Spiritual momentum is created “over a lifetime as we repeatedly embrace the doctrine of Christ.”⁵ Doing so, President Russell M. Nelson taught, produces a “powerful virtuous cycle.”⁶ Indeed, the elements of the doctrine of Christ—such as faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, entering a covenant relationship with the Lord through baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end⁷—are not intended to be experienced as one-time, check-the-box events. In particular, “enduring to the end” is not really a separate step in the doctrine of Christ—as though we complete the first four elements and then hunker down, grit our teeth, and wait to die. No, enduring to the end is repeatedly and iteratively applying the other elements of the doctrine of Christ, creating the “powerful virtuous cycle” that President Nelson described.⁸ – Dale G. Renlund, “The Powerful, Virtuous Cycle of the Doctrine of Christ,” Liahona (CR) May 2024