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How Celebrating Passover Has Transformed My Easter Celebration

I first became acquainted with the Jewish Passover feast on a study-abroad semester at the BYU Jerusalem Center. We had a Jewish rabbi take us through an abbreviated Seder meal which is a central part of the Passover celebration. I was enchanted. I felt some pangs of righteous “holy envy” for the rich symbolism of this ancient feast practiced by faithful Jews for thousands of years.

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LDS Teen Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: "My Faith Is What Helped Me Get Through Everything"

At one of the most challenging times in her life, 16-year-old Amorelle Perales shares, "I got down and prayed in the middle of the bathroom. I had to rely on my faith to get through all of this and the terrible time in the hospital. … A couple hours after I had finally sat down to pray, I got out of the hospital. They discharged me. My faith is what helped me get through everything that’s going on in my life."

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VidAngel Stops Streaming Services Amid Copyright Lawsuit, Promises Original Films in 2017

By Katie Lambert

VidAngel has stopped its video streaming services amid an on-going copyright violations lawsuit.

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2 Mormon Actors Give Their Take on What it Means to Portray Christ in Annual Easter Pageant

“I think one of the hardest things about playing the role are the expectations that everyone has of you,” Maxson said. “People are very free with how they feel about the Savior and the faith. They project all that onto you when you’re on stage. It’s difficult to shoulder.”

Dave Says: Reward Teenagers' Good Behavior

By Dave Ramsey

Dear Dave,

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Jimmer Fredette Helps Warm Students with Generous Donation

Jimmer Fredette of the New Orleans Pelicans has donated hundreds of sweatshirts to elementary school students in his New York hometown.

Christians Are Better

In Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, Rick Perry was asked whether he would repudiate the anti-Mormon comments of Robert Jeffress, the Baptist pastor who introduced Perry at the Oct. 7 Values Voter Summit. “I have said I didn't agree with that individual's statement,” said Perry. But Mitt Romney pressed the point: Romney is right. The problem with Jeffress isn’t what he said about Mormonism. It’s what he said about religion as a voting issue. That statement was made onstage at the Values Voter Summit right before Perry spoke. And Perry has never clearly addressed it.

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What is the Meaning of Life? Start with These 10 Quotes

In a world where material wealth, fleeting fame, self-obsession, and instant gratification rule the airways and threaten our peace, it can be difficult to determine the real meaning of life. Lehi, a Book of Mormon prophet, taught his son the purpose of this life. Said he, “Men are, that they might have joy” (2 Nephi 2:25). But what is joy and where can we find it? Joy is not temporary pleasure or the absence of pain. Rather, joy is a deep sense of peace and happiness that comes when we understand elements of God’s plan for the destiny of His children.

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6 Stages of Getting Your Teens to Early Morning Seminary: A Story in GIFs

By Katie Lambert

Early-morning seminary offers wonderful blessings for your teenagers. But after a summer most likely spent sleeping in, the first few weeks of early-morning seminary can be a little difficult to get used to. Here are a few stages of getting up and getting ready for early-morning seminary that you and your teenagers may experience the first few weeks of the school year.

Ancient Near Eastern Scimitars

Critics have long claimed that the scimitar was unknown before the rise of Islam and that references to this weapon in the Book of Mormon is anachronistic. We now know that scimitars of various forms were known in the Ancient Near East as early as 2000 B.C. (Yigael Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963, 1: 10-11, 78-79, 172, 204-207; William J. Hamblin, Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC.London and New York: Rutledge, 2006, 66-71, 279-80). They are subsequently portrayed in martial art from Mesopotamia and Egypt.