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The Church Issues Statement on Immigration Policy - What was the reaction?
The Church of Jesus Christ... has issued a statement, reiterating principles it previously shared on the subject of immigration.
Ethan
Feb 12 min read
450 views
3 comments

Loyalty Oath or Fulfillment of Prophetic Vision? Controversy Over BYU Hiring Policy
Peggy Fletcher Stack reported on X, “BYU now requires profs to have a "testimony" of the church's stance on "marriage, family and gender"
Ethan
Jan 73 min read
417 views
3 comments

Setting the Record Straight: Why Julie Hanks Wants Your Support
Recently Julie Hanks ... posted an Instagram story asking her fans to, “email a letter of support that [she] can forward to [her] leaders.”
Ethan Fausett
Dec 14, 20244 min read
1,018 views
2 comments


Faith in the Outback: How This Aboriginal Community Became Modern Pioneers
... today there are entire communities which are, or are close to 100% Latter-day Saint.
Guest
Dec 9, 20243 min read
774 views
5 comments

Intersection of Scripture and Art: An Interview With the Library of Godwin
Library of Godwin is a Latter-day Saint artist with a unique art style inspired by deeply symbolic medieval art.
Ethan Fausett
Nov 22, 20243 min read
366 views
0 comments


From LDS Farmboy to Bodybuilding Legend: The story of Larry Scott
The world of bodybuilding is not usually associated with the restored gospel. However there is a connection.
Ethan Fausett
Nov 20, 20243 min read
208 views
2 comments

BYU Professor Criticizes The Cougar Chronicle : You Decide Who's In the Right
Last week the Cougar Chronicle, a conservative student paper at BYU, published a story about a BYU professor who put a paper on his door...
Ethan Fausett
Nov 18, 20242 min read
417 views
4 comments

Kansas City Chiefs Help the Church #LightTheWorld
Travis Kelce, who is known both for being a high level football player and for being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, has become one of the primary
Ethan Fausett
Nov 16, 20242 min read
232 views
3 comments

How to Answer 6 Things Pro-Choice Latter-day Saints Say About the Church's Position on Abortion and the Law
OPINION By Jessica Spackman, President, Latter-day Saints for Life What Did the Church Say? On October 8, 2024, the Church of Jesus...
Guest
Oct 28, 20246 min read
443 views
2 comments

How a Jaredite Made Swords From Meteoric Iron With a Volcano!
By Ethan Fausett The steel swords mentioned in The Book of Mormon may have been made from iron that fell from the sky, meteoric iron. At...
Ethan Fausett
Oct 26, 20244 min read
153 views
0 comments

Five Myths About Marxism
OPINION, By: Dan Ellsworth With election season in the U.S, lots of Americans are using the term “Marxism” to describe left-wing...
Guest
Oct 22, 20243 min read
369 views
1 comment

How 1 Man and $40 Opened a New Country to the Restored Gospel
By Luke Hanson & Ethan Fausett For over a decade, Jonah Barnes had a question in the back of his mind: were his efforts as a digital...
Ethan Fausett
Oct 17, 20244 min read
500 views
5 comments

Mormons and Abortion: Why The Religious Right Should Calm The H**k Down
OPINION, By: Max Halsey The Great Sorting It is not often in the course of human events that a single issue changes the very foundations...
Luke Hanson
Jul 19, 20247 min read
873 views
12 comments

Pro-Life Organizations Reject LDS Volunteers Over "Statement of Faith"
By: Luke Hanson, Editor-in-Chief The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints often partners with other religious organizations to...
Luke Hanson
Jul 10, 20244 min read
1,113 views
19 comments

The Time a Latter-day Saint Woman Stood up for Traditional Roles at the United Nations
Founded following the unprecedented destruction wrought by World War 2, the United Nations (UN) is an international organization...
Luke Hanson
Jul 8, 20243 min read
478 views
5 comments

Opinion: Why Patriotic Church Services are Important
By: Anonymous In the back of the Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 English edition), three songs stand out...
Luke Hanson
Jul 5, 20243 min read
504 views
12 comments

Two Major Ironies Anti-Mormons Miss in the Fairview, Texas Temple Steeple Controversy
OPINION, By: Luke Hanson, Editor in Chief, Ward Radio News If you haven't heard of the controversy around the Fairview, Texas temple, you...
Luke Hanson
Jun 18, 20243 min read
1,482 views
6 comments

Church-owned KSL News Comes Under Fire, Issues Apology, for Complaining about "Republican party's antics"
KSL News Radio came under fire Thursday for a post asking "Utah's Republican party has been running into tough times. Are you tired of...
Luke Hanson
Jun 17, 20242 min read
626 views
4 comments

Daily Wire's Andrew Klavan says he was "Not Impressed" with the Book of Mormon
Conservative news and media company The Daily Wire has several popular political commentators, many very religious. Daily Wire Co-founder...
Luke Hanson
Jun 14, 20242 min read
687 views
10 comments


OPINION It’s Time to Stop Mother’s-Day-themed Church Meetings
By: Andrew Knaupp On May 11, 2018, two days before Mother’s Day, Sharon Eubank, then First Counselor in the General Relief Society...
Guest
Jun 13, 20244 min read
400 views
13 comments
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