final Flashcards

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Elder Oaks stated: “In concentrating my talk on this subject (pornography) I feel like the prophet __________, who told the men of his day that it grieved him to speak so boldly in front of their sensitive wives and children.”

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jacob

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Elder Oaks quoted a talk he gave years earlier stating: “Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food.” What reason did he give?

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With few exceptions, the body can get rid of bad food, the mind never vomits up bad images

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Elder Oaks taught that, “When persons entertain evil thoughts long enough for the Spirit to withdraw…” What happens?

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They lose their spiritual protection and they are subject to the power and direction of the evil one.

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According to our readings, what is “the Lord’s standard regarding sexual purity”?

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No sexual relations before marriage
Faithfulness to our spouse after marriage
Both A and B

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5
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The First Presidency counsels to not participate in passionate kissing before marriage.

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true

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Elder Holland suggested that sexual fragmentation can be particularly harmful because…it can temporarily pusuade us _________________.

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It can lead to overlooking serious deficits in the relationship

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Elder Holland said we “will never be more like God at any other time in this life than when” ______________

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You and your spouse are expressing that particular power (pro-creating)

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According to Elder Bednar, What is one of the ultimate ironies of eternity related to the law of chastity?

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The being with no body entices us to misuse ours

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Elder Bednar taught, _____________ is to our spirit as pain is to our bodies

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Guilt

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Sister Nelson taught that intimacy of any kind involves ____________________

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reciprocal feelings of trust
emotional closeness
open communication
All of the above
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11
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What is the symbol of our overall unity according to Wendy Watson Nelson?

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Physical intimacy

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12
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According to our readings, what is the 48 hour rule?

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The length of time allowed to talk about problems after they occur

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13
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According to Laura Brotherson, we should end the activities of our day before we are exhausted because ________________.

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Husband and wife intimacy deserves and needs priority time

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14
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Elder Hugh B. Brown stated: “Ignorance and blundering [sexually] on the part of newlyweds account in large measure for the fact that [many] marriages _____________________

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end in divorce

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According to Laura Brotherson, What should we know to be sufficiently educated sexually?

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The human sexual response

Knowledge of your own body and it’s sexual response

Knowledge of your spouses body and sexual response

General sexual differences between men and women

All of the above

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16
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According to Busby, Carroll, and Leavitt, What “is the preeminent and overarching principle;” in the teachings of the Proclamation on how decisions must be made?

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Equal Partnership

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17
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According to our readings, equally important as what you decide when it comes to marital intimacy is ______________

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How you decide

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18
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Brent Barlow quoted President Kimball when he stated, “The Bible celebrates sex and its proper use…. It makes plain that God himself implanted the physical magnetism between the sexes for two reasons.What are the two reasons?

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Procreation and Expression of love

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19
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Elder Oaks stated: “Few concepts have more potential to mislead us than the idea that ___________________”

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choice, or agency, is the ultimate goal

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According to Elder Nelson, it is not possible to be forgiven for the sin of abortion.

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false

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21
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The First Presidency in True to the Faith asks us to consider two things when making decisions about how many children to have and when. What are they?

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The sanctity of life and the joy of parenting

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22
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Elder Anderson quoted President Monson when he stated: “We also can be in the world but not of the world as ____________________”

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we reject false concepts and false teachings

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23
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According to Elder Nelson, terminating the life of a developing baby involves _______________________

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Two individuals with separate bodies, brains and hearts

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24
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Elder Nelson taught that relatively few abortions are performed for the special circumstances that he taught may make an abortion an appropriate option.

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true

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25
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According to our readings, what did Elder Faust say brings the greatest happiness?

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Parenthood

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26
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Why did Elder Anderson bring up the examples of Adam and Even / Lehi and Sarah / Mose’s parents / Joseph and Mary?

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As good examples of being willing to start a family even when it is hard

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27
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Elder Oaks taught: “Tolerance does not require _________________”

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abandoning one’s standards or one’s opinions

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28
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Which one of the following is NOT one of the suggestions Elder Bednar gave to be more diligent and concerned at home?

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Make covenants and live them

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29
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Elder Bednar said that if you were to ask their adult children what they remember about family prayer, scripture study and family home evening they, would likely say what?

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They would say as a family that they were consistent

30
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Elder Bednar stated that sometimes he hears something from the pulpit either in a talk or a testimony that makes him squirm. What was he talking about?

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When someone states that they don’t tell their spouse they love them often enough and then expresses it in that public meeting

31
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According to Elder Eyring, what “could make it more likely that people in the family would love and serve one another”?

A

Hearing the word of God
Trying the word of God in faith
Both A and B

32
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According to Elder Hales: “However worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may be” what is the standard on whether we should do them?

A

Does it displace duties only parents and family can perform

33
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According to our readings, what did Elder Hales say was “the key to strengthening our families”?

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The spirit being in our home

34
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According to Elder Hales, though parents should stay informed, if their children are on the internet they should not pry into their children’s on-line life.

A

False

35
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In counseling us about our language, Elder Holland stated: “May I expand this counsel to make it a full family matter. We must be so careful in speaking to a child. What we say or don’t say, how we say it and when is…” What?

A

so very, very important in shaping a child’s view of himself or herself

36
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Elder Holland suggested that Joseph Smith taught that we work by faith when we ___________

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Work with words

37
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According to President Eyring in the article we read, what is part of the evidence of God’s infinite love for us?

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Adversity and affliction

38
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President Eyring taught: “The Lord always suits the relief to the person in need to ________________.”

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Best strengthen and purify him or her

39
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President Packer said the virtues and attributes upon which exaltation depends come equally to men and women. (This is found in Elder Hafen’s article)

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false

40
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According to our readings, Elder Maxwell taught that husbands and wives must both be Christians and _____________

A

theologians

41
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Elder Hafen said, “But equal partnerships are not made in heaven–______________________…”

A

They are made on earth

42
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Elder Oaks taught that just because something is good to do isn’t sufficient reason to do it.

A

true

43
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According to Elder Oaks, what do many “breadwinners” worry about?

A

Whether their occupations leave too little time for their families

44
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Elder Hafen, while quoting another author stated; “In our equal-partner marriage, ‘love is not possession but ________________’” What?

A

participation

45
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Sister Dew taught that men and women are “enough different that we would need to” _______________

A

unit our strengths and stewardships to create a whole

46
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Sister Beck taught that if a woman wants to treasure motherhood in the world to come, she must ____________

A

treasure it here on earth

47
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Sister Beck stated: “In my experience I have seen that some of the truest mother hearts beat in the breasts of women_____________________.”

A

who will not rear their own children in this life…

48
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Elder Christofferson stated: “As a Church, we believe in fathers. We believe in ________________________________.”

A

the ideal of the man who puts his family first

49
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According to President Hinckley, what will do more than “money lavished on children will ever do”?

A

love

50
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What did President Hinckley say was Steven L. Richards’ eloquent plea?

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For fathers to stand at the head of their families

51
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What lesson did President Hinckley teach with his “thornless honey locust” tree analogy?

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Teach your children while they are young

52
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Elder Christofferson taught that: “Breadwinning is a consecrated activity. Providing for one’s family, although it generally requires time away from the family, is____________________________________.”

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not inconsistent with fatherhood–it is the essence of being a good father

53
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According to Elder Christofferson, what is the “pernicious philosophy” that undermine a woman’s moral influence?

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Devaluation of marriage and of motherhood

54
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Sister Burton said that a husband is never more attractive to his wife than when he is _______________

A

serving in his God-given roles as a worthy priesthood holder-especially at home

55
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In the First Presidency pamphlet “All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Finances” what is the 5th subtitle besides: Paying Tithes and Offerings/Avoiding Debt/Using a budget/Building a Reserve?

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Teach Family Members

56
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According to Elder Hales, what are acceptable reasons for incurring reasonable debt?

A

Education
A modest home
A basic automobile
All of the above

57
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Elder Hales taught us that while being a provident provider we must keep what basic commandment?

A

Thou shalt not covet

58
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Elder Ballard pointed out that the Church Handbook of Instructions suggests that “As people become self-reliant, they are better prepared to endure adversities” and are “____________________.”

A

better able to care for others in need

59
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Elder Ballard said, “At the root of self-reliance are the dignity and importance of seeing ourselves as _______________________.”

A

children of God regardless of circumstance, culture, or location

60
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According to President Tanner what is the key to spending less than you earn”

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discipline

61
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What did President Tanner list as his “Constancy No. 5”?

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Be honest in all your financial affairs

62
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True or False: President Monson has counseled women to focus their education in traditional home-making areas. (Cited in Sister Cook’s article)

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false

63
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According to our readings, what “has a profound influence on the educational choices” of children?

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Mother’s education

64
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Elder Hales taught, “To respond in a Christlike way cannot be scripted or based on a formula. The Savior responded ______________.”

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differently in every situation

65
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Elder Hales quoted a 1983 First Presidency Letter which stated, “Opposition may be _______________________.”

A

in itself an opportunity

66
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What does Sister Oscarson proclaim to be the greatest honor and most elevated title and important role we can seek for in life?

A

Mother or Father

67
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Sister Oscarson quoted President Monson in stating, “May each of us treasure this truth; one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God. Why?” What was his answer?

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Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one

68
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Elder Nelson taught that male and female are created for ___________________

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what they can do and become, together

69
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Elder Nelson stated that “Disciples of the Lord are _________________.”

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defenders of marriage

70
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Elder Nelson taught that pressures to change marriage laws are resulting in practices contrary to God’s will.

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true

71
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According to Elder Scott, until we have sufficient time and strength to be healed of abuse, Christ invites us to _____________

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let Him share your burden

72
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Elder Oaks quoted President Packer when he stated: “The word tolerance does not stand alone. It requires an object and a response to qualify it as a virtue. … Tolerance is often demanded but seldom returned. Beware of the word tolerance. ________________.”

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It is a very unstable virtue