I appreciated the dates these were firstly and secondly quoted! I’m confident this warning applies today as much as ever! All of these relate to Pride in some form or another, whether is boasting of our own accomplishments and not recognizing God’s hand, or thinking man knows better than God, or seeking to cover our sins. These same dangers befell the Jews, the Jaredites and the Nephites.
“There are at least three dangers that threaten the church from within. These dangers are: Flattery of prominent men in the world, false educational ideas, and sexual impurity.” – Joseph F. Smith, 1919, repeated by Ezra Taft Benson in 1964
~todd
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