Public Square Magazine Primary White, Gold & Black Logo | PublicSquareMag | What is Public Square | Politics, Faith & Family | Home | Public Square Magazine
Instagram Twitter Facebook-f

Deep Dive on Topics from Dallin Oaks Devotional

By C.D. Cunningham

President Dallin H. Oaks, of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke last night, Sunday, May 21, 2023, to a group of young single adults. The intimate conversation about marriage, family, identity, and love was broadcast to a worldwide audience. 

Oaks spoke on many topics frequently discussed in Public Square. So we wanted to share some articles if you’re interested in thinking more about the themes he presented.

Truth & Love

Holding the Tension of Truth and Love (and Where We All Get It a Little Wrong)

Agape Love for Christmas

Why Is It “Big News” That Believers Are Motivated by Love?

Comparing Allyship and Discipleship

Marriage

Tying a Stronger Knot: Overcoming Contemporary Marital Myths

Sexuality and Truth in Harmony

The Philosophical Basis of Biblical Marriage

Latter-day Saint Families: Eternal Perspectives

Children

Zero Population Growth Isn’t the Answer, My Friend

The Lesson We Need From America’s Most Fertile Religion

 

Sexuality

Have Progressives Really Won this Contest of Ideas?

Treasuring All That God Has Revealed

Is Sexuality Who We Are or What We Do?

Can Religious Freedom Heal the LGBT+ and Faith Divide?

 

Transgender Questions

Separating Fact from Fiction with Gender Identity

Every Body Matters

Identity

Our Deepening Divide Over Identity

On Symbols and Identities

RECENT ARTICLES

  • All Post
  • Book Club
  • Bulletin
  • Cartoon
  • Covering the Coverage
  • Devotionals
  • Dialogue
  • Editorials
  • Essays
  • Fact Check
  • Faith
  • Features
  • Four Corners
  • Health
  • Media & Education
  • Politics & Law
  • Profiles
  • Public Square Media
  • Q&A
  • Radical Civility
  • Sexuality & Family
  • Think Twice
  • Top List
  • Uncategorized
  • Utah Scary Stories
  • Women in the Public Square
    •   Back
    • Politics
    • Political Atmosphere
    • The 2020 Election
    • Election Aftermath
    • Freedom
    • Legal
    • America
    • The 2024 Election
    •   Back
    • The Father & Son
    • Gospel Fare
    • Church & State
    • Holidays
    • Climate & End Times
    • Leadership
    • Tributes
    • American Families of Faith
    • Proclamation On the Family
    •   Back
    • News Media
    • Social Media
    • Pop Culture
    • Education
    • Reading
    • Book Club
    • Technology
    •   Back
    • Family Matters
    • Parenting
    • Generational
    • Sexual Abuse
    • Identity
    •   Back
    • Tolerance
    • Persuasion
    • Racial Healing
    • Social Justice
    • History
    •   Back
    • Pandemic
    • Mental Health

POPULAR ARTICLES

  • All Post
  • Book Club
  • Bulletin
  • Cartoon
  • Covering the Coverage
  • Devotionals
  • Dialogue
  • Editorials
  • Essays
  • Fact Check
  • Faith
  • Features
  • Four Corners
  • Health
  • Media & Education
  • Politics & Law
  • Profiles
  • Public Square Media
  • Q&A
  • Radical Civility
  • Sexuality & Family
  • Think Twice
  • Top List
  • Uncategorized
  • Utah Scary Stories
  • Women in the Public Square
    •   Back
    • Politics
    • Political Atmosphere
    • The 2020 Election
    • Election Aftermath
    • Freedom
    • Legal
    • America
    • The 2024 Election
    •   Back
    • The Father & Son
    • Gospel Fare
    • Church & State
    • Holidays
    • Climate & End Times
    • Leadership
    • Tributes
    • American Families of Faith
    • Proclamation On the Family
    •   Back
    • News Media
    • Social Media
    • Pop Culture
    • Education
    • Reading
    • Book Club
    • Technology
    •   Back
    • Family Matters
    • Parenting
    • Generational
    • Sexual Abuse
    • Identity
    •   Back
    • Tolerance
    • Persuasion
    • Racial Healing
    • Social Justice
    • History
    •   Back
    • Pandemic
    • Mental Health
Dan Ellsworth
How Conspiracy Thinking Is Prepping the World for the Antichrist

Can conspiracy thinking pave the way for the Antichrist? Yes—it distorts truth, fuels delusion, and prepares minds to worship lies as wonders.

C.D. Cunningham
A Peaceable People: Why Latter-day Saints Are Less Violent than the General Population

Latter-day Saints are a notably peaceful people. What keeps their communities nonviolent?

Jeff Bennion
A Tale of Two Ecologies: What Environmentalism Overlooks

What is the real ecological crisis? Family and fertility decline threaten human and societal sustainability.

Jacob Z. Hess
Why are Some Latter-day Saints Hesitant to Talk about the Family Proclamation?

The Family Proclamation is beloved by members around the world. So why are some afraid to talk about it?

Cassandra Hedelius
Motherhood, Mortality, and the Myth of Control

A near-death experience at 39 leads a mother to challenge her perceptions of entitlement, faith, and mortality.

CATEGORIES

On Key

You Might Also Like

Good Questions as a Pathway to Peace

So many other things seem to be failing to break through the mounting cultural warfare. Maybe it’s time to get back to basics and rediscover the power of finding the right question?

My General Conference Odyssey

Words of prophetic counsel are a constant presence and fixture in most Latter-day Saint lives. But it wasn’t until I started studying them intently that something changed inside me.

Subscribe To Our Weekly Newsletter

Stay up to date on the intersection of faith in the public square.

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This