Do you think some of the high level platitudes of GA talks are because we have to fill in the details with the Spirit? Your one footnote is the most interesting part of this for me because you're right about how vague those instructions are (particularly what it means to depend on grace).
Yeah, there’s probably something to that. What did Pres. Oaks say? “As a General Authority, I give general counsel—you have to figure out how that applies to your individual circumstances”? That’s probably better than the opposite: apostolic authority give you specific advice that sounds an awful lot like specific commands.
Do you think some of the high level platitudes of GA talks are because we have to fill in the details with the Spirit? Your one footnote is the most interesting part of this for me because you're right about how vague those instructions are (particularly what it means to depend on grace).
Yeah, there’s probably something to that. What did Pres. Oaks say? “As a General Authority, I give general counsel—you have to figure out how that applies to your individual circumstances”? That’s probably better than the opposite: apostolic authority give you specific advice that sounds an awful lot like specific commands.