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The Lord does permit afflictions and trials in our lives for our spiritual growth and good. Whenever we are in the midst of ...

In the First Presidency's 2025 Easter message, President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors declare, “The Resurrection is a gift to all of Heavenly Father’s children who have ever lived on this ...

Retired Big Rapids pastor Ron Witbeck uses the Easter story to illustrated how God and Jesus models how to be "doers" of the ...

Significance: “to have consequence or weight.” It is that which we expect the Master of the Worlds to have when he enters the ...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore said his faith in Jesus was key to his enduring the experience of being stranded in space for ...

Anita F. Hendrix 1946-2025 It is with tremendous sadness that the family of Anita F. Hendrix, a loving, caring, and courageous daughter, mother, sister, aunt, wife, and friend, unexpectedly went to be ...

awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave Himself ... In Mark 2:28, Jesus claims to be the Lord of the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10).

"As we journey through Lent, a traditional season of spiritual self-examination ... it is a very good time to ask ourselves, where do we stand with God?" says Dr. Gary ...

In the latest LDS Church news, an apostle concedes the faith can do more to balance gender equality, and the church buys more ...

It all started last June, when astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams locked in for a quick test flight of Boeing’s ...