Referring to the spiritual war between good and evil, Elder Bruce R. McConkie stated: “Now there neither are nor can be any neutrals in this war. Every member of the Church is on one side or the other … We are either for the Church or we are against it. We either take its part or we take the consequences. We cannot survive spiritually with one foot in the Church and the other in the world. We must make the choice. It is either the Church or the world. There is no middle ground. And the Lord loves a courageous man who fights openly and boldly in his army” (“Be Valiant in the Fight of Faith,” 34).