"There is more to life than we know and through all of this I have to give glory to God because I couldn’t have done it without him,” Cameron Forte says. The LDS teen recently became friends with NFL star Haloti Ngata and experienced the trip of a lifetime.

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Have you ever wondered why we inscribe "Holiness to the Lord" on modern LDS temples? Read on to find out the incredible meaning behind this phrase.

Two of the most important moments in a young Latter-day Saint's life — going to college and going on a mission — have a tendency to overlap. Especially with the new missionary age requirements, planning for college and a mission simultaneously challenges many aspiring missionaries.

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Why is it that we can tell our children things like, “Don’t hit your brother,” or “If you touch the stove, it will burn you,” or “Say no to drugs!” five million times, but when it comes to sex and/or pornography–eeek!–we think we can have one talk, pat ourselves on the back, and go on our merry way? A colleague once asked me this, and I thought … you know, he’s right!

In an article on the Deseret News, Jim Bennett shares an experience he had back when Conan O'Brien was the host of The Tonight Show for a short period. After The Tonight Show performed a special merry Christmas song for Mormons, the producers were searching for a song the Mormon Tabernacle Choir could sing on the show in response. That's when Bennett had a unique opportunity.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will restore a historic site in Pennsylvania that played a significant role in the growth of the Church from humble beginnings to a worldwide faith with 14 million members. Formerly known as the town of Harmony, the site is in Oakland Township in Pennsylvania near the present-day town of Susquehanna. This site is important to Latter-day Saints as the location where Joseph Smith received the Aaronic Priesthood at the hands of John the Baptist and, in a nearby location, received the Melchizedek Priesthood from Peter, James and John in 1829. These men appeared as angels to restore to the earth the same authority they had received from Jesus Christ. The site is also significant as the place where Joseph Smith translated much of the Book of Mormon. These events laid the foundation for the restoration of the original Church established by Christ Himself.

"[V]iolence toward women is not limited to times of war. Instances of female genital mutilation, removal of bodily appendages, and honor killings persist during times of 'peace.' Women also are exploited by pornography, sex trafficking, baby farming, and slavery operations," Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said in his introduction to aspeech he gave on September 11.

New research is challenging the decades-old belief that smoking cigarettes helps keep you slim.