1. Flood the Earth

In the short seventeen years since the millennium, the way we interact in our society has changed radically. Possibly, some may argue, more than it has ever changed up until that point. Mail is a thing of the past, replaced with email. Face to face communication has been replaced with constant interaction through cell phones. Our social groups have changed from who we gather within social settings to who we interact with on social media.

Because the way we interacted has changed so much, it is only reasonable to change how the gospel is spread. While this is a practical idea, it isn't a natural transition for most members of the church. For this reason, Elder Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave the address "To Sweep the Earth as with a Flood" as an address Campus Education Week at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

To put it simply, Elder Bednar's main message in this address is that we can use social media as a means to reach out to many of our friends and share the gospel with them. As many people use social media as their main method for staying in touch with the world, this often becomes the best way to reach out to them. Elder Bednar encourages us to saturate the web with the gospel: "I exhort you to sweep the earth with messages filled with righteousness and truth—messages that are authentic, edifying, and praiseworthy—and literally to sweep the earth as with a flood.”

As we follow the advice of Elder Bednar, we will be blessed with the opportunity to connect with many of our friends and to help them receive the gospel in their lives.