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This is a thoughtful article, with links where you can read more if you want to.     Tad R. Callister on the key to avoiding Pharisaic parenting by Jannalee Sandau  | Aug. 06, 2020 Makes You Think If you have read or had a lesson on the New Testament, chances are you encountered something related to the Pharisees and their rigid adherence to 600+ rules based on the Law of Moses. We often talk about the religious leaders’ unwillingness to accept a higher law and how their litany of laws interfered with their ability to truly live the gospel. But as emeritus General Authority and former Sunday School General President Tad R. Callister points out in a recent article for  Church News , Pharisees didn’t just exist in the time of the Savior. Even today, we are at risk of becoming Pharisee-like in our lives and especially in our parenting, when we become too focused on rules instead of principles and don’t give others ...

Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL January 16, 2016 Look After the Interests of Your Friends SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Matthew  7:12 "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets . " QUOTE OF THE DAY Lorenzo Snow "Let your minds be expanded to comprehend and look after the interest of your friends that are around you, and where it is in your power to secure benefits to your friends do so, and in so doing you will find that those things which you need will come into your hands quicker than if you labor entirely to secure them to yourselves independent of regarding the interests of your friends. I know this is a good and important principle" ( Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow , p. 262). DAILY DEVOTIONAL January 14, 2016 Joy in the Gospel SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Alma 14:4 "Looki...