Order of the Priesthood, Sacrifice, & Leadership | An Interview with Todd McLauchlin

Todd McLauchlin served a mission to Japan and studied philosophy at
Brigham Young University. In this conversation, Todd and Kurt delve
into the concept of magnifying one's calling in the priesthood,
emphasizing the importance of sacrifice and obedience, and discuss
how leaders can magnify redemption to others. Links Shattering
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Library Highlights 3:40 Todd’s background 6:20 Exploring the
intersection of leadership, theology, and priesthood 7:40 A
question that has always pounded Todd is do you REALLY believe what
you believe? Why do I believe this? 10:30 Being Christ-like is more
than just being a nicer person. How can I be a much more truthful
person and what am I willing to sacrifice for it? Bring the
darkness out of you into the light. 12:00 What is the dread of the
holy? If you really want to pursue holiness and Jesus Christ you
will most likely face dread in that path. You will have to
encounter your demons to feel that sanctifying light. 13:00 Even
the person that seems like they have everything together and is
temple worthy has a lot of work to do on himself. 17:00 We need to
humble ourselves without being compelled. We can go to the Lord
with a broken heart and contrite spirit to know the depth of our
weakness and insufficiency so that we can know the power and
salvational abilities of Jesus Christ. It will be a radically
transformational experience. 18:50 The temple endowment is an
endowment of the priesthood. The significance of the Oath and
Covenant of the Priesthood. 22:00 The order of the priesthood is a
group of people that are obtaining covenantal relationship intimacy
with the Lord in degrees of intimacy. Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ share their power with you as you become sanctified and
fulfill their purposes. 23:00 The meaning of the order of the
priesthood. The ordination is the authoritative invitation to enter
into the order of the priesthood but you must do much more to
sanctify yourself to share the power of God. That is the difference
between being called and chosen. 24:50 Unpacking the temple
endowment to understand priesthood theology 26:20 The covenant of
the priesthood and becoming clean from the blood and sins of the
generation. This is our primary call and covenant. 27:30 Magnifying
one's calling and the connection to priesthood theology 35:20
Sacrifice, leadership, and the impact on relationships and
redemption 39:00 The consequences of breaking covenant and the role
of priesthood in delivering Christ's message 42:00 Applying
covenant principles to leadership roles like Relief Society and
Elder Quorum Presidents. Normally the things that the Lord wants us
to do are things that we don’t want to do but that is where the
power is unlocked. 45:30 When Adam and Eve were cast out, God said
I will give you a savior and the law of sacrifice. We get to
partner with Christ through our sacrifices. 46:40 Many are
struggling with children that don’t want to participate in the
covenant. What can they do? 49:00 When people leave the covenant.
They haven’t seen how the gospel can work for them. Their testimony
is not the problem; not experiencing redemption is the problem.
50:20 Are people leaving their Sunday feeling the redemption or
like they haven’t been doing enough? There has to be a balance. We
need to be careful on how we talk about repentance. 54:10 Going
through a true repentance process and giving everything to Christ
so that you can be transformed. Your own redemptive experience will
magnify to others. 56:15 We are ALL sinners. Should we even use the
word ‘serious’ in front of sin?