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MR says: The LDS Gospel App and Game Contest just ended, where 89 apps from developers in 7 countries were submitted. Find out who won and where you can see their award-winning apps!

SPONSORED: Kendra Burton Art & the Compassionate Christ

By Kendra Burton

Painting a portrait of our Savior, that would be universally meaningful, and would convey His ultimate compassion, has been artist Kendra Burton’s desire as long as she can remember. A significant influence for the painting came when a friend of Kendra’s shared a scene from a film that was especially touching and inspiring:

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Why Eternal Life in the Next Life Is Not Enough

By Adam S. Miller

Eternal life is the promise that death is not the end, that there is life after death. It’s the promise that both my body and this world can continue after death in the presence of God. And this promise matters. As Paul says, “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable” (1 Corinthians 15:19). But the reverse is also true. If for the next life only I have hope in Christ, I am also lost. By itself, even the glory of an eternal life is not enough.

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How to Let Go of Anxiety When Making Hard Decisions + 4 Steps to Replace Fear with Faith

By Yvonne Liu

After changing my major three times in college, I was sold on journalism as my career goal. However, while I was looking at the job salary for journalists, I realized that I would not be able to save much money in my newly chosen career. My anxiety rose and my mind started spinning. “Should I change my career goal? Is it too late to become a nurse or engineer?” While my brain was filled with fearful thoughts about the future, the advice I’d received from my therapist reminded me that I need to calm down and realize that it was my fear that was creating these doubts in my mind.

Old Testament Lesson 10: Birthright Blessings & Marriage in the Covenant

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: No episode in the Bible teaches the importance of marriage in the covenant better than the experiences of Isaac and Rebekah. These are followed closely in the text by the accounts of the marriages of Jacob and Esau, which also teach powerful lessons about this subject.

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New Testament Lesson 18: He Was Lost and Is Found

By Ted L. Gibbons

Luke 15,17

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Do I Wish My Missionary Home? Nah

I understand now that when my son was called to serve a mission, I was too. My mission is to offer support, send uplifting and positive messages from home, and pray for my missionary, his companion, and those he is teaching.

{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, Apr. 28-May 4

By LDS Living

We all love a good story. And what better way to find out the best of the best than seeing what people found most interesting? For the week of April 28 through May 4, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top online stories:

First Chapter of New Gerald Lund Book "Only the Brave"

By Gerald N. Lund

"One of the things I most enjoy in writing fiction, particularly historical fiction, the creation of characters who become like actual people to me," writes beloved author Gerald Lund in the preface of his new book, "Only the Brave". "...I have come to learn that the characters should--perhaps even must--take on lives of their own if they are to be worth caring about."

Photo Gallery: Japan missionaries get transferred

This afternoon, March 17th, 42 wonderful missionaries arrived by chartered bus at the Kobe Mission Home after a 7 hour bus ride from the Tokyo Mission. They have all been reassigned to Kobe for an undetermined period of time.