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Rock star Brandon Flowers defends Mormon faith against famous atheist

After performing his 11th concert this month in Europe as a part of the iTunes Download 2012 festival, Killers lead singer Brandon Flowers appeared on “Skavlan,” a Norwegian TV show, to wrap up a European trip before the Sept. 17 release of the band's new album "Battle Born." The show started out as a normal celebrity guest appearance, but host Fredrik Skavlan soon began inquiring about Flowers' Mormon faith. Skavlan asked Flowers to describe the "beauty of faith," and the international rock star spoke positively about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Latter-day Saint Life

Latter-day Saints More Happy in Marriage than Other Christian Groups

Matthew Draper, a psychologist and associate professor at Utah Valley University, said he has seen very successful marriages and happiness within families who are not informed by religious faith at all.

Young Mormons share their faith far from home

A doe-eyed 19-year-old gets off of a flight from Utah having landed in Tallahassee. This young man has arrived in a strange city to begin his first day as a Mormon missionary. Having said goodbye to his family and friends, he has been sent to Tallahassee to share the message with strangers young and old of the Mormon faith. As apprehensive as this young man might feel about beginning this new chapter in his walk with the Mormon faith, his missionary work probably couldn’t come at a better time when people are more aware of the Mormon faith than ever before.

Romney relishes his LDS faith in media blitz

Mitt Romney affirmed the centrality of his Mormon beliefs during an interview Tuesday on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight show. Morgan initiated a conversation with Romney about religion by showing his guest a recorded clip from the 2008 presidential campaign wherein Romney said, "I believe in my Mormon faith. … Some believe that such a confession of my faith will sink my candidacy. If they're right, so be it."

CNN's radical approach to discussing Mormon faith

The CNN show Out Front with Erin Burnett did a radical thing on Wednesday. They had a discussion about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith and they actually invited a real live member of the Mormon Church to the segment to talk about it! What a revolutionary idea! No pundits, no outside observers, no disaffected Mormons, no academics who have studied the church from a distance for years, but someone who actually knows what they are talking about because they live and practice the faith.

Children of many faiths unite in song

People of different faiths are rehearsing for the annual Interfaith Musical Tribute in the Salt Lake Tabernacle this Sunday. Members of a children's choir will open and close the evening with their idea of unity through song. "We are all children of faith, united, hearts are the same," the children, ages 4 to 16, sing as part of a new song, "Children of Faith."

Team Obama says 'Mitts' off when it comes to Romney's Mormon faith

President Obama has turned up the rhetoric on Mitt Romney, but one topic will be off-limits — the Republican’s Mormon faith. One of the nation’s most powerful Democrats Wednesday shot down GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch’s claim that Obama’s team would make Romney’s Mormon faith a central campaign issue as Election Day approaches.

Latter-day Saint Life

How to Handle a Faith Crisis

Two recent articles published in BYU Magazine and the New Era (the Church’s official magazine for youth) are noteworthy in their discussion of how to help others going through a faith crisis.

From the Church

Church publishes ‘Commentary: When Entertainment Media Distorts Faith’

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“The true story of our faith is best seen in the countless lives of those who strive daily to follow our Savior Jesus Christ.”

Alma 32–35: Faith

Alma 32–35 are the quintessential chapters on faith in the Book of Mormon, and however you have studied this topic before, we will approach it differently today. Cherie Call has borne testimony of faith through her life in song. So, sit back as you listen to and study this soundtrack of faith.