We cannot allow worldly, though worthy, pursuits to overshadow our desire to gain the most important things in the world: faith, hope, and charity. https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/brett-... Brett G. Scharffs was a BYU professor of law when this devotional address was given on 12 May 2009. © Brigham Young University. All rights reserved. Complete volumes of Speeches are available wherever LDS books are sold.