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Church publishes ‘Commentary: When Entertainment Media Distorts Faith’

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

“The true story of our faith is best seen in the countless lives of those who strive daily to follow our Savior Jesus Christ.”

Why People Leave the Church. . . and Never Come Back

By Nate Bagley

What great insights into how we can better love those who have left the Church.

Latter-day Saint Life

Right After a Desperate Prayer from a Hurricane Harvey Victim, the Mormons Arrive and Provide the Sweetest Answer

By LDS Living

In a recent Mormon Newsroom video, a victim of Hurricane Harvey describes her desperate prayer and the answer she received minutes later: "God is so awesome and good. Right after a prayer, and I said, 'Lord just send me some help because I am so tired,' and one of the gentlemen called [from Mormon Helping Hands] and here they are doing an awesome job."

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Mormon Rock Star Mom, Neon Trees Drummer Talks Family and Faith

Elaine Bradley is a wife, mother and Mormon who lives with her family in quiet and conservative Provo, Utah.

Defending the Faith: Martin Harris, 'Native Honesty,' and Life-Long Testimony

In 1841, rumors began to circulate that Martin Harris, one of the three Book of Mormon witnesses, had been murdered. The Mormons (who else?) had supposedly shot him to death. But, in fact, Martin Harris was perfectly healthy. He would live on until age 92, dying on July 10, 1875, in Clarkston, Utah. As Mark Twain later quipped after reading his own obituary, the report of Martin’s death was “an exaggeration.” He was now, the “Painesville Telegraph” wryly observed, “a living witness of what shall be said of him after his death.”

Opinion: The question of faith for candidates

Most of us think all young Mormon males wear short-sleeved white shirts and ride bicycles and we enjoy the 400 melodic voices that make up the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Ask us about Brigham Young and we’ll tell you he has a pretty good football team this year. But when two practicing Mormons want to be the president of the United States, we suddenly become experts on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Highlight: One Faithful LDS Family in Sweden

Håkan Palm feels blessed to live a mere four miles from the first temple in Scandinavia and the only temple in Sweden. He served on the committee to find the wooded site about 15 miles south of Stockholm in 1981, was there for the groundbreaking and, as LDS public affairs director for the country and a member of the temple committee, organized the open house where an expected 2,000 visitors turned into nearly 50,000 before the Stockholm Sweden Temple was dedicated in 1985. Ten years later, he arranged for Sweden’s king and queen to visit the temple grounds and meet President Thomas S. Monson. Despite the impressive resume, it’s the value of the temple covenants to his posterity that matters most to him.

Latter-day Saint Life

Elder Cook on Why We Should Learn About Other Faiths and Consider Our Commonalities

By LDS Living

In a recent Instagram post, Elder Cook shares, "I believe that it is important for us to consider the commonalities we have with other faiths."

Old Testament Lesson 4: "Because of My Transgression My Eyes Are Opened"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: At least three commandments were given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We mentioned them last week. They were to 1) multiply and replenish the earth; 2) not eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil; and 3) stay together. Only one of those commandments has been reported to us in a conditional context. Of the forbidden fruit the Lord said,

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New Testament Lesson 44: "God Is Love"

By Ted L. Gibbons

1, 2, 3 John