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Nauvoo Pageant - “A Tribute to Joseph Smith”
For more about Chris Stewart's faith, his three world records as an Air Force pilot, and his political career, check out "The Mormon Congressman Who Set 3 World Records and Writes NYT Best-Selling Books."
Hope works—that was the focus of a new series of videos released by the Mormon Channel that is reminiscent of the popular video series "TED Talks." Featuring an LDS mom, a missionary, a performer, a relationship coach, a parent who lost a child, and an equestrian vaulter paralyzed in an accident, these talks show the different facets of hope and faith from several different perspectives.
The president, according to Mormon doctrine, is literally a seer, a prophet — the president, that is, of the church. Usually American presidents have a somewhat lower reputation.Now that Mitt Romney, an active Mormon, is aspiring to the more mundane office, new attention has come upon the faith that guides him. And much of that attention has been accompanied by controversy, confusion and concern about how Mormonism fits into American society.
For a peacemaker like Randall Paul, a good ending doesn't necessarily resolve the conflict between religious believers over who is damned and who isn't. That's why Paul, founder and president of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy, was intrigued by an obscure documentary about a filmmaker who set out to discover why conservative Christian evangelicals labeled his Mormon faith a cult whose followers were going to hell.
he legacy left by President Boyd K. Packer that may endure longest and have the broadest impact is what author Lawrence Flake called "the monumental publication of the LDS editions of the scriptures," which added 1,268 pages of study helps to the faith's four standard works.
For those who know the story of Madeline Baldwin, a recent convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the message is clear.
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Let me make it clear at the start that I am not (and never have been) a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. So I am writing as an outsider. That being said, I have had several encounters with Saints over the past two decades, and I would venture to say that every one of them has been positive. So, yes, I write as an outsider, but as a friend.
Seventeen years ago, the LDS Church had 50 temples in 22 countries, but not enough for a global church whose members believe temples provide the "crowning blessings" of their faith. Some of those members saved money much of their lives and traveled for a week or more to finally attend a temple and receive those sacred blessings.
It helped Laina Walker and Amy Whitcomb of Delilah immensely to have BYU's Vocal Point guys just down the hall in the hotel during the taping for NBC's reality show, "The Sing-Off." They could go with them to church and rely on them for the strength of the priesthood held by faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.