CONTENTS
Preface
Using the Student Manual............... viii
Purpose of the Manual.................. viii
Organization of the Manual.............. viii
Living by Gospel Principles.............. viii
Abortion
Selected Teachings....................... 1
Abuse
Selected Teachings....................... 3
Abuse Defined........................ 3
Policy toward Abuse.................... 3
Causes of Abuse....................... 3
Avoiding Abuse....................... 4
Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse,
Elder Richard G. Scott................... 5
Adjustments in Marriage
Selected Teachings....................... 9
Adjusting to In-Laws................... 9
Financial Adjustments.................. 9
Adjusting to an Intimate Relationship...... 9
Related Scriptures..................... 10
Atonement and Eternal Marriage
“The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom,”
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland................ 11
Birth Control
Selected Teachings...................... 14
I Have a Question, Dr. Homer Ellsworth...... 17
Charity
Selected Teachings...................... 19
Related Scriptures...................... 19
Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature.... 20
Commitment
Selected Teachings...................... 21
Our Solemn Responsibilities,
President Gordon B. Hinckley............ 22
Endure and Be Lifted Up,
Elder Russell M. Nelson................ 26
Communication
Related Scriptures...................... 31
Selected Teachings...................... 31
Family Communications,
Elder Marvin J. Ashton................. 32
Listen to Learn, Elder Russell M. Nelson...... 35
Covenants and Ordinances
Selected Teachings...................... 38
Keeping Our Covenants................. 38
Our Covenant-Based Relationship
with the Lord....................... 40
Wayward Children Born under
the Covenant....................... 47
Covenant Marriage, Elder Bruce C. Hafen..... 47
Dating Standards
Selected Teachings...................... 51
For the Strength of Youth: Fulfilling
Our Duty to God, booklet.............. 52
Debt
Related Scriptures...................... 59
Selected Teachings...................... 59
To the Boys and to the Men,
President Gordon B. Hinckley............ 60
Differences Inherent between
Men and Women
Selected Teachings...................... 63
For Time and All Eternity,
Elder Boyd K. Packer.................. 66
The Joy of Womanhood,
Sister Margaret D. Nadauld.............. 70
Divorce
Selected Teachings...................... 73
Related Scriptures...................... 73
Concern for Family Life................ 73
Growing Plague of Divorce Is Not of God... 73
Marriage and Divorce, Elder David B. Haight.. 74
Education
Selected Teachings...................... 77
Prepare for the Future................. 77
