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SPONSORED: Surgeon refutes evolution in new book

LDS Living - Edmund Dombrowski, a graduate of UCLA and Mayo Clinic-trained surgeon, has written The Intelligent Design of Man as a resource for people wishing to resolve questions of evolution and intelligent design. Dr. Dombrowski was one of the first people to recognize and develop a treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis and was one of the first to develop a definitive treatment for osteomyelitis. In his book, Dr. Dombrowski refutes current evolution theories with his knowledge of the complexity of the human body. He uses his understanding of science and mathematics to reject these claims, discussing complex body structures and systems (such as...

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Young Men Lesson 48: Maintaining Righteous Standards

LDS Living - Discussion Questions What does it mean to live “in the world” but not be “part of” the world? What Church standards are becoming more distinct from the world’s declining standards? What blessings have I experienced from living the Lord’s standards in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet? We Will Not Yield, We Cannot Yield With each of you, I gratefully sustain God’s will for His people. Thank you, President Monson, for the purity of your heart. When young Joseph Smith told the truth about his sacred experience in the grove, he was persecuted and mistreated. The adversary used ridicule as...

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Old Testament Lesson 48: The Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord

Ted L. Gibbons - AUTHOR’S NOTE : With this lesson we come to the end of the Old Testament Manual.  A time or two we have strapped on the aqua lung and gone deep, but most of the time we have floated serenely on the surface of this marvelous reservoir of knowledge and experience and power.  Forty-eight lessons are hardly enough time and space to do justice to a book of this depth and complexity.  I hope you will not assume that you have now studied the Old Testament. You have studied the parts of the Old Testament that the Gospel Doctrine Manual emphasizes, and...

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Ambassador thankful for Church's humanitarian work

LDS Church News - Once a Kosovo refugee, Avni Spahiu is now an ambassador to the United States from that nation who on Nov. 16, expressed his gratitude to a General Authority for the humanitarian service given by the Church during the dark days of a decade ago. The expression came on Nov. 16, while the ambassador was a guest lecturer at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Ross "Rusty" Butler, UVU international vice president, who hosted Mr. Spahiu's visit, related the story. ...

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Blood drive honors fallen LDS pilot

Mail Tribune - As a regular donor during his brief life, David Whitney Jr. would no doubt appreciate the blood drive scheduled in his honor Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints on Juanipero Way in Medford. The drive comes less than a month after Whitney, a North Medford High School graduate, died in a plane crash in Utah. Whitney, who was a student at Utah Valley University's flight school, was piloting a single-engine Diamond Da-20 when it fell from the sky and crashed into a driveway. Whitney's instructor also was killed in the crash. ...

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Ambassador Illuminates Lights at Washington D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center

Newsroom - On 1 December the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Le Cong Phung, flipped the switch on approximately 500,000 lights on the temple grounds to celebrate the Christmas season at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center. Prior to the lighting ceremony, His Excellency addressed a private gathering, along with Elder Donald L. Hallstromof the Presidency of the Seventy, a governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...

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Tickets tempt fibbers and scalpers

Deseret News - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's annual Christmas Concert is a hot ticket. It must be. People will do almost anything to get into the Conference Center to see the annual event. Some people write letters explaining that they absolutely must have tickets for the upcoming concert because they have a terminal illness and won't be around to see next year's concert. Some of them really are sick; others send the same letter again the next year. Some people apply for tickets a dozen times thinking it will increase their odds of securing tickets (it won't). They use fake addresses — some of...

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Military missionaries: Mormon soldiers spread the gospel in post-war Japan

Deseret News - They wore dog tags, not name tags, and instead of white shirts and ties, they were recognizable by Army fatigues and dusty boots. As occupation troops in Japan after World War II, soldiers were tasked with evaluating the damage, beginning the rebuilding process and organizing the transport of soldiers going back home. Yet, for LDS Army servicemen like C. Elliott Richards and now President Boyd K. Packer, their military experience became more like LDS missions as they dedicated themselves to teaching and testifying to former enemies about the love of Jesus Christ. "If there is true love and understanding of our...

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It’s Curtains for the Tabernacle

Keepapitchinin - For decades, the Tabernacle on Temple Square was the largest indoor seating space in Utah. Consequently, it was used for many kinds of civic and cultural gatherings – concerts, patriotic gatherings (like the “campfires” of the Grand Army of the Republic when the 1909 national gathering was held in Salt Lake City), speeches by visiting celebrities and dignitaries. Especially after the Salt Lake Theater was torn down in 1928, the Tabernacle was the site of pageants and dramatic presentations. Speakers could stand at the same podium used by General Conference speakers, of course. Other performers, especially group performers, could be accommodated...