Acts 15:36-18:22; 1 and 2 Thessalonians

Last week, the Church made its updated General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintspublic. With recent policy changes related to LGBT members and to ordinance witness guidelines, Church leadership felt the need to not only release a new handbook but to expedite the process, according to Church Newsroom.

Converted on the Internet before it was cool

This month, Elder Robert D. Hales posted a very interesting anecdote to his Facebook page. In it, he told about a priesthood leader and a teacher who said to him, “If you want my counsel, be prepared to take it.”

As a professor of philosophy at Brigham Young University (1972-2011), I have rationally defended the restored gospel in local, national and international venues. Indeed, in all my published work, I have done nothing else. Yet my own conviction of the restored gospel is not based on philosophical or theological reasoning; it is grounded in personal manifestations of the Holy Spirit. Though these are sacred experiences, not often communicated or communicable, I share one such experience here. Several years ago I attended an eight-week Institute in the Philosophy of Religion at Eastern Washington University in Bellingham, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Institute was directed by Professors William Alston and Alvin Plantinga and included as faculty some of the most prominent philosophers of religion in both the U.S. and Great Britain.

Get the full lesson "That We May Become One” from the Teachings of Lorenzo Snow at LDS.org.

Justin Su’a has gone from the seminary classroom to the sidelines and dugouts of NFL and MLB teams to inspire professional athletes to be the best that they can be.

As I consider each of the various arguments against Mormonism, my mind always comes back to the many questions that Mormon doctrine seems to answer with ease. These questions….and their answers form what I consider to be a doctrinal “Mormon Superstructure”.

Get the full lesson "Our Savior, Jesus Christ” from the Teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith at LDS.org.

As a follow up to her conference message, Sister Eubank shared a list of 16 easy ways to be a humanitarian. Read more about her suggestions: