Why God Lets Us Choose: How Agency Explains the Way Life Works

Stephen D. Nadauld

ISBN 10: 160641030X / ISBN 13: 9781606410301

Published by Deseret Book (edition 0), 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why God Lets Us Choose: How Agency Explains the Way Life Works
• Publisher: Deseret Book (edition 0)
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160641030X
• ISBN 13: 9781606410301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 0.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Why does God let us choose? Why don't we always see the consequences of our actions? Why is God willing to allow our decisions, knowing we will make wrong choices? It's about agency. Elder Stephen D. Nadauld answers these-and other-questions about this most integral of God's gifts: Is agency really free? How can agency help me get the mout out of life? Can agency affect how well we learn? How does agency influence society as a whole? Does agency help me understand today's political issues-and can it help me see the consequences of my choice? What effect does agency have on the economy? Do my choices really affect my descendants? Can understanding agency help me understand the workings of the Spirit? Can agency draw me closer to God? Understanding the answers to these questions and exercising our agency wisely brings us closer to God. Ultimately, the choice placed before us is to choose Him.

About the Author

Stephen D. Nadauld, interim president of Dixie State College in St. George, Utah, served in the Second Quorum of the Seventy from 1991 to 1996 and later presided over the Switzerland Geneva Mission. Elder Nadauld holds graduate degrees from UC- Berkeley and Harvard Business School and has been a professor of finance in the Marriott Graduate School of Management at Brigham Young University. He has also served as president of Weber State University and CEO of a major dairy cooperative. He is the author of Justified by Faith and Principles of Priesthood Leadership. He and his wife, Margaret (who has served as the Young Women General President) are the parents of seven sons.