Today it is a wonderful time to live. We have unrestricted access to the scriptures, the words of religious leaders, the time and means to do help others. We have technology available for us that most people couldn’t have imagined 20, or even 10 years ago. Information and entertainment are rarely more than seconds away. We can travel anywhere on the globe within twenty-four hours.
However, in spite of this and perhaps because of ease of our circumstances it is one of the most challenging times. We are bombarded daily by advertisements that encouraging us to: