Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments
A Classic Message on the Power of Personal Purity

In this important talk, originally given while he was president of BYU, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland turns his remarkable spiritual and literary talents to the subject of human intimacy. Rather than simply listing the dos and don'ts of personal purity, Elder Holland reviews the doctrinal seriousness of this topic and examines "Why we should be clean, and why moral discipline is such a significant matter in God's eyes." Relying on scripture and statements from the prophets and using thought-provoking insights from poets and philosophers, he explains clearly, and without reserve, why Latter-day Saints cannot adopt the world's views about intimacy. "The topic of human intimacy is as sacred as any I know. In discussing it, the subject can quickly slide from the sacred into the merely sensational. It would be better not to address the topic at all than to damage it with casualness or carelessness.

"Some may feel this is a topic we hear discussed too frequently, but given the world in which we live, we may not be hearing it enough. All the prophets, past and present, have spoken on it. Most in the Church are doing wonderfully well in the matter of personal purity, but some are not doing so well, and much of the world around us is not doing well at all..."

1 disc

Authors: Jeffrey R. Holland

Genres: Talks on CD, Teens/Youth on CD, Self-Improvement on CD, Marriage, Parenting, and Families on CD, LDS Non-Fiction on CD, Inspirational on CD, Health, Diet, and Body on CD, Doctrinal on CD