2022 — Creating a Zion Society – Secular And Religious Guiding Principles — Richard D. Gardner — Softbound

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Brand new! Softcover. ISBN: 9781609199067

Latter-Day Saints hope to help eveyone form better societies, and furthermore, to build Zion. Building Zion requires both heart and mind; a commitment to God’s law of consecration, but also solid secular wisdom. Effective governments follow true, logical principles instead of ever-changing idealism. Creating a secular Utopia is not possible and efforts to do so backfire, ironically creating poverty and misery. Many idealists who hope to improve society are looking for God’s law of consecration, but don’t know it. The Zion it produces is a literal miracle; it defies human nature. Thus, it is not possible in a secular society, but requires covenanting and consecrating Saints under God’s direction, and even then, it is difficult. But we have the opportunity and blessing to build Zion.

– The first part explores why some look to government for Utopia, while others look for freedom. Furthermore, why some Saints tend towards the ideological left or right. It then presents a non-exhaustive list of principles underlying good secular government, as well as Zion.

– The second part compares the “telestial” French Revolution–an example of poor government, the “terrestrial” God-Inspired American Revolution, and the “celestial” quasi-Zion society under the law of Moses.

– The third part details mainly secular principles of truth, economics, government, the environment, and war, and their application to good government.

– The fourth part discusses the miracle of Zion–its history, its future, and our opportunities to help to bring it about.

Brother Gardner is also the author of these books – [Click on the book title to see our listing.]

Beneficiaries of the Restoration

God’s Organizing Power

Heart of the Gospel