Agency
God-given moral freedom to choose between good and evil, essential to the plan of salvation.
Also known as: Choice · Decisions · Free Agency
488 documents · 10 libraries · 1961–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 22 documents in 2022
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference245 documents
- BYU Speeches119 documents
- Liahona Articles38 documents
- Religious Educator34 documents
- BYU Studies15 documents
- Interpreter15 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions12 documents
- Scripture Central6 documents
- Hymns2 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies2 documents
Latest
General Conference
Come to the Lord in His Holy House (opens in a new tab)
Gerrit W. Gong · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
Let God Be the Most Important Influence in Your Life (opens in a new tab)
Kevin G. Brown · Sep 2026
Liahona Articles
The Divine Signature of the US Constitution (opens in a new tab)
Laureen Naylor Simper · Sep 2026
Liahona Articles
Inspiration and Optimism in the Declaration of Independence (opens in a new tab)
Spencer McBride · Jul 2026
General Conference
Remember, Remember (opens in a new tab)
Chi Hong (Sam) Wong · Apr 2026
BYU Speeches
To BYU, or Not to BYU: That Is the Question—It’s Up to You (opens in a new tab)
Dale G. Renlund · Apr 2026
BYU Speeches
How to Follow Your Heavenly GPS (opens in a new tab)
Wendy W Reese · Jan 2026
BYU Studies
A Latter-day Saint View of Free Will (opens in a new tab)
Thomas S. Hilton · 2026
Interpreter
David M. Belnap · 2026
Religious Educator
“What Desirest Thou?” Agency to Choose and Agency to Act (opens in a new tab)
Lindon J. Robison and Brian A. Croft · 2026
Earliest
BYU Speeches
Whither Shall We Go? (opens in a new tab)
David O Mckay · May 1961
Most frequent voices
- Richard G. Scott20 documents
- Robert D. Hales18 documents
- Boyd K. Packer14 documents
- Dallin H. Oaks12 documents
- David A. Bednar10 documents
- Neal A. Maxwell10 documents
- James E. Faust9 documents
- Thomas S. Monson9 documents
- D. Todd Christofferson8 documents
- L. Tom Perry8 documents
- Marion G. Romney7 documents
- Russell M. Nelson7 documents
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