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10 Ways President Nelson Has Shown He Is Our Prophet Since Last Conference
By Danielle B. Wagner
After last general conference, there was no doubt in my mind that President Russell M. Nelson is a prophet of God and the man meant to lead the Church today. Every single day since that historic conference, that reassurance has deepened into an unshakeable conviction. Here are just a few ways President Nelson has shown he is the Lord's prophet on the earth today.
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School Bombing Survivor Converted after Priesthood Blessing
By Jamie Armstrong
Amy Bagaso Williams with her husband and four children
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3 Lasting Truths Jesus Taught About Families
By James and Judith McConkie
In our last essay we wrote about the definition of families in the world where Jesus ministered in order to better understand what He taught about His Father’s family, what He called the Kingdom of God. In Jesus’s day families—both wealthy and those with fairly meager means—would be more accurately described as households. They were comprised of not only what we call the nuclear family—consisting of father, mother and children—but also aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings, and their families. The patriarch controlled those kinship-bound members of the household as well as his slaves, bondsmen, servants, laborers, and a whole host of other “retainers” whose numbers depended on the household’s economic status.
Lesson Helps
New Testament Lesson 45: "He That Overcometh Shall Inherit All Things"
By Ted L. Gibbons
Revelation 1-3, 12
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The Surprising Meanings Behind "Enos" and "Noah": Insights into Book of Mormon Names
By Brad Wilcox
Ancient scripture writers often used the literary pattern of paronomasia (word plays and word puns) to convey significant theological messages (see hereand here). Bible and Book of Mormon authors used names of individuals as a means to teach core principles. If we could read the original Hebrew and Egyptian texts of the Book of Mormon, we’d find names repeated thematically throughout the text. Just as a modern persuasive writer today will repeat their thesis statement in multiple ways throughout their writing, so too, ancient prophets used names and derivatives of names to reinforce in meaningful ways the major idea they wished for readers to see in the text.
A Switch in the Way We Think That Can Help Us Get Rid of Harmful Comparisons and Perfection Anxiety
By Kiersten Lortz excerpted from "Possibilities: Partnering with God to Become Your Best Self"
A woman’s art of comparison is unlike any other in this world and certainly far from that of the world to come. We are so good at comparing ourselves to others that we completely miss the mark in recognizing our individual worth. In so doing, we leave ourselves feeling incompetent and discouraged.
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How to Have a Christ-Centered Easter (Without Skipping the Bunny)
By Lisa Valentine Clark
Easter traditions are part of the religious heritage I want my children to identify with, so I want them to matter. I love the Easter bunny, hiding baskets, dying eggs, and buying color-coordinated ties for my boys (they won't agree to matching anymore) and frilly dresses for the girls. Reese’s peanut butter eggs and Cadbury Mini Eggs are very important to me as well. Very important. But, like Christmas pastimes, I want these traditions to enhance—not detract—from the “reason for the season.”
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What Is a "Type and Shadow" and Why Are They so Important to Our Understanding of Christ?
By Patrick D. Degn and David S. Christensen
The traditional interpretation of a type involves seeing a historical person, place, event, or institution as having a future historical fulfillment. The primary person, story, or event is the type, whereas the fulfillment is the antitype. In the New Testament, the Greek word týpos, meaning “example,” describes a model or pattern in the Old Testament that is fulfilled in the life and mission of Jesus Christ.[1] The word týpos in the King James Version of the Bible is also translated as “pattern” (Titus 2:7; Hebrews 8:5), “form” (Romans 6:17), “print” (John 20:25), “ensample” (1 Corinthians 10:11), “fashion” (Acts 7:44), “figure” (Acts 7:43; Romans 5:14), and “manner” (Acts 23:25).
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Listen: The Dream That Prepared a Cancer Doctor to Operate on One Latter-day Saint Woman
By LDS Living
Kim White is a Latter-day Saint woman who has been battling stage 4 cancer for nearly five years—something doctors told her at the time of her diagnosis that she would be lucky to do.
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Kate Lee Shares Journey to Finding Confidence, Becoming an Artist
By LDS Living
Mother and artist Kate Lee is one of the newest faces at Deseret Book. Her unique watercolor artwork is a beautiful display of her testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and her love of family. We recently asked Lee about the inspiration behind her work and why she loves it.