Which way will we face?

I came across this video (below) a few days ago that has caused me to ponder some of the challenges our own members face and will continue to face in the future.  When Elder Packer was appointed the supervisor of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion.  Elder Harold B. Lee gave him this counsel. 


 "You must decide now which way you face," he said. "Either you represent the teachers and students and champion their causes or you represent the Brethren who appointed you. You need to decide now which way you face." Then he added, "Some of your predecessors faced the wrong way." It took some hard and painful lessons before I understood his counsel. In time, I did understand, and my resolve to face the right way became irreversible." (Elder Packer, Talk to the All-Church Coordinating Council, May 18, 1993)


One of the tests we will face in our time is the question, what direction will you face?  Will we face the brethren?  Or will we try to appease the world so we will be accepted?  This reminds me of Elder Nelsons talk this past conference who reaffirmed the churches stand on God as the creator and not the God of evolution.  I have read many blogs that have been very critical of Elder Nelson and others in the church for not getting "with the times" as it relates to science and evolution.   


What brought this all to a head was when I was reading Elder Christoffersons talk in the ensign from the April General Conference, "The Doctrine of Christ".  In the footnotes, Elder Christofferson quotes at length from an Ensign article Written by Elder Maxwell about the apostasy of the early church.  Elder Maxwell made this observation,


"In the course of time, reason, the Greek philosophical tradition, dominated, then supplanted, reliance on revelation, an outcome probably hastened by well-intentioned Christians wishing to bring their beliefs into the mainstream of contemporary culture. … “… Let us [too] be wary about accommodating revealed theology to conventional wisdom” (Ensign, Nov. 1993, 19–20).


We must remember, personal apostasy begins by trying to appease the world (IE, Lehis Dream).  It takes a strong individual to stand firm in ones convictions. I have included the interview with this good Nun, and I call her good because I firmly believe she is doing the best she can with the light and truth she has.  But, it does serve as a warning for us.