Lessons from Churchill and The Blitz

In a previous podcast, “Wokeism and Teaching Kids,” we promised to follow up on our discussion of that subject. We discussed the looming problem, likely growing and wondered out loud where it’s headed. The question we try to answer in this podcast is: What are we going to do about it? And who is going to step out and hold themselves up to ridicule? How many Lt. General Michael Flynns are there? Are you one of them?

Latter-day Saints recognize that free agency is essential to salvation. And, to be truly free, we must be able to choose between clearly defined opposites. But, when the powers that be prevent people from learning the truth, our spiritual growth is stunted. So, the question is, what are you, as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, going to do about it? Will you simply recite the 12th Article of Faith and simply say “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers and magistrates, in obeying, honoring and sustaining the Law”? Is being compliant to government–even when it errs–the same as being obedient to God? Consider Christ standing before Pilate; the Savior informs the Roman governor that “to this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth hearth my voice.” In reply, the dumbfounded Pilate–like so many people in power today–asked, “what is truth?”

Truth is, indeed, a rare commodity. Prophets before Christ, like Him, paid the price of telling the truth with their lives. Prophets and apostles after Christ met the same fate. But, sharing the truth, if the burden is broadly supported is rarely fatal today, but there is a cost. In this podcast, we put it into historical context, quoting Joseph Smith, John Adams and Winston Churchill. During the darkest days of the Battle of Britain, Churchill exemplified “The Art of Being Fearless and provides an icon to follow for Latter-day Saints who today share the burden of testifying of the truth, and in this case, helping preserve the U.S. Constitution.