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I Will Cause the Earth to Testify the Truth of these Things
By FUN FOR LESS
Elder LeGrand Richards responding to a question from Dr. Paul Cheesman, Director of Book of Mormon Studies at BYU's Religious Studies Center in the 1960’s said, “I heard Brother Callis once say that when Joseph Smith received the plates he got down on his knees before the Lord and said, “O God what will the world say?” And the voice of God came to him. “Fear not, I will cause the earth to testify the truth of these things.” (Taken from a letter from LeGrand Richards to Paul R. Cheesman, Dec. 30, 1969)
Latter-day Saint Life
Attending Church by Phone in Rural Alaska
Modern conveniences like cellphones and the Internet increasingly make living in rural Alaska less rural and decidedly more intriguing. With small villages scattered across the largest state connected by frozen roads and air travel, Alaskans are innovative in many ways.
Fifty Years Later Does JFK's Tabernacle Speech Still Resonate? (+photos)
President John F. Kennedy considered a speech he gave in the Salt Lake Tabernacle Sept 26, 1963, among the best of his short time in the White House.
Latter-day Saint Life
Elder L. Tom Perry Before He was an Apostle
L. Tom Perry has been an apostle of the Quorum of the Twelve for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for several decades. But before he was called as an apostle, he was Lowell, a little boy who decided to go by his middle name, Tom, because his younger brother could not pronounce his first name and Tom was tired of being called “Wo-Wo” (L. Tom Perry, an Uncommon Life: Years of Preparation). In this biography of L. Tom Perry, read about the stories of his life, his ever-enduring faithfulness to the gospel, and his love towards others.
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First Presidency issues statement on armed conflict
By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
On Friday, the First Presidency said they are praying that “the controversies will end peacefully, and that peace will prevail among nations and within our own hearts.”
Forbes Tells Story Behind Live Nativity Video
How do 30 YouTuber entrepreneurs and musicians collaborate to send the ultimate Christmas card to the world and their combined 20 million subscribers?
Mormon-affiliated group offers help, hope to suicide survivors
As young brothers, Kris and Kourt McGuire often spent hours chasing the shimmering dragonflies that floated above a lush, green pasture behind their Draper home. One day, when their mom told them to come inside to clean their room, they silently obeyed — or so she thought. After a time, she went to check on the two youngest of her four sons. She found their bedroom alive with dragonflies, which they had tied strings around, hanging them from the ceiling.
Are more sister missionaries serving?
In 2007, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent out its one millionth missionary, and as the amount of missionaries serving continues to grow, some may wonder if more women are choosing to go. According to the book by BYU alumna Melissa Baird Carpenter, titled “18 months: Sister Missionaries in the Latter Days,” in 2005 18 percent of full time missionaries were women.
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Latter-day Saint Life
BYU Football Player Fractures Neck, Undergoes Emergency Surgery
MR says: A BYU linebacker is recovering from a fractured neck he received at practice on Tuesday. Our prayers are with him for a speedy recovery.
The Genesis of a church’s stand on race
On Dec. 25, 1964, as Mitt Romney enjoyed his last Christmas break as a high school student in Michigan, two Mormon missionaries visited Darius Gray in Colorado Springs and asked him if he had any last questions before joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He had one. A proud African American, Gray expressed wariness over a description in the Book of Mormon of a dark-skinned tribe being out of favor with God and asked, “How, in any way, does that relate to me?” The younger of the two missionaries stood off to the side as his senior companion explained, “‘Well, Brother Gray, the primary implication is that you won’t be able to hold the priesthood.’”