President Russel M. Nelson as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1990 said;
“To be your best will you quietly and personally resolve to remain a believer? Will you continue to nurture your faith in God? Keep your faith strong enough to defend attacks upon your religious conversion. Beware! Where ever you go there will be clever destroyers of faith, many masquerading as fellow believers. . . .
Resolve now to know what you will do when confronted with ideas contrary to established doctrines of the Lord. Resolve how you will react to those who stir up contention and contest the teachings of the prophets. Prepare now for the possibility that people of prominent status will deny their own Creator. Their skeptical teachings try to diminish the divinity of the mission of the Savior and even try to nullify the doctrine of the Atonement.
Resolve now to be steadfast. Be like Nephi of old, who did “liken all scriptures unto [himself]” (1Nephi 19:23). Resolve now never to compartmentalize your faith. Faith is not to be separated from your works but is to be an integral part of your works. (“Reflection and Resolution,” BYU Eighteen-Stake Fireside, January 7, 1990) ~ Russell M. Nelson, ‘Reflection and Resolution,” BYU Eighteen Stake Fireside, January 7, 1990)
