Gospel Fare
Enduring in Charity: General Conference Round-Up
Amid stories of grief and endurance, conference teachings returned to charity, holiness, and the work of peace.
Public Square Staff
April 6, 2026
Amid stories of grief and endurance, conference teachings returned to charity, holiness, and the work of peace.
Believing that BYU’s distinctive religious heritage can be maintained without intentional efforts to preserve it is naive.
In an age of flash-flood information, discernment best comes through authorized messengers: living prophets, scriptures, and the Holy Ghost.
Dallin H. Oaks pairs law with love, showing humility, outreach, and a call to hold truth with tenderness.
The Public Square community looks to the themes they learned from the October 2025 General Conference
Can Latter-day Saints engage liberalism without compromise? Faith can lead with courage rather than fear.
Can early Church practices justify new sealings? The evidence affirms doctrinal continuity, not revisionist change.
Is theological silence a loophole? Air Bud logic misreads doctrine and undermines revealed foundations.
Is a church the key to saving democracy? Latter-day Saints’ beliefs could prove pivotal in the outcome of the next election.
Three years ago, Dallin H. Oaks gave a stirring denunciation of racism. What are the theological implications three years on?
How can Latter-day Saints best engage questions related to marriage, family, and sexuality? Through careful, prudent, public square dialogue.
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