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Many suppose agency to be the God-given right to choose between good and evil. Were this the case, it could be argued that God gave us the right to do evil. This simply is not so. By way of analogy, our nation was formed to insure to its citizens the freedom of choice, but no one supposed that this...

An admired and respected apostle, Elder Russell M. Nelson's new book features a compilation of twenty-one talks from General Conference and BYU devotionals. In one volume you'll read Elder Nelson's comments and counsel on such subjects as listening, making right choices, enduring to the end, applying...

Throughout time, righteous women have served as keepers of God's truths. The message of their lives — preserved in scripture — serves as a reminder to the world of what they stood for and what they believed. Young Women today can also demonstrate by the way they live that they are witnesses of Christ...

The Word of Wisdom, a code of health dealing primarily with human nutrition, was promulgated as a divine revelation in 1833 by Joseph Smith, the "Mormon" Prophet. It is a part of the religious system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which declares that the care of the body is a sacred...

A parable can be a memorable way to teach a spiritual truth, asdemonstrated by author Sharon Larsen, former counselor in the YoungWomen general presidency. In this fictitious but true-to-life story, ayoung princess discovers that the little choices we make every day areoften more important than we...

One of Mormondom’s premier poets came from a stone tenement in the slums of Glasgow. Taking readers back to John’s early years, the book recreates early nineteenth-century Scotland, providing an analysis of the social milieu in which he existed, interspersed with autobiographical accounts of his...

Are you carrying a burden or facing a challenge that defies resolution? Challenges are an inescapable fact of mortality. But do we make our burdens heavier by trying to carry them alone? The Lord has promised us His help if we will turn to Him. Author Camille Fronk Olson writes, “Each of...

The Prophet Joseph Smith and the Church have always had their detractors, from within as well as without. Some are quick to express disagreement with doctrine or policy, and some seem to delight in finding fault."In our own generation many in the news media who are drawn mindlessly to controversy...

'I just bought my second copy of 'Revelations of the Restoration.' I lost my first copy with all my markings and highlights and I was sick for a week. After I turned the house upside down looking for it, I bought another, because there is no way I was going to go through this Church History year without...

"This book would be a wonderful way to study the New Testament in conjunction with the Sunday School lessons. I can see families doing a different parable each week for Family Home Evening, for example." -The Association for Mormon LettersListen to an interview with John Bytheway from The Cricket and...

In this bundle, the two volumes of New Testament verse-by-verse commentary have been brought together for more convenient study. Verse by Verse: The Four Gospels is both an outstanding reference resource and a wonderful biographical account of the Savior's ministry. In-depth scripture commentary...

Author Daniel K. Judd writes: 'The issues I have selected for inclusion in this book are representative of the difficult questions I have grappled with over the last several years in my work as a professor, a therapist, a bishop, a stake president, and a father.' Those 'hard questions' included: Is divorce...

In All Moms Go to Heaven, well-known LDS writer Dean Hughes describes the summer he spent taking care of the kids while his wife, Kathy, worked on her master's degree. After a few weeks of drying tears (sometimes his own), changing diapers, and watching Sesame Street, Dean came to understand what mothers...

God has led this Church from the beginning, by prophets and inspired men,' President Wilford Woodruff declared in 1891. 'He will lead this Church until the scene is wound up.' God's direction in leading the Church is evident in this collection of fifty treasured talks delivered by prophets, apostles,...