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A Utah GOP lawmaker is trying to ban Planned Parenthood from teaching sex ed in Utah's public schools, but allowing ...

Isaac Newton predicted when the world would likely end. His prediction was based on biblical texts, particularly the Book of ...

Six young people who lived with deep faith and committed their lives to the Church that Jesus founded are on their way to ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

Aug. 6, 2006, my wife and I were blessed to participate in Sunday school and worship with Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist ...

We must recognize that reaching the LGBT community, like any other group, is ultimately a work of the Holy Spirit ...

The greatest gift in the world — salvation — is completely free. God offers this most precious gift to everyone, and it remains available to each of us today. Romans 6:23 reminds us: ‘For the wages of ...

Former NFL fullback Heath Evans explained how he came to realize he wasn’t living a Christian life when he thought he ...

The provocation we receive from today’s reading is not an indictment but an invitation. We are forgetful simply because we are human. I believe this image of God’s grieved heart offers us a chance to ...

President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invited people around the world Friday to ...

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson, announcing the 2027 reopening of the Salt Lake ...