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President Nelson Shares 3 Things Mormons Need to Accomplish the Impossible

By President Russell M. Nelson

The following are excerpts from President Russell M. Nelson's Accomplishing the Impossible and Perfection Pending.

General Authorities Witness Legacy of Faith in the Pacific

The Church’s rich past in the Pacific Islands may surprise all but the most astute students of Mormon history.

Missionary ‘Cups’ Parody Teaches the Restoration

Two LDS sister missionaries created a parody song to explain the Restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Behind the Scenes at General Conference

The seating is in position, the flowers are arranged, the lighting is designed, the music is chosen, the attendees are present … but no curtain rises, and conference begins.

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Watch: New anthem for Light the World sung by The Bonner Family

By Haley Lundberg

The Bonner Family has released a smile-inducing new music video for their song “Let’s Light the World.”

Latter-day Saint Life

The Newspaper Editor Charged with Joseph Smith's Murder +3 More Surprising Facts About Joseph Smith and Newspapers of His Day

By Daryl Austin

Every U.S. president has dealt with criticisms from the press of their day. Being able to influence public narratives has often been an important task for any politician or public personality. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, for example, were so concerned with the way the newspaper Gazette of the United States was shaping opinions against their Democratic-Republican Party that they covertly established a partisan editor and newspaper of their own, the National Gazette, to counterattack their rivals in The Federalist Party.

5 Reasons It's Important to Recognize the Book of Mormon as History, Not Just a Story

By Stephen O. Smoot

The introduction to the Book of Mormon states, “It is a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel.” Millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide believe that it is an ancient record translated by Joseph Smith by the gift and power of God.

From the Church

See: First Official Photos Inside the Rome Italy Temple

Public tours begin this month for the Rome Italy Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy, the Church’s 162nd operating temple in the world.

Lesson Helps

Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 16: "Thou Shalt Offer Up Thy Sacraments Upon My Holy Day"

By Ted L. Gibbons

A friend once commented that whoever said the Sabbath was a day of rest was not a Mormon. His tongue was firmly in his cheek when he said it, but he was not wide of the mark by very much. We who have the placed the Gospel of Christ at the center of our lives know that completing Sabbath assignments and duties can be labor—work—of the most demanding kind. But when the Lord set apart a day of the week as a day of rest, he seems to have done so with the intent that we should rest from all our weekly labors (D&C 59:10), and from the work that demands our attention on the non-Sabbath days.

D&C Lesson 22: The Word of Wisdom: "A Principle with a Promise"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: Among other things, the Word of Wisdom is evidence that the relationship between our bodies and our spirits is both intimate and significant. The repeated scriptural counsel about caring for and protecting our bodies—counsel given from Old Testament times to the dispensation of the fullness of times—must in part tell us that damaging our bodies will also damage or spirits.