Why you shouldn’t feel bad about your ‘imperfect’ scripture study

“The perfection idea will hold us back and actually invite failure,” says Shannon Foster. “There is no perfection. This is a mortal world.”
“You can have total confidence and trust in the resurrected Lord, His Church, His word, and His Second Coming.”
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“I’ve felt a lingering heaviness about the state of the world, but this repeated message was a clear call to action.”
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“He truly loves people, and I hope the Church membership and people in general get to see that side of him,” shared his daughter.
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Sixty-eight youth and 16 leaders gathered in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa.
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Volunteers from Austria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, England, and France gathered to serve.
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October 15, 2025 09:59 AM MDT
Sister Oaks served a mission in Japan and later worked as a consultant for the largest privately held publishing house in America.
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President Henry B. Eyring, 92, and President D. Todd Christofferson, 80, will serve with him as First and Second Counselors.
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March 15, 2023 10:07 AM MDT
This quick quiz will test your knowledge of the names behind the initials of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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March 15, 2023 10:07 AM MDT
Have you ever wondered why Church leaders’ names tend to contain so many initials?
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March 14, 2023 05:31 PM MDT
President Nelson was specifically selected as the inaugural recipient of this prize “for his global efforts in ‘abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice against any group of God’s children’ through nonviolent ways.”
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March 14, 2023 10:37 AM MDT
The Montpelier Idaho Temple groundbreaking ceremony will take place in June, and two other temples in Brazil also recently had locations announced. Find out where:
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March 14, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
As she tried to cope with the loss of her sister, Christy Denney found the connection to family she was craving in an unusual place—a cherry cheese pie.
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The Church announced the open house and dedication dates for the Moses Lake Washington Temple and the location of the Cody Wyoming Temple.
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March 13, 2023 02:03 PM MDT
Maybe it’s the fact that there’s a baby growing inside of me, but I have thought a lot lately about the potential and possibilities we each bring to this world, and I think that is why a quote shared in this week’s All In episode stopped me in my tracks.
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March 13, 2023 01:00 PM MDT
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