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10 Reasons the Gospel Is Like an Exercise Class

Being followers of Jesus Christ, we can liken our diligent faith to an exercise class by staying on course with these 10 suggestions.

LDS Professors Create Unique New LDS History Book for Non-Mormons

Latter-day Saint Apostle L. Tom Perry wasn’t speaking directly to Roy Prete. But, as Prete listened to him address a crowd in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City, it sure felt like it.

'The Book of Mormon is designed for us'

Reading the Book of Mormon strengthens Latter-day Saints because doing so brings them closer to God, said the Sunday School general president, Russell T. Osguthorpe.Brother Osguthorpe and his counselors in the Sunday School general presidency, Brother David M. McConkie and Brother Matthew O. Richardson, spoke recently with Church News regarding the Book of Mormon as the gospel doctrine course of study for adults and older youth in the Church during 2012.

Concert review: Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Christmas concert relates gifts of love, tells story of Candy Bomber

While working together on the family farm in Garland, Utah, Hal’s father often told him that from little things come big things. This encouragement influenced Col. Gail “Hal” Halvorsen to distribute candy to eager German children while a pilot during the Berlin Airlift of the late 1940s.

Opinion: Church leaders' flaws don't make Mormonism a fraud

My childhood memories of decorating the family Christmas tree include a growing appreciation of the fine line between delight and disillusion. Each year, we took the strands of colored lights out of their boxes, wound them around the tree, and held our breath as we plugged them in. Would the lights spring to life, or would a single broken light condemn the whole string to sullen darkness?

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Did You Know LDS Prophets Are Distant Cousins to Elvis, Shakespeare, Johnny Depp + More?

This is fascinating. What a way to inspire some motivation for family history work.

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Watch: What Really Goes on Inside Mormon Temples? James the Mormon Explains

By James the Mormon

LDS rapper James the Mormon has used his social media presence and his music to share the gospel. Recently, he shared a video explaining why temples are sacred, saying, "temples are the closest we can come to our loving Heavenly Father where we can catch a glimpse of what heaven is truly like."

Provo council rejects plan to curb MTC building

Residents living near the Mormon Missionary Training Center (MTC) didn’t get what they wanted Tuesday. The Municipal Council voted 4-3 to reject their proposal to require a conditional use permit for high-rise structures at places such as the training center, where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is proposing to build a nine-story classroom building. But the council did agree to review the public facilities zone ordinance to address future controversies.

Missouri remains land of religious promise for Mormons

In 1831, Mormon founder Joseph Smith declared that the righteous would gather in Independence, Mo., to greet the Second Coming of Jesus Christ — just one of the prophecies that estranged his faith from traditional Christianity. Thousands of converted Mormons moved from Ohio and upstate New York to claim their New Jerusalem. Disputes with Missourians led to a bloody Mormon War that ended only when the state’s governor issued an “extermination order” to expel Smith’s followers.

Poll: Utah voters believe Romney's Mormon faith hurting him less this time

Utah voters believe GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith is having less of a negative impact in the race than it did four years ago, according to a new Deseret News/KSL poll. But political observers say Romney's membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could still cost him votes in this week's elections, especially among evangelicals in Ohio and Georgia, which have the most delegates of the 10 "Super Tuesday" states.