Practice Makes Perfect
How will your family react when a flood, fire, earthquake, act of terrorism, or another emergency occurs? How well does your plan identify everyone’s roles and responsibilities?
One way to find out how well your plans and procedures are going to work is Continue reading
Idea List: A Healthier You,” New Era, Nov 2006
Taking care of your body is good for both your physical and your spiritual health. Here are a few small things you can do regularly to improve your health. Continue reading
| OBJECTIVE: To obtain information about— | RECORD TYPES: Look in the Family History Library Catalog, Locality section for these record types: |
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| Age | Census, Vital Records*, Cemeteries | Military Records, Taxation, Obituaries | |
| Birth date | Vital Records*, Church Records, Bible Records | Cemeteries, Obituaries, Census, Newspapers, Military Records | |
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1. Remember your Ancestors
Begin by remembering information about each member in your family that Continue reading
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Ensign, May, 2008
Knowledge encourages obedience, and obedience enhances knowledge.
A testimony of the gospel is a personal witness borne to our souls by the Holy Ghost that certain facts of eternal significance are true and that we know them to be true. Such facts include the nature of the Godhead and our relationship to its three members, the effectiveness of the Atonement, and the reality of the Restoration.
A testimony of the gospel is not a travelogue, a health log, or an expression of love for family members. It is not a sermon. President Kimball taught that the moment we begin preaching to others, our testimony is ended.1 Continue reading
Elder Jay J. Jensen
of the Seventy
Ensign, October 2005
In my experiences at home and in the Church, I appreciate more and more the power of bearing testimony. Few accounts in Church history have left a more profound impact on me than these words of President Brigham Young (1801–77), who was influenced by a pure testimony:
“If all the talent, tact, wisdom, and refinement of the world had been combined in one individual, and that person had been sent to me with the Book of Mormon, and had declared in the most exalted of earthly eloquence, the truth of it, undertaking to prove it by his learning and worldly wisdom, it would have been to me like the smoke which arises only to vanish. But when I saw a man without eloquence, or talents for public speaking, who could only just say, ‘I know by the power of the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon is true, that Joseph Smith is a prophet of the Lord,’ [the] Holy Ghost proceeding from that individual illuminate[d] my understanding, and light, glory, and immortality [were] before me.” 1
Using the scriptures and the words of the prophets, let us examine what a testimony is and how we should bear it. Continue reading
C. Wilfred Griggs
Ensign, Jun 1988, 27
This symbol from antiquity finds a full and highly consistent portrayal in the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon brought the tree of life to our attention long before modern scholarship revealed how common the tree was in ancient history. The symbol of that tree pervades the art and literature of every Mediterranean culture from centuries before the time of Lehi until well after the time of Moroni. Continue reading
Ensign, Oct 1989, page 44
Preparation is a key word in keeping the Sabbath day holy. While it may be possible for an individual to have a joyful, restful Sabbath without preparing ahead, today’s busy families may not be able to have the kind of Sabbath the Lord has prescribed if they wait until Sunday morning to prepare everything. They need to prepare some things the day before. Continue reading
By Elder Carl B. Cook, Area Authority Seventy
Utah North Area
Ensign, December 2002
A few years ago, during the general session of a stake conference at which I was presiding, my testimony was strengthened by the expressions of a young boy. I invited Brian Cox, a priest preparing for a mission, to come forward and bear a brief testimony. To my surprise, a very young boy, also named Brian Cox, began making his way to the pulpit. When he arrived, I explained to him that the invitation had been meant for an older boy with the same name. I then gave him the option of returning to his seat. However, he quickly assured me that he wanted to bear his testimony! Continue reading
From Improvement Era, Nov. 1909, 75–81; capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, and spelling standardized.
“God created man in his own image” (Gen. 1:27).
In the early 1900s, questions concerning the Creation of the earth and the theories of evolution became the subject of much public discussion. In the midst of these controversies, the First Presidency issued the following in 1909, which expresses the Church’s doctrinal position on these matters.
Inquiries arise from time to time respecting the attitude of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints upon questions which, though not vital from a doctrinal standpoint, are closely connected with the fundamental principles of salvation. The latest inquiry of this kind that has reached us is in relation to the origin of man. It is believed that a statement of the position held by the Church upon this subject will be timely and productive of good. Continue reading
LDS Emergency Preparedness 