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Innocent, not clueless: How much Eve and Adam knew in the garden and why it matters

Because we speak often of their innocence, we too often assume Eve and Adam were clueless when they left the garden. But in reality, they had been prepared and taught from the very beginning.

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Having one child ‘all the way home’: How a doctor’s words to Heidi Swinton following her newborn’s death changed her life

Heidi Swinton was a young journalist with big dreams when she felt led to start a family, but five years passed and she and her husband still had no children.

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5 Big Changes, Announcements from April Conference

By Danielle B. Wagner

From five new temples to not showing hymn lyrics during congregational hymns, this conference weekend saw many exciting changes and new announcements. Catch up on them here:

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One Powerful Quote from Every Conference Talk in April 2017

By LDS Living

Another conference has come and gone, but the words of God's chosen leaders still linger in our minds and hearts. In order to help you better remember the inspiring messages you heard over the weekend, here is one powerful quote from every talk given during general conference.

The Miracle That Helped One Mission President's Son Cope With OCD

On Spencer Hyde’s 15th birthday, he boarded a plane for Baltimore, Maryland, with his parents, who had been called to serve as mission leaders of the Baltimore Maryland Mission. Teenage boys usually don’t want to leave behind everything they’ve ever known, but for Hyde, there were even larger concerns: He was suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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Latter-day Saint Shares the Story Behind His Epic Proposal on "American Idol"

By LDS Living Staff

At 2 a.m. one cold December morning, Matt Zavoral was among the last students in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library in the wee hours before finals week began. That's when he had an epiphany—and it had nothing to do with his six impending finals.

How Badly Do <I>You</I> Want to Lose Weight?

By Robert Jones

Most of the women we see at the Utah Wellness Institute want to lose weight. Sometimes it’s what I call “vanity weight”. Other times it’s over a hundred pounds. It doesn’t really matter the amount. Of course we’ll run some blood tests to see if their thyroid has a problem (most of the time it does—which obviously slows down their metabolism) or to see if their other hormones might be causing fat-storing issues. We can generally treat those things successfully with bio-identical hormones. But that’s not the biggest battle we face with these overweight women (and men, of course).

FHE: Duty

By Shauna Gibby

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Social Posts From the First Presidency, Twelve Apostles, and More to Celebrate Christ's Birth

By Lindsey Williams

With Christmas just around the corner, the General Authorities and the general officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have shared uplifting messages focusing on the reason for the season through social media.

The ‘Lamb of God’ composer calls Peter and Judas ‘interesting foils’ of each other. Here’s why

We weren’t there in the Garden of Gethsemane and we weren’t there by the Garden Tomb when the Savior rose again. We also weren’t present when the Father and the Son appeared to the boy Joseph Smith or when key characters from Church history met each other for the first time. We have studied these stories and heard them countless times, so it may be easy for us to feel like we know exactly what happened, why people reacted the way they did, or made the choices they did. But there is so much we don’t know.