I LOVE TO GO TO CHURCH!  I LOVE TO GO TO INSTITUTE AND TO CHURCH EVENTS, PARTIES, AND MEETINGS ETC.!  EACH TIME I GO TO CHURCH, INSTITUTE, CHURCH MEETINGS, PARTIES, AND EVENTS ETC., I FEEL HAPPY AND SAFE AND PEACEFUL!  I KNOW THAT the HAPPINESS AND SAFETY AND PEACE THAT I FEEL IS the HOLY GHOST TESTIFYING TO ME THAT the CHURCH IS TRUE!  THE CHURCH IS TRUE!  I KNOW THAT JESUS IS the CHRIST AND THAT HE LIVES AND LOVES EACH AND EVERYONE OF US!  WE ARE ALL SONS AND D... Read More

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In Doctrine and Covenants 37 the Lord first commanded his people to move, what we now refer to as “The Gathering”. When I think of the effect that the gathering had on me, the first thought that comes to my mind is my ancestor James Stephen Brown. He had become acquainted with the saints in Ohio, moved with them to Missouri and Nauvoo (without having become a member), then joined the church and crossed the plains. He was part of the Mormon batt... Read More

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    One of the primary purposes of the Book of Mormon is to draw all men nearer to God.  Yet skeptics of the book’s origins get caught up in the peripheral and miss out.  One of these topics is the treatment of the American Revolution which they suppose to be the product of Joseph Smith’s absorption of 19th Century ideas in New York.  From Richard Bushman’s analysis of this topic... Read More

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I look back at my progression through childhood and adolescence and remember my favorite topic I was taught throughout those years in school. I became very attached to the concept of equality. It was a pivotal time in my life when I first learned about Civil Rights. I was six. I remember the weeks my first grade teacher taught us about Martin Luther King Jr. I remember vividly first hearing the atrocities in which white men had... Read More

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Section 25 of the Doctrine and Covenants is one of the most significant chapters in our scriptural cannon because of its treatment of women. Section 25 is the first revelation in the modern dispensation that is addressed specifically to a woman. It is a quasi-patriarchal blessing to Emma Smith, the wife of the prophet Joseph Smith, in that it alludes somewhat to her calling in life, offers specific council, and pronounces blessings based on her fai... Read More

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