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Laman and Lemuel are clearly the "bad guys" of the Book of Mormon, right? Or were they more like us than we realize? In this week’s study group, join Tammy and her friends Holly and Jalyn as they dig into 1 Nephi chapters 1–7 to discuss how Laman's and Lemuel’s murmurings aren't so different from our own and how we can strive to “go and do” like Nephi.

46: “When We Obtain Any Blessing from God, It Is by Obedience” (Doctrine and Covenants 129–132)

Albert Einstein once said "the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” Excluding our years as know-it-all teenagers, many of us can pinpoint a time when we’ve felt this way. Perhaps that time for you was when you began learning more about plural marriage and how it relates to the Restoration. You’re not alone. As we study Doctrine and Covenants 129–132 this week, we invited two Church historians to help us understand why plural marriage was practiced and what it has to do with the Restoration.

{Food Dish} Contest: First-ever LDS Living Best Cookie Contest

By Kate Ensign-Lewis

The race is on. The gauntlet has been thrown down. The challenge? Submit the best cookie recipe you have. The prize? One hundred dollars to Deseret Book, and the chance to live in immortal glory as the crowned victor of LDS Living’s first ever cookie contest. Here are the rules (pay close attention, because you must abide by each for your recipe to be considered):

Latter-day Saint Life

An Angelic Voice Guided an Officer to Save a Baby & How That Saved His Faith

How an 18-month-old girl rescued from the car crash that killed her mother managed to rescue the life and the faith of the officer who saved her.

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‘This is what heaven is going to be like’: What other faiths had to say about their Pocatello Idaho Temple tour

By Danielle Christensen

This week, media and invited guests toured the Pocatello Idaho Temple prior to the public open house which begins on September 18.

President Nelson encourages Olympic qualities of 'excellence, friendship, and respect'

Just hours after the Opening Ceremony took place in Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, President Russell M. Nelson posted on his Facebook page about the importance of healthy competition, respect, and cooperation.

Lesson Helps

September 2017 Visiting Teaching and First Presidency Messages

By LDS Living

This month's messages remind us of the importance of living prophets and what it means to be "of one heart."

From the Church

Church Condemns "White Supremacy Agenda" in Updated Charlottesville Statement

By LDS Living

The Church recently updated their statement following the deadly events in Charlottesville, Virginia, adding this clarification:

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Orson Scott Card Writes New Sci-Fi Drama Appearing on BYUtv This Weekend

By Kaeley Scruggs

The second drama series from BYU, Extinct, will premiere on BYUtv on October 1, 2017, at 7 p.m. Mountain Time.

Latter-day Saint Life

Latter-day Saint Man Learns Humility, Endurance, and Gratitude Running 200-Mile Ultramarathons

"A big reason I do what I do now is because I’m really appreciative of what my body can do and because I was put in a situation where that might have been taken away from me,” Latter-day Saint Michael McKnight said about running ultramarathons. “I feel like I’m trying really hard to get out there and really push the body.”