Ester Rasband has been known to call her new book “an anti-self-esteem book,” which typically causes laughter and perplexed looks. But in Confronting the Myth of Self-Esteem, she explains that she's not against gaining confidence. But the search for self-esteem, she says, will never bring us peace or happiness. She explains: “Inadequacy is the human condition and unless we tap into the adequacy of our Father in Heaven, we live in a somewhat fearful state — fearful that our inadequacy will ...

Four volumes of scripture teach us that reaching toward Christ’s kind of love will make it possible to know Him. The ideal of that love is found in committed righteous family life. Married or single in this life, we can choose to be in the family of Christ. How we can manifest that loving commitment is outlined in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” It is in the acceptance of our roles in the plan of salvation –God-defined and God-given. In these days of confusion about what comes f...

The Lord promises victims full restitution and thorough healing. He taught this doctrine to ancient Israel and during his earthly ministry, and he has reaffirmed it in these latter days. The law of Moses is the schoolmaster that holds the key to understanding his promise. It can lead us to valuing the atonement enough to forgive and to feel forgiven."The mistaken notion that we are required to excuse those who have trespassed against us and that we must discount the pain we have su...

The Proclamation to the Family outlines our roles as eternal beings. It gives us the reasons we are here, and how developing our eternal roles will produce a critical mass of love from which the Lord can use to mold us and create eternal perfection.