dennis Prager

Is the Bible, the most influential book in world history, still relevant?

Why do people dismiss it as being irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things?

This explanation of the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Bible, will demonstrate how it remains profoundly relevant - both to the great issues of our day and to each individual life.

Do you doubt the existence of God because you think believing in God is irrational? This book will cause you to reexamine your doubts.

The title of this commentary is The Rational Bible because its approach is entirely reason-based. The listener is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. In Dennis Prager’s words, “If something I write is not rational, I have not done my job.”

The Rational Bible is the fruit of Prager’s forty years of teaching to people of every faith and no faith at all. In virtually every section, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world in general and to you on a personal level.

His goal: to change your mind - and, as a result, to change your life.

RIOTS ARE NOT PROTESTS; ARREST THEM ALL, NOW! Michael Savage

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MICHAEL SAVAGE

129K subscribers

11,939 views  5/30/26

RIOTS ARE NOT PROTESTS; ARREST THEM ALL, NOW!

He Is Risen with Healing in His Wings. Patrick Kearon. ACU Sunday Series.

Elder Kearon teaches that survivors of abuse are not responsible for the abuse and can seek the Savior’s gift of healing.

Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/qn3YJ2F8xMc?si=M7w_FG90m1iL5Opp

General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ

721K subscribers

119,818 views Apr 2, 2022 April 2022 General Conference

Elder Patrick Kearon speaks at the 192nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2-3, 2022. https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/s...

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For Come Follow Me lesson manual and materials visit-

Come, Follow Me

For Individuals and Families: New Testament 2023

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/manual/come-follow-me/2023?lang=eng

For a list of 100+ episodes of ACU Sunday Series visit-

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For the Strength of Youth

To help you find the Way and to help you make Christ’s doctrine the guiding influence in your life, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has prepared a new resource, a revised version of For the Strength of Youth.

For over 50 years, For the Strength of Youth has been a guide for generations of Latter-day Saint youth. I always keep a copy in my pocket, and I share it with people who are curious about our standards. It has been updated and refreshed to better cope with the challenges and temptations of our day. The new version of For the Strength of Youth is available online in 50 different languages and will also be available in print. It will be a significant help for making choices in your life. Please embrace it as your own and share it with your friends.

This new version of For the Strength of Youth is subtitled A Guide for Making Choices.

To be very clear, the best guide you can possibly have for making choices is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the strength of youth.

So the purpose of For the Strength of Youth is to point you to Him. It teaches you eternal truths of His restored gospel—truths about who you are, who He is, and what you can accomplish with His strength. It teaches you how to make righteous choices based on those eternal truths.13

It’s also important to know what For the Strength of Youth does not do. It doesn’t make decisions for you. It doesn’t give you a “yes” or “no” about every choice you might ever face. For the Strength of Youth focuses on the foundation for your choices. It focuses on values, principles, and doctrine instead of every specific behavior.

The Lord, through His prophets, has always been guiding us in that direction. He is pleading with us to “increase [our] spiritual capacity to receive revelation.”14 He is inviting us to “hear Him.”15 He is calling us to follow Him in higher and holier ways.16 And we are learning in a similar way every week in Come, Follow Me.

ACU Endorsed Charities

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Pre-Born!

Saving babies and Souls.

https://preborn.org/

OUR MISSION

To glorify Jesus Christ by leading and equipping pregnancy clinics to save more babies and souls.

WHAT WE DO

Pre-Born! partners with life-affirming pregnancy clinics all across the nation. We are designed to strategically impact the abortion industry through the following initiatives:…

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Help CSI Stamp Out Slavery In Sudan

Join us in our effort to free over 350 slaves. Listeners to the Eric Metaxas Show will remember our annual effort to free Christians who have been enslaved for simply acknowledging Jesus Christ as their Savior. As we celebrate the birth of Christ this Christmas, join us in giving new life to brothers and sisters in Sudan who have enslaved as a result of their faith.

https://csi-usa.org/metaxas

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Typical Aid for the Enslaved

Thank you for your compassion  Giving the Gift of Freedom and Hope to the Enslaved South Sudanese

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Food For The Poor

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Help us serve the poorest of the poor

Food For The Poor began in 1982 in Jamaica. Today, our interdenominational Christian ministry serves the poor in primarily 17 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Thanks to our faithful donors, we are able to provide food, housing, healthcare, education, fresh water, emergency relief, micro-enterprise solutions and much more.

We are proud to have fed millions of people and provided more than 15.7 billion dollars in aid.

Our faith inspires us to be an organization built on compassion, and motivated by love. Our mission is to bring relief to the poorest of the poor in the countries where we serve.

We strive to reflect God’s unconditional love. It’s a sacrificial love that embraces all people regardless of race or religion. We believe that we can show His love by serving the “least of these” on this earth as Christ challenged us to do in Matthew 25. We pray that by God’s grace, and with your support, we can continue to bring relief to the suffering and hope to the hopeless.

Illustra Media THE JOHN 10 10 PROJECT Evidence for Faith Playlist 54 min

Steven Crowder. The Data on Marriage Is Terrifying

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The percentage of women married by 30 has collapsed from 91% in 1975 to 25% today. For men it's even worse: down from 81% to 16%. We break down every factor driving the decline: no-fault divorce, antidepressant use, women in the workforce, college debt, housing costs, and the ideology that tied it all together. Click here for today's sources: https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/sou... Download Rumble Wallet now and enjoy the benefits of financial and personal freedom! https://rumblewallet.onelink.me/bJsX/... Foundation Daily is made up of premium ingredients to reduce inflammation and stress and promote clean energy and mental clarity. Subscribe now and receive 40% off for life. https://foundationdaily.com/ DOWNLOAD THE RUMBLE APP TODAY: https://rumble.com/our-apps Join Rumble Premium to watch this show every day! http://louderwithcrowder.com/Premium Bite-Sized Content: https://rumble.com/c/CrowderBits Subscribe to my podcast: https://feeds.libsyn.com/576250/rss FOLLOW ME: Website: https://louderwithcrowder.com/ X: https://x.com/scrowder Instagram:   / louderwithcrowder   Facebook:   / stevencrowderofficial  

Prager University. Our MOST POPULAR 5-Minute Videos: A Marathon

This collection of 5-Minute videos includes our MOST POPULAR, most watched, most shared, most discussed of all-time. Topics cover history, economics, and culture. Enjoy!

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Donate today to PragerU! http://l.prageru.com/2ylo1Yt Joining PragerU is free! Sign up now to get all our videos as soon as they're released. http://prageru.com/signup Download Pragerpedia on your iPhone or Android! Thousands of sources and facts at your fingertips. iPhone: http://l.prageru.com/2dlsnbG Android: http://l.prageru.com/2dlsS5e Join Prager United to get new swag every quarter, exclusive early access to our videos, and an annual TownHall phone call with Dennis Prager! http://l.prageru.com/2c9n6ys Join PragerU's text list to have these videos, free merchandise giveaways and breaking announcements sent directly to your phone! https://optin.mobiniti.com/prageru Do you shop on Amazon? Click https://smile.amazon.com and a percentage of every Amazon purchase will be donated to PragerU. Same great products. Same low price. Shopping made meaningful. VISIT PragerU! https://www.prageru.com FOLLOW us! Facebook:   / prageru   Twitter:   / prageru   Instagram:   / prageru   PragerU is on Snapchat! JOIN PragerFORCE! For Students: http://l.prageru.com/29SgPaX JOIN our Educators Network! http://l.prageru.com/2c8vsff

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The Rational Bible: Exodus by Dennis Prager  

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Highly Recommended by ACU.

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https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Bible-Exodus-Dennis-Prager/dp/1621577724

The Rational Bible: Genesis by Dennis Prager 

USA Today bestseller

The Rational Bible: Deuteronomy: God, Blessings, and Curses by Dennis Prager

Is the Bible, the most influential book in world history, still relevant?

Why do people dismiss it as being irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things?

This explanation of the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Bible, will demonstrate how it remains profoundly relevant - both to the great issues of our day and to each individual life.

Do you doubt the existence of God because you think believing in God is irrational? This book will cause you to reexamine your doubts.

The title of this commentary is The Rational Bible because its approach is entirely reason-based. The listener is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. In Dennis Prager’s words, “If something I write is not rational, I have not done my job.”

The Rational Bible is the fruit of Prager’s forty years of teaching to people of every faith and no faith at all. In virtually every section, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world in general and to you on a personal level.

His goal: to change your mind - and, as a result, to change your life.

Dinesh D’Souza- THE ELECTION STEALERS

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Dinesh D'Souza

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Here’s how we know the 2020 election was stolen. But by whom exactly? And in what ways? The truth may finally be coming out. Erick Stakelbeck, author of “The Terrorist Next Door,” on America’s exit plan in Iran, and Islam’s grand plan for America. (1:38) 2020 Election Was Stolen (5:08) Why Investigate Now (8:36) Three Indicators of Fraud (13:19) The Count Stopped (14:41) Biden's Phantom Votes (20:17) Guest: Erick Stakelbeck (24:21) The Mahdi & Apocalyptic Islam (34:18) Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood (39:16) Islam in America Today (44:07) Europe's Islamic Warning (47:04) Left & Islam: Unholy Alliance (55:00) Trump as the Last Firewall (1:05:34) Betting on the West If you’re tired of broken healthcare you need to choose the right pharmacy. Check them out at allfamilypharmacy.com/dinesh and use code DINESH30 to save 30% off your next order. For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (706) 262-4774 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/dinesh" Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Leave the old “buy and hold” crypto strategy behind at https://DineshCrypto.com ! Purchase crypto with military grade encryption and American customer service. Hundreds of crypto holders have saved MILLIONS thanks to BlockTrustIRA’s Animus AI. Visit https://DineshCrypto.com and receive up to $2,500 in FREE bonus crypto! America has nearly 39 trillion dollars in debt! Are you protected from this pending disaster? Go to http://DineshGold.com and get up to 10% in bonus gold or silver. I’m on substack! Check out what I have to say here: https://dineshdsouza.substack.com/ Dinesh D'Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior domestic policy analyst in the Reagan administration. He also served as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including "Illiberal Education," "What's So Great About Christianity," "America: Imagine a World Without Her," "The Roots of Obama's Rage," "Death of a Nation," and "United States of Socialism." His documentary films "2016: Obama's America," "America," "Hillary's America," "Death of a Nation," and "Trump Card" are among the highest-grossing political documentaries of all time. He and his wife Debbie are also executive producers of the acclaimed feature film "Infidel." — Want to connect with Dinesh D'Souza online for more hard-hitting analysis of current events in America? Here’s how: Get Dinesh unfiltered, uncensored and unchained on Locals: https://dinesh.locals.com/ Facebook:   / dsouzadinesh   Twitter:   / dineshdsouza   Rumble: https://rumble.com/dineshdsouza Instagram:   / dineshjdsouza  

What Schools Don't Teach You About American Indians

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Matt Walsh

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3,192,761 views Apr 2, 2026 #RealHistory #MattWalsh #TheMattWalshShow

The Real History of the American Indians What do Snow White, Cinderella, and smallpox blankets have in common? They’re all fairytales. In this shocking episode of "Real History," Matt Walsh rips apart the myth of peaceful, noble Indians who were supposedly victimized by evil white settlers. Matt takes on the biggest mainstream myths and left-wing shibboleths about the settling of the American West. It’s time to ditch the self-loathing propaganda designed to demoralize us and replace it with raw, unfiltered history that radical academics and Hollywood don't want you to see. Real History Ep. 2 The Real History of Slavery is available on youtube here:    • What Schools Don't Teach You About Slavery   The Real History of the Civil War is available, exclusively on DailyWire+ https://dwplus.watch/RealHistoryTheCi... -- -- -- LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day: https://youtube.com/MattWalsh?sub_con... -- -- -- Today's Sponsors: Balance of Nature - Join hundreds of thousands of customers in one simple routine that’s changing the world. Go to https://BalanceofNature.com to subscribe and save today. Grand Canyon University (GCU) - Find your purpose at Grand Canyon University. Visit https://GCU.edu to learn more. -- -- -- CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro/Trail of Tears Myth 06:57 The "Peaceful Indian" Myth 14:19 Colonization escalated violence? 21:47 Counting Coup, Scalping, & becoming a War Chief 26:16 Indians & Property Rights 30:01 The Fort Parker Massacre 32:50 American Indian War Tactics 41:30 The Rise of Texas Rangers 43:28 Guns that Won the West 46:07 Major Indian Victories 49:55 How the US Finally Won 51:33 The Smallpox Blanket Myth 59:02 It Wasn’t a "Genocide" -- -- -- 📚 Reference Books: • On the Border With Mackenzie https://a.co/d/03avxFNs • War Before Civilization https://a.co/d/0884bcs6 • Nine Years Among the Indians https://a.co/d/08rYwyPJ • Empire of the Summer Moon https://a.co/d/0hWoL564 • Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border https://a.co/d/099FtX7J -- -- -- DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dwplus.watch/RealHistorySubsc... 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📜 Real History with Matt Walsh is available ad-free, exclusively on DailyWire+ https://dwplus.watch/RealHistory 👕 Get your Matt Walsh flannel here: https://dwplus.shop/MattWalshMerch

Matt Walsh Documentary. Everything That You Were Told About The Civil Rights Movement Was A Lie

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Matt Walsh

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274,350 views Premiered May 11, 2026 The Matt Walsh Show

Today we are releasing my newest documentary about the Civil Rights Movement on Daily Wire which may just be the most important project I've worked on. I will detail why this documentary and the truth are so important. Ep. 1777 "The Real History of Civil Rights Part 1: A New Constitution" is available, exclusively on DailyWire+ here: https://dwplus.watch/RealHistoryCivil... -- -- -- LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos daily.    / @mattwalsh   Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/MattWalshMemberE... -- -- -- Sources: https://x.com/NBCNews/status/20524786...    • History lesson: Police use of fire hoses o...      • The Fight Against Segregation in Birmingha...   https://i0.wp.com/breachofpeace.com/b... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2qDae1Wk... https://cdn.quillette.com/wp-content/... https://www.reddit.com/media?url=http... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHzvzc-WM... https://x.com/AzPetrich/status/205249... https://x.com/ProfJeffries/status/205... https://x.com/paoloredtoblue/status/2... https://x.com/rachelbitecofer/status/... https://x.com/RemakingManhood/status/... https://x.com/nicksortor/status/20524... https://x.com/still_boneless/status/2...    • ‘I Can’t Listen To Martin Luther King Spee...   https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2052... https://x.com/mkhammer/status/2053174... https://x.com/Emolclause/status/20534... https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/20529... https://x.com/theblaze/status/2052431... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GzsGYM0Wg... https://x.com/TampaPD/status/20531344... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HH9hDgWXk... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HH9LZZoWc... https://x.com/MaxFlugrath/status/2052...

Remember Lot's Wife. Jeffrey R. Holland. ACU Sunday Series.

The past is to be learned from, but not lived in. We remember the blessings enjoyed and the lessons learned, but then we look with faith toward the future.

Watch the entire video at- https://youtu.be/obNlH5VZ_qg?si=9mA18OXU8KTPxS2B

BYU Speeches

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Introduction: 00:00 Remember Lot’s Wife: 3:33 Don’t Look Back: 9:06 Remember Them No More: 14:33 The Best is Yet to Be: 24:40 Conclusion: 32:29 Follow BYU Speeches: Podcasts: https://speeches.byu.edu/podcasts/​ Facebook:   / byuspeeches​   Twitter:   / byuspeeches​   Instagram:   / byuspeeches​   Pinterest:   / byuspeeches​   This speech was given on January 13, 2009. Read and download the full devotional text at the BYU Speeches website: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffre... Read more about Jeffrey R. Holland here: https://speeches.byu.edu/speakers/jef... © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. "The start of a new year is the traditional time to take stock of our lives and see where we are going, measured against the backdrop of where we have been. I don’t want to talk to you about New Year’s resolutions, because you only made five of them and you have already broken four. (I give that remaining one just another week.) But I do want to talk to you about the past and the future, not so much in terms of New Year’s commitments per se, but more with an eye toward any time of transition and change in your lives—and those moments come virtually every day of our lives. As a scriptural theme for this discussion, I have chosen the second-shortest verse in all of holy scripture. I am told that the shortest verse—a verse that every missionary memorizes and holds ready in case he is called on spontaneously in a zone conference—is John 11:35: “Jesus wept.” Elders, here is a second option, another shortie that will dazzle your mission president in case you are called on two zone conferences in a row. It is Luke 17:32, where the Savior cautions, “Remember Lot’s wife.” Hmmm. What did He mean by such an enigmatic little phrase? To find out, I suppose we need to do as He suggested. Let’s recall who Lot’s wife was. The original story, of course, comes to us out of the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, when the Lord, having had as much as He could stand of the worst that men and women could do, told Lot and his family to flee because those cities were about to be destroyed. “Escape for thy life,” the Lord said, “look not behind thee . . . ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed” (Genesis 19:17; emphasis added). With less than immediate obedience and more than a little negotiation, Lot and his family ultimately did leave town, but just in the nick of time. The scriptures tell us what happened at daybreak the morning following their escape: The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities. [Genesis 19:24–25] Then our theme today comes in the next verse. Surely, surely, with the Lord’s counsel “look not behind thee” ringing clearly in her ears, Lot’s wife, the record says, “looked back,” and she was turned into a pillar of salt. In the time we have this morning, I am not going to talk to you about the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, nor of the comparison the Lord Himself has made to those days and our own time. I am not even going to talk about obedience and disobedience. I just want to talk to you for a few minutes about looking back and looking ahead. One of the purposes of history is to teach us the lessons of life. George Santayana, who should be more widely read than he is on a college campus, is best known for saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (Reason in Common Sense, vol. 1 of The Life of Reason [1905–1906]). So, if history is this important—and it surely is—what did Lot’s wife do that was so wrong? As something of a student of history, I have thought about that and offer this as a partial answer. Apparently what was wrong with Lot’s wife was that she wasn’t just looking back; in her heart she wanted to go back. It would appear that even before they were past the city limits, she was already missing what Sodom and Gomorrah had offered her. As Elder Maxwell once said, such people know they should have their primary residence in Zion, but they still hope to keep a summer cottage in Babylon (see Larry W. Gibbons, “Wherefore, Settle This in Your Hearts,” Ensign, November 2006, 102; also Neal A. Maxwell, A Wonderful Flood of Light [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1990], 47). It is possible that Lot’s wife looked back with resentment toward the Lord for what He was asking her to leave behind. We certainly know that Laman and Lemuel were resentful when Lehi and his family were commanded to leave Jerusalem. So it isn’t just that she looked back; she looked back longingly. In short, her attachment to the past outweighed her confidence in the future. That, apparently, was at least part of her sin."

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For over 50 years, For the Strength of Youth has been a guide for generations of Latter-day Saint youth. I always keep a copy in my pocket, and I share it with people who are curious about our standards. It has been updated and refreshed to better cope with the challenges and temptations of our day. The new version of For the Strength of Youth is available online in 50 different languages and will also be available in print. It will be a significant help for making choices in your life. Please embrace it as your own and share it with your friends.

This new version of For the Strength of Youth is subtitled A Guide for Making Choices.

To be very clear, the best guide you can possibly have for making choices is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the strength of youth.

So the purpose of For the Strength of Youth is to point you to Him. It teaches you eternal truths of His restored gospel—truths about who you are, who He is, and what you can accomplish with His strength. It teaches you how to make righteous choices based on those eternal truths.13

It’s also important to know what For the Strength of Youth does not do. It doesn’t make decisions for you. It doesn’t give you a “yes” or “no” about every choice you might ever face. For the Strength of Youth focuses on the foundation for your choices. It focuses on values, principles, and doctrine instead of every specific behavior.

The Lord, through His prophets, has always been guiding us in that direction. He is pleading with us to “increase [our] spiritual capacity to receive revelation.”14 He is inviting us to “hear Him.”15 He is calling us to follow Him in higher and holier ways.16 And we are learning in a similar way every week in Come, Follow Me.

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