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“When You Stopped Me, I Planned on Shooting You Dead”—What Saved One Policeman’s Life

Verdi was working the graveyard shift. He was relatively new to the police force—only two years in—and on this particular night, he was alone: no partner and no immediate backup.

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The Meaning Behind the Name Jesus and the Savior's Title As King

By Taylor Halverson

One of the ongoing questions during Jesus’s ministry was this simple question: Who is Jesus?

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4 Things Elder Cook Says Latter-day Saints Have in Common with Jews

While speaking at the semiannual Jewish-Latter-day Saint Dialogue, Elder Quentin L. Cook shared a quote from Robert Abrams, a four-time attorney general of New York, about the commonalities between Latter-day Saints and Jews.

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How Christ’s Teachings Highlight the Ever-Present Emphasis on Families in the Gospels

By S. Kent Brown

This is the first article in a three-part series on Jesus Christ's teachings about families found in the Gospels. Read part two, "The Miracle of the Fishes + Other Ways Jesus Demonstrated His Focus on the Family," and part three, "How Jesus Honored His Family Despite Complicated Relationships."

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Watch: Amazing Video Explains Who Missionaries Are and What They Do

By LDS Living

Though the dresses, ties, and name tags can throw some people off, missionaries are just normal people like you and me who love sports, music, and serving the Lord. Learn more from this video posted by Gathering Zion on Facebook.

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Watch: Video on the Last Supper will deepen how you understand Christ’s final lesson to His apostles

By understanding some of the more subtle details of this historic event, we can deeper understand the final messages Christ wanted to share with those closest to Him.

Sponsored: Make Dreams Come True at Tuacahn This Season

By Lisa Larson, for Tuacahn (Advertiser)

When Elisabeth Evans sings the sweeping title track from The Sound of Music this season at Tuacahn, two things have her pinching herself to make sure it’s real. First, she can’t believe she gets to play a role she’s loved her whole life. And second, she gets to sing, “The hills are alive” against a backdrop of actual hills.

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Latter-day Saint Movie Review: Does "The Lion King" Live Up to the Classic?

By Trina Boice

It’s been 5 minutes, so that means it’s time for another Disney remake! If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen the 1994 original movie The Lion King at least a dozen times, right? My kids grew up watching it over and over. The story, in a nutshell, is that a lion prince is deceived by his evil uncle and exiled from the kingdom until he grows up and accepts his rightful place as king after his father is killed. Did that synopsis give too much away? Luckily for Disney, nostalgia sells.

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How we teach our kids to hate speaking in church (without meaning to)

By Jamie Armstrong

As a youth speaker stood and began her very first sacrament meeting talk, I realized she sounded just like a typical adult speaker—and that wasn’t a good thing.

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8 Incredible Stories of First-Time Visits to the Temple

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