Manual 1; Excerpt from "The Sabbath and the Sacrament" by L. Tom Perry

What a rare opportunity for the public to tour the Provo Missionary Training Center and see the new expansion.

The Church has announced the curriculum that Church members will be studying during 2016.

The Paris France Temple is rising as a prophecy in fulfillment.

Although Idaho is currently a Republican stronghold, it was not always that way. The Democratic Party had a strong presence in the original Idaho territory. This was in part due to the small but significant Mormon minority in the state voting in bloc for the party (yes, Mormons were mostly Democrats in the late 19th century). However, in order to receive statehood, members of the Democratic Party in Idaho (as well as members of the Republican Party) had to distance themselves from Mormons in order to convince Congress to grant them statehood (as Congress was anti-Mormon at the time). The original Idaho state constitution, which Congress had to approve, prohibited Mormons from voting. Essentially the Democratic Party had to choose between catering to a loyal and significant voting bloc in the party and statehood. The Democratic Party chose statehood.

The beautiful message and gift of the Savior doesn’t have to be enjoyed, treasured, and remembered only once a year at Christmas. It can become a permanent fixture in our souls. It is something of great worth and substance that can permeate our very being. In a world that considers the transitory, the disposable, and the brief good enough, Christ is the very best gift that has ever been given in the entire history of mankind. The gifts He gives to us are everlasting and eternal.It is in remembering, receiving, and giving those gifts of the Savior that lives are transformed. Christmas reminds us to keep our promises to God.

There were 6.7 seconds remaining on the game clock when McKay Gregson of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, checked in at the scorer’s table. McKay’s parents had been told that the coach planned to put him in at the end of the final game of his senior season on Feb. 14, 2014, but with his team down at the end of a rivalry game against Farmington High School, putting the manager with special needs into the game completely slipped the Prairie Grove High School coach’s mind. A cheerleader ran over to the coach, Steve Edminston, to remind him as fans from both sides began chanting, “Put in McKay.” The coach immediately called for McKay and put him in the game.

The Orem Utah Temple open house will run from Friday, October 27 through Saturday, December 16, 2023.

An estimated 800 construction team members gathered for the building tradition of a “topping out” ceremony.

In lesser moments in my life—and perhaps in lesser moments in your life—I must admit I am sometimes tempted to be critical of the way that God is running the universe, at least our corner of it. I have a tendency occasionally to look heavenward and quote Shakespeare, and say as Macduff said, “Did heaven look on, and would not take their part?”