Search - LDS Living

There are 30,218 results that match your search. 30,218 results

The origins and evolution of the 'I’m a Mormon' campaign

Whether it’s a bearded motorcyclist who sculpts or a stay-at-home mother raising six kids, the members are the face of the LDS Church, and that will not change going forward. That was the main message to emerge from a panel discussion at BYU’s Mormon Media Studies Symposium on Thursday regarding the origins and evolution of the “I’m a Mormon” campaign of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Book of Mormon goes 'under the knife' in new humanist 'Bible'

The Book of Mormon is among five holy books that go "under the knife" in a new publication by the American Humanist Association that attempts to do for these religious texts what Thomas Jefferson did with his personal cut-and-paste Bible. “A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century,” an e-book available through HumanistPress.com, includes a copy of the original Jefferson Bible, which the third president of the United States created for his personal use by cutting favored passages of scripture from the four New Testament gospels and pasting them together to form a single sequential narrative. According to the American Humanist Association website, the new publication “also includes similarly edited versions of the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), the Quran, the (Hindu) Bhagavad Gita, the Buddhist sutras and the Book of Mormon.”

Latter-day Saint Life

From 3 Robbery Attempts to the Significance of the Date, Here's What You Need to Know About Joseph Smith Receiving the Plates

When Joseph Smith received the plates from Moroni, he might not have known the significance of Sept. 22 or the three robbery attempts that would soon follow.

From the Church

Church Announces Groundbreaking for Brazil's 8th Temple

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the groundbreaking of Brazil’s eighth temple, the Belém Brazil Temple.

Latter-day Saint Life

Sister Eubank Shares Role of Priesthood and Covenants in Blessing the Human Race

Much like the beautifully crocheted and intricately designed cloths that are used to cover the altars in the temple, all of God’s children — the whole human race — are bound together by a single thread, said Sister Sharon Eubank, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency.

From the Church

Changes are coming to the plaza in Temple Square. Here’s what we know now

By Lindsey Williams

The Salt Lake Temple renovation has been underway for just over a year, but the temple isn’t the only thing getting an upgrade.

From the Church

In case you missed it: The Okinawa Japan Temple has now been dedicated

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Okinawa Japan Temple is the fourth temple in Japan and the 186th temple worldwide!

7 Reasons Why Joseph Smith Did Not Write the Book of Mormon

Of all the explanations critics give for the creation of the Book of Mormon, the least credible is Joseph writing the manuscript. He could not have written nor translated the Book of Mormon in the way humans have long translated.

Latter-day Saint Life

"The Family: A Proclamation" Turns 20: Pres. Hinckley's Daughter Reflects on Listening to Her Father Read It for the First Time (+ Video)

Wednesday marks the 20-year anniversary of the release of an important document. In 1995, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints put forth a set of principles that would help strengthen families and communities throughout the world. Those time-tested guidelines came in the form of “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” Virginia H. Pearce, daughter of late Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, was serving in the Church’s auxiliary leadership at the time. She shares her thoughts on the moment she heard the proclamation and her feelings today.

Finding the Historical Jesus

By Jack S. Marshall

Some critics argue that Biblical scholars have created the historical Jesus in their own image. A small number of scholars believe the gospel accounts are so mythical in nature that nothing, including the very existence of Jesus, can be determined from them.