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News roundup: Media weighs in on Mormon cult comment

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Elder Holland Shares When He and Elder Cook Were Missionary Companions 54 Years Ago + the Incredible Missionary Experience They Just Shared

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Yesterday, Elder Quentin L. Cook and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland shared on Facebook the experiences they had while visiting Jersulam as part of the 175th anniversary of Orson Hyde visiting the Holy Land.

Gail Miller: The Difference Between Rich and Wealthy

Best known as the owner of the Utah Jazz, Gail Miller is the wealthiest person in the state of Utah. But Miller, who was ranked #14 on Forbes 2019 list of America’s Self-Made Women, was not always wealthy. On today’s episode, she explains the difference between a rich life and a wealthy life.

Sponsored: Reverse-engineer Nephi’s youthful testimony to teach your own family

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While Nephi was growing up in Jerusalem, he did not know where the Lord would lead him. He grew and learned; he watched and listened. Yet later, when a dangerous task was placed before him, with his father-prophet waiting for his reply, Nephi was able to respond, “I will go and do the thing which the Lord hath commanded…” (1 Nephi 3:7). What had Nephi been taught that made it possible for him to respond in such a way?

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Pres. Ballard’s advice on preparing for and using your patriarchal blessing

By Church News

Here is President Ballard's advice for leveraging the power of patriarchal blessings in our lives.

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When Missionaries Followed a Prompting to Return to the Home of a Man Who Had Threatened Them

By John H. Groberg

The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences with his family as he served as a mission president in Tonga. During his service, Elder Groberg helped plan a jubilee celebration for the Saints in Tonga and promised the missionaries that, leading up to the jubilee, 500 people would be baptized into the Church in one month. The number seemed impossible. In 1966, the total number of members baptized into the Church for the entire year was 604. In 1967, the number rose to 833, but Elder Groberg understood the Lord was working miracles to move His work forward in Tonga. Below is one of those miracles that helped bring 507 people into the Church in one month in Tonga.

Harvard symposium for prevention of child sexual abuse shares 2 general conference talks on website

Two talks from the most recent general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were shared on Harvard’s Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse symposium website. Which two talks were they? Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s “Not as the World Giveth” and Sister Joy D. Jones’s “Essential Conversations.”

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Mormon, Muslim, and Sikh Student Groups Kicked Off Iowa Campus Amid Legal Battles

"Because we love our school, we hope it reconsiders and lets religious groups continue to authentically reflect their religious groups," said InterVarsity's student president, Katrina Schrock, in a statement.

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Why You Can't Simply Try to do Missionary Work

Ever since the beginning of humanity we have been doing Missionary Work. Throughout the Old Testament it is filled with Prophets leaving the comforts of their homes to tell people there was something greater. It is a commandment given directly and plainly by our Master, Jesus Christ when He said “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” It continued on when Joseph and the faithful Saints left their families and homes to share something that was worth leaving family over.

Church Issues Statement Condemning Racism Following Deadly Attack in Charlottesville

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released the following statement Sunday, August 13, 2017: