John 12:9-11<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Increased visibility brings increased hostility.<\/p>\n
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Latter-day Saints should know that, understand it, expect it, and be prepared to cope with it.<\/p>\n
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It won\u2019t always come in the form of murder plots and violent persecution, either. \u00a0In fact, it rarely will. \u00a0Almost never. \u00a0Usually, it will come in more gentle ways. Verbal slights or attacks, social insults or exclusions, mockery, derision, media misrepresentation. \u00a0Public and private criticisms, some of them based on legitimate questions or concerns, some grossly unjust and even dishonest. \u00a0Often subtle. \u00a0Sometimes almost unnoticed.<\/p>\n
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The response must not be paranoia or a persecution complex.<\/p>\n
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We must sometimes correct egregious falsehoods; they cannot be permitted to travel around the world uncontradicted. \u00a0But, mostly, we must concentrate on living and acting and speaking as befits Latter-day Saints. \u00a0\u201cBe not overcome of evil,\u201d wrote the apostle Paul (Romans 12:21), \u201cbut overcome evil with good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. \u00a0<\/span>The same was in the beginning with God. \u00a0All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. \u00a0In him was life; and the life was the light of men. \u00a0And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.<\/strong> \u00a0(John 1:1-5)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 John 12:9-11 \u00a0 Increased visibility brings increased hostility. \u00a0 Latter-day Saints should know that, understand it, expect it, and be prepared to cope with it. \u00a0 It won\u2019t always come in the form of murder plots and violent persecution, either. \u00a0In fact, it rarely will. \u00a0Almost never. \u00a0Usually, it will come in more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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