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People around the world now have a new way to learn about Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A film called Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration is now available online, marking the first time the Church has shared a full-length film on the [...]
With General Conference coming next week, it is vitally important to learn from counsel given by the prophets and apostles. I put together a General Conference Packet designed to engage you in preparing for General Conference as well as reflecting on the what the apostles have spoken and applying their counsel in your personal life. [...]
Have you ever tried to explain your beliefs to someone, but just didn’t have a simple way to explain it? Well, the following animated YouTube videos do an excellent job of explaining Mormon beliefs. They are animated and interesting, and simple. 1. Book of Mormon – Made Simple 2. Joseph Smith and Restoration – Made [...]
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 [...]
I went and bought this at the hefty price of nearly $100, and it’s worth every penny. It’s a over-sized volume (9 in. x 12 in.) filled with full-page color reproductions in almost 800 pages. I highly recommend it. The Revelations and Translations series of the Joseph Smith Papers Project presents carefully reproduced facsimiles of [...]
Last week I was browsing through the LDS bookstores, shopping for Christmas presents. I ended up going over to the Beehive Clothing/Distribution Center a few blocks away to get the exact same items for 25%-40% less than the LDS Retailer’s supposed 30% sale price. It baffles me that LDS Retailers would take advantage of their [...]
