Quickly forgotten by those who are offended is the fact that the Church is “for the perfecting of the saints” (Ephesians 4:12). It is not the well-provisioned rest home for the already perfected. Likewise, unremembered by some is the reality that in the kingdom we are each other’s clinical material; the Lord allows us to practice on each other, even in our imperfections. And each of us knows what it is like to be worked on by a “student” rather than senior surgeon. Each of us, however, unintentionally, has also inflicted some pain. Neal A. Maxwell, “ Ensign ” May 1982, p. 38 We are Christ’s kingdom builders. Those who build the heavenly kingdom have always made nervous people who are busy building worldly kingdoms. Noah’s ark-building was not politically correct… The reactions to us will vary: there will be almost Agrippas, the puzzled Pilates, the timed Van Burens, and the stout Colonel Kanes, and, of course, there will be some scorn and...
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