Sitting to deliver his sermons, the faith’s 98-year-old leader also denounced the “grievous sin” of abuse and warned that perpetrators are “not only accountable to the laws of man but will also face the wrath of God.”
Tracy Y. Browning, second counselor in the children's Primary general presidency, speaks at General Conference on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Earlier this year, she became the first Black woman in a general presidency and now is the first to give a sermon at General Conference.
“Our Heavenly Father allows us to use earthly resources according to our own free will. Yet, our agency should not be interpreted as license to use or consume the riches of this world without wisdom or restraint,” Caussé said. “The Lord gave this admonition: ‘And it pleaseth God that he hath given all these things unto man; for unto this end were they made to be used, with judgment, not to excess, neither by extortion.
“We cannot permit any racism, tribal prejudice or other divisions to exist in the latter-day church of Christ,” he said. “We should be diligent in rooting prejudice and discrimination out of the church, out of our homes, and, most of all, out of our hearts.”whose struggle with infertility left her feeling isolated in her congregation.
When Browning joined the church, others noticed “changes in my behaviors, practices and choices,” she said. “They were curious about the ‘whys’ of what they were seeing — why I chose to be baptized and join this congregation of believers. ...
One reason Latter-day Saints do not emphasize the cross as a symbol, apostle Jeffrey R. Holland said in the first General Conference speech Sunday morning, “stems from our biblical roots.” Still, being neither Catholic nor Protestant, Latter-day Saints believe that their church is, rather, “a restored church, the restored New Testament church,” he said. “Thus, our origins and authority go back before the time of councils, creeds and iconography.”
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