Latest

Shortly before leaving with Team USA on July 19 for the XXXI CMAS World Spearfishing Championship in Portugal, Kelston McGuire met with his LDS stake president.

“As aspiring Christians but still imperfect saints, we may not always understand the struggles of others or know how to help, but we can always love them, creating safe spaces where others — and often we ourselves — can struggle with the ‘hard sayings’ in life,” BYU professor Eric D. Huntsman said.

When asked who W. W. Phelps is and what he might be remembered for, most Latter-day Saints respond with something like this: “Didn’t he write (or compose) many of our hymns?” But when pressed, most even have difficulty identifying all of Phelps’s most frequently sung hymns such as “The Spirit of God,” “Now Let Us Rejoice,” “Redeemer of Israel,” “Praise to the Man,” “O God, the Eternal Father,” and “If You Could Hie to Kolob.” Virtually none realizes that in the Church’s most recent hymnal, Hymns (1985), Phelps has the largest number of songs attributed in some way to him. He has 15, more than any other composer or author except Evan Stephens.

Do we understand who we really are? Do we grasp the significance of the divine potential that lies within each of us? Based on the decisions I see many people make—decisions that seem to be founded on temporal trivia rather than eternal truth—I’m afraid the answer is "No, not really."

Though all scriptures are powerful and inspired, some of them stand out for their poetic language and use of imagery. Here are just 30 of our favorite, beautiful lines from scripture.

I fell in love with Kelly Clarkson’s voice as a 13-year-old little girl watching American Idol. I’ll shamelessly admit that I still, nearly 16 years later, get teary-eyed each time I see the clip of her singing “A Moment Like This” after being named the reality show’s inaugural winner.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote, “Nothing is more absolutely universal than the Resurrection.”[1] Though all people will be resurrected (1 Corinthians 15:22), not all will be resurrected at the same time. Technically speaking, there are four resurrections.

When Lizzy was undergoing a divorce, she found escape during this "very bleak time" at the gym. It was there she also discovered an unexpected source of peace—the Book of Mormon. After her Kindle suggested the Book of Mormon for her reading list, Lizzy began a journey that would transform her life.

We've heard them before. So-and-so's cousin was helped by three strangers he swears were the Three Nephites. Bigfoot is actually Cain. Or today's youths were generals in the war in heaven. Mormon myths and legends have become embedded in our culture, told around ward campfires, and discussed at FHEs. But they're just myths and legends, right?