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The new version of LDS.org has been officially launched! I love the new make-over of the web site. It is absolutely fantastic. The changing banners and warmer colors are much better than the plain blue one of the old website. The new menu makes it much easier to locate things for which you are searching. [...]
A man shot and killed a Mormon bishop at a chapel in Visalia, California and then was later shot dead by police Sunday afternoon. Police and church officials identified the slain bishop as Clay Sannar, 40, of the Visalia 2nd Ward. Visalia Stake spokesman Ralph Jordan said Sannar was conducting interviews after the three-hour block [...]
Eric Shuster, author of Catholic Roots, Mormon Harvest, has co-authored with Charles Sale a new book, The Biblical Roots of Mormonism. In an easy to understand format, the book presents Biblical support and references for LDS Doctrines. All Biblical references use the King James Version of the Bible. The book covers nearly two dozen chapters [...]
It is the responsibility of the parents to make sure that their children are making wise media choices. As parents, we have the obligation to teach our children the difference between what is good and what is not. And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them [...]
Latter-day Saints are a temple-building people. Theirs is a history of temples projected and built, often under intense opposition. An early revelation declared that “my people are always commanded to build [temples] unto my holy name” (D&C 124:39-40). In the last weeks of his life, the Prophet Joseph Smith affirmed: “We need the temple more [...]
Step 1: Choose a Goal You should start with one goal and stay focused on this goal at least for 30 days. If after 30 days you feel you’re doing well and getting closer to the desired outcome you can start with the second goal. The simple rule is: Don’t set a lot of goals [...]
Thirteen Stars and Thirteen Stripes. It was on JUNE 14, 1777, that the Second Continental Congress selected the Flag of the United States. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the Proclamation making JUNE 14 “National Flag Day.” On Flag Day, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt stated: The belief in man, created free, in the image of God-is [...]
This consists of two things: how we act and how we live. Friendship is a vital to being able to come unto Christ; friendship is literally the way we treat other people. Marvin J. Ashton said that “The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way [...]
There have been reports that the prophetic statement that the “Constitution will hang by a thread” is not accepted by the Church. These reports associate such prophetic statement with the “White Horse Prophecy.” It is true that the prophetic statement is included in the “White Horse Prophecy” and as well is given as a prophetic [...]
This prophecy spoken by Joseph Smith on May 6, 1843 in the presence of Edwin Rushton and Theodore Turley. This was repeated in a meeting about two weeks later, but in both instances was written out from memory afterwards. There has been much criticism of the “White Horse” prophecy, many saying there is no foundation [...]
