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Watch the captivating ‘The Chosen’ Season 3 trailer + how to watch upcoming episodes

By Haley Lundberg

The Season 3 trailer for “The Chosen” has just been released. Watch it now and find new episode release dates.

Latter-day Saint Life

Latter-day Saint NFL Player Talks Depression and How God Is Nearby and Anxious to Deliver Us

By LDS Living

Four months after being drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL kicker Matt Gay has been featured in his fair share of viral videos from preseason games. No doubt Bucs fans are excited to see Gay in action during the upcoming season.

Jon Heder on Napoleon Dynamite, avoiding raunchy roles, and fellow Mormon Mitt Romney

It’s been seven years between the movie Napoleon Dynamite and FOX’s new animated series Napoleon Dynamite, and the original movie isn’t even streaming on Netflix Instant. “It’s not?” asked the once and future Napoleon, Jon Heder, before mock-expunging any self-doubt: “Whatever, dude. Everybody owns it already.” We talked to Heder about revisiting the role, how being Mormon has held him back from being a raunchy comedy star, and his feelings about Mitt Romney.

CHAPTERS: Wrestling with the Restoration by Steven Harper

This episode explores a topic that is going to answer a crucial question of faith many of us have asked before: why does this church matter? And with our study of the Doctrine & Covenants for the Come, Follow Me year, this chapter from Steven Harper’s Wrestling with the Restoration: Why this Church Matters will add to your knowledge of prophetic revelation. It will change the way you respond the next time you encounter prophetic revelation.

Looking to the Future with Hope with Genny Hickman

In her very last public address, Patricia Holland said this in a worldwide devotional given to the young adults of the church: “Simplify! [God] wants us to know that the gospel is beautifully simple and simply beautiful.” She shares the most simple sequence of the gospel is to have faith, hope, and charity. She says, “Our part is to come unto Him in lowliness and simplicity, then we should worry not and fear not.”

Latter-day Saint Life

From Mission Fasts to the Testimony of a Former NFL Player: How These 7 Temple Sites Were Acquired

By Katie Lambert

There's an excitement felt by all members when a new temple is announced. Whether these temples are built in a nearby city, state, province, or country across the world, it's exciting to see temples continue to dot the earth and bring eternal blessings to Latter-day Saint families.

Old Testament Lesson 2: "Thou Wast Chosen Before Thou Wast Born"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: We came here with divine potential, and in many cases—perhaps all cases—divine power.

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Latter-day Saint Life

If you want to be a peacemaker at a contentious Thanksgiving dinner table, you’ll need these 5 skills

By Patrick Q. Mason

Families are inherently unruly things, but we can create peace as we get comfortable with conflict and recommit to love.

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Old Testament Lesson 2: "Thou Wast Chosen Before Thou Wast Born"

By Ted L. Gibbons

We came here with divine potential, and in many cases—perhaps all cases—divine power.

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What Was the Council of Fifty? 5 Things Mormons Need to Know

By LDS Living

Historians have long known of the existence of the Council of Fifty and the minutes of its meetings. Until recently, though, the minutes had never been made available for historical research. Because of their inaccessibility—and because historians knew that they were made during a critical and controversial era of Mormon history—a mystique grew surrounding the records. What did they contain? Why had they been withheld? Here are five insights from these important documents that every Mormon should understand about the Council of Fifty, as adapted from the new book The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History.