Lessons from Liberty Jail: A Prison and a Temple | BYU Speeches

The grass is wet because it rained last night. This seems the simplest and most elegant expression of the meaning. I am always suspicious of "reason (s)" and "why" being next to each other. There can be reasons for things but there is usually a better way of expressing "reasons why".

In temples, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make sacred covenants, or promises, with Heavenly Father.

The blessings of temple ordinances are sacred and eternal, and essential. Prepare now to make and keep temple covenants.

Yes, we need an endowment! The concepts and covenants of the temple endowment ceremony lay out a pattern of divine living to help bring about these and other spiritual powers. The temple is a modern School of the Prophets in which we enter into a covenant order of future priests and priestesses.

Temple worship is a source of protection and promise. In the temple, we do saving work for our dead, seal families together, and invite God into our lives.

In a world where family ideals gravitate toward convenience, Elder Hafen reminds us of the order of marriage taught in the Lord's temples.

We come closer to Christ by making and keeping covenants in the temple and seeking to love and understand God’s symbols and the holy garment.