(11/10/00)
"Well, Christ's love can be tough. What is he trying to do with us? In his best-seller, The Road Less Traveled (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978), Dr. M. Scott Peck said that no matter how much we may pussyfoot around it, all who ask the question 'What is God's love leading to?' come to a single terrifying conclusion: God wants us to become like himself. We are being prepared for godhood, and it hurts; it hurts abominably, but there is peace." — John K. Carmack, "Upheld by the Prayers of the Church," General Conference, April 1984

(2/20/02)
"Also, we need to use more fully the gifts of the Spirit, all of which operate through faith. These gifts are available to us today. Even the ultimate power--to raise the dead--is occasionally exercised by those of great faith. The sick are healed, the blind see, the lame walk, and evil spirits are cast out--all through faith and priesthood power in combination. I feel we do not enjoy enough spiritual gifts in our priesthood callings." — John K. Carmack, "Faith Yields Priesthood Power," Ensign, May 1993, p. 43

(11/25/03)
"Moroni taught the great principle that the Lord has allowed all of us to have weaknesses, but he added that the Lord will show us our weaknesses if we humble ourselves and come to Him. Then he added the crowning thought that those weaknesses can become our strengths as we overcome them. (See Ether 12:27.) This is true of low self-esteem. With the Lord's help we can overcome that serious impediment." - John K. Carmack, "To My Single Friends," Ensign, Mar. 1989, p. 31