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Latter-day Saint Life
5 Tips to Better Understand Temple Symbols
By Jack M. Lyon
Why do temples have symbols? Where do symbols come from? Is all temple symbolism unique to Latter-day Saints? These and many more questions like them are answered in Jack M. Lyon's new book, Understanding Temple Symbols Through Scripture, History, and Art. Following is an excerpt that gives five tips to help Latter-day Saints better understand temple symbols.
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Old Testament Lesson 41: "I Have Made Thee This Day an Iron Pillar"
By Ted L. Gibbons
Jeremiah was an extraordinary prophet. Called to work with people though rampant apostasy and bitter opposition, he never faltered and rarely flinched throughout his ministry. His life and writings are exceptional treasures and worth a great investment of time and reflection. And the verses will require time and reflection because Jeremiah is distanced from us by language, idiom, circumstance, and translation. But your knowledge of the plan of salvation and the unchangeableness of God will sustain you. Pay a price and the results will be spectacular.
Latter-day Saint Life
5 things you might not have known about plural marriage
By Casey Griffiths
Editor's note: Exactly 130 years ago today, on September 25, 1890, President Wilford Woodruff wrote in his journal that “After Praying to the Lord & feeling inspired by his spirit I have issued . . . [a] Proclamation.” That proclamation is now known as the Manifesto and was published in the Doctrine and Covenants as Official Declaration 1. This article originally ran on LDS Living in 2017 and is being shared again for the 130th anniversary of the day Official Declaration 1 was released to the public on September 25.
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Lesson 1: Love Those You Teach, Part 2
By Kelly Merrill
This article is intended to help readers better utilize the new Teaching in the Savior's Way manual that was recently released. Any quotes without references come directly from the manual.
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Looking for Easter Sunday lesson ideas? Here are 3 ways to focus on the Savior
This week’s Come, Follow Me lesson focuses on Easter. We hope these suggestions, in addition to the suggestions in the Come, Follow Me manual, can help families focus on the message of Christ’s resurrection this Easter Sunday.
Twas the Night Before Transfers
Twas the night before transfers,when all through the mission The Assistants and President had made their decisions. The luggage was stacked by the side door to ship. Waiting for the van to make the trip.
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New Testament Lesson 3: Unto You Is Born ... a Saviour
By Ted L. Gibbons
Luke 2; Matt 1; D&C 96:12-18; Matthew 3:24-26 JST
Podcasts
Why Does a Woman Symbolize the Great and Abominable Church and 3 Other Questions from 1 Nephi 11–15
By Tamara Uzelac Hall
Editor’s Note: Tammy Uzelac Hall is the host of LDS Living’s newest podcast, “Sunday on Monday,” a weekly podcast focused on Come, Follow Me that dives into the hidden treasures of the gospel. Here are four questions readers might have in their studies of the Book of Mormon this week, accompanied by Hall's insights that add new meaning to the beloved verses.
Latter-day Saint Life
4 Tips to Better Access the Power In Your Priesthood
By David J. Ridges
In the April 2010 general conference, President Boyd K. Packer encouraged Melchizedek Priesthood holders to do better at exercising the power of the priesthood. He taught:
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Book of Mormon Lesson 17: “A Seer . . . Becometh a Great Benefit to His Fellow Beings”
By Ted L. Gibbons
“Behold what wonders God hath wrought! Truth springs out of the earth; the gold plates are translated by the gift and power of God; and the voice we hear is one that whispers from the dust. It is the voice of all the Nephis, of Alma and Amulek and Abinadi, of Ether and Mormon and Moroni of all the Nephite and Jaredite prophets. It is the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ, who ministered among the Nephites, inviting them to feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet and to thrust their hands into his riven side. It is the voice of doctrine and testimony and miracles. It is the voice of God speaking to men through the Book of Mormon.