A Sense of Prophetic Urgency | C. Shane Reese | January 2026

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🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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We can learn about prophetic urgency and becoming true disciples through the lives and teachings of Jeffrey R. Holland and Dallin H. Oaks. C. Shane Reese, president of Brigham Young University, delivered this devotional address on January 13, 2026. You can access the full talk here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Recent Speaches Podcast presented by BYU Speaches, featuring inspiring new
0:06.3	devotionals and forums given each week on BYU campus. Be sure to check out our other podcasts
0:12.6	by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting speeches.bYU.edu slash
0:20.3	podcasts.
0:22.1	This forum address entitled A Sense of Prophetic Urgency was given on January 13th of
0:28.3	2026 by C. Shane Reese, then president of Brigham Young University.
0:33.8	Thank you, Wendy, for bringing your whole soul to this campus.
0:38.7	I love you.
0:42.0	By the way, I have to add a little postcript to that experience.
0:46.2	It is a very logical conclusion through that experience and many others that we've had in our marriage to conclude that you should doubt Shane.
1:03.5	And to each of you, my friends, welcome back to campus.
1:08.9	What a wonderful Christmas break.
1:31.2	Wendy and I hope it was a special time for each of you to reflect on the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Last semester, President D. Todd Christofferson taught us so poignantly about the significance of the condescension of God. Christ's willingness to come down from on high to be here with us,
1:38.7	to be born humbly, and to fulfill his infinite atoning sacrifice and miraculous resurrection.
1:51.1	Latin roots for condescension mean to come down with. Even his name points to him being with us.
2:12.0	You see, Emmanuel means God with us. This new year and this new semester offers you and I an opportunity to renew our faith in Jesus Christ and to hope for good things to come, to make plans to become the person God needs you to become.
2:20.3	Now it's okay to feel a bit of divine discontent and some holy hastening in your efforts to become Christ's disciples.
2:32.9	I hope you also received everything on your Christmas wish list, including maybe even a few Pop-Tarts in your stockings.
2:34.7	How about them cougars?
2:46.1	One thing I know is that Coach Satake received a few pop-tarts this year.
2:53.0	I'm honestly a little worried that pop-tarts might actually come and hire Coach Satakia away from us.
2:59.8	You see, after a video of our coach absolutely destroying a Pop-Tart in record time went viral,
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