In the late Apostle Boyd K. Packerâ??s 1975 book â??Teach Ye Diligentlyâ? he encouraged the Churchâ??s teachers to â??treat with careâ? the sensitivity of subjects â??pertaining to sex and the dangerous world of [drugs] and pornography.â? He asked for teachers to â??protect first the innocenceâ? of the members of the church before speaking frankly.
Times have changed. Now, 40 years later, Elder David A. Bednarâ??s counsel to the South Salt Lake Area stakes in August 2012 that, â??what was once sufficientâ? to protect the spiritual health of those in the past is â??no longer enoughâ? today, has become the principle from which the Church is approaching these previously hushed topics.
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