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Many Struggles with Faith Are Based on Mormon Culture, Not Doctrine, BYU Professor Says

“There’s a pretty key difference between a healthy striving toward trying to become like our Savior, realizing that the only way to do that is to yoke ourselves to Christ through covenants, and thinking that you need to become perfect on your own,” BYU associate psychology professor Scott R. Braithwaite said.

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5 Justifications People Use for Leaving the Church (and Why They're Wrong)

Lately I’ve been getting messages from people explaining to me why their friend or family member has decided to leave the LDS Church. They write with their hearts broken, unable to find the words to convince them to give it another look. It seems like every time, the root of the problem revolves around one or all of these 5 reasons provided below.

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LDS Man Loses 147 Pounds on A&E Show: How His Faith & Unexpected Friendship Helped Him Do It

An LDS trainer and LDS participant on A&E's new weight loss show, "Fit to Fat to Fit," found that their mutual faith was essential in their journey to lose weight together in front of a national audience. Trainer JJ Peterson had to first gain weight in order to then lose it again with Ray Stewart, his client and friend.

Huffington Post Features New LDS Faith-Themed Website

"No Poor Among Them" is more than a passage of LDS scripture. For a handful of Mormon humanitarians, it's the name of an organization -- one dedicated to finding and applying LDS approaches to eradicating global poverty. That organization, started more than two years ago as a podcast and blog, is gaining traction, developing partnerships and, as of today, launching a brand new website.

48: The Roots of Faith (2020)

EXCITING NEWS ALERT~This Is the Gospel is going to join Deseret Book at this year's RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City! To celebrate, we are sharing one of our favorite episodes all about the power of our ancestors' faith stories, "The Roots of Faith." Stories in this episode: An extraordinary lesson from her family history helps Sister Linda K. Burton find the right words to minister to the women of the Relief Society when she is called as president; Deserey is called to be the Family History specialist in her single adult ward and receives a special spiritual confirmation from her father beyond the veil about the value of her calling.

Stunning & Unexpected Photos from Temple Square That Will Make You See It in a New Way

Take a look at these stunning images from around temple square--some of them unexpected--that will make you see it in a whole new way. And can you believe Christmas lights are already up on temple square!

The tantalizing proof that religion makes you happier and healthier

God has had a tough time over the past few years. On TV, in newspapers and on the internet, the debate as to whether faith has any relevance in a sceptical modern world has been as ubiquitous as it has been vigorous.

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Black Bishop Shares His Conversion and Experience with Unanswered Questions About Race and Priesthood

By Danielle B. Wagner

After being arrested at age 14, Donald Kelly knew something needed to change in his life.

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Called to build a temple? Watch the incredible history of these faithful Latter-day Saints in the 1950s

By Haley Lundberg

Did you know the Hamilton New Zealand temple and an adjacent Church college were built almost entirely by volunteers?

Capturing the spiritual in public discussion of the LDS Church

Efforts to dissect, analyze and understand the Mormon faith meet with varied success. Religion — including the cultures, peoples, histories, practices and beliefs that come with it — is complex and multifaceted. Journalists reporting on religious organizations, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have often shown thoughtfulness and thoroughness in their treatments of the religion and the community.