Spencer W. Kimball, his counselors, and their fellow apostles prayed about the revelation that Latter-day Saints have canonized as Official Declaration 2 in June 1978. They immediately let it be known

In September 1890, Wilford Woodruff, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, met with his counselors with a vexing problem. How could they, as prophets and the First Presidency o

Though raised as a Latter-day Saint in Utah, Samuel M. Brown was an atheist from an early age and proud of it. Yet, by his own account, God became an undeniable presence in his life. Now a faithful La

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The Constitution of the United States guarantees that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercisethereof. Despite that promise, Latter-day S

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In todays episode of Abide: A Maxwell Institute Podcast, we are studying four of Joseph Smiths revelations. Three of them, Sections 129-131 are written in Joseph Smiths own style, you can hear hi

Following the Latter-day Saints expulsion from Missouri and while they worked to make a new home in Nauvoo, IL, Joseph Smith received several revelations that brought divine insight into earthly prob

From acting as a scribe for the translation of the Book of Mormon to founding the Relief Society, Emma Hale Smith was a key figure in the Restoration. She was also her husbands anchor and the love of

On January 19, 1841 Joseph Smith voiced a revelation that declared Nauvoo as the new gathering place for the Saints. Much had happened since we left Joseph in section 123. After the expulsion from Mis