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Ethan
Jan 73 min read
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"
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Ethan Fausett
Dec 14, 20244 min read
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.”
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Guest
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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.
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Ethan Fausett
Nov 22, 20243 min read
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.
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Ethan Fausett
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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.
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Ethan Fausett
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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...
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Ethan Fausett
Nov 16, 20242 min read
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
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Guest
Oct 28, 20246 min read
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...
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Ethan Fausett
Oct 26, 20244 min read
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...
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Guest
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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...
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Ethan Fausett
Oct 17, 20244 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jul 19, 20247 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jul 10, 20244 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jun 18, 20243 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jun 17, 20242 min read
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...
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Luke Hanson
Jun 14, 20242 min read
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...
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Guest
Jun 13, 20244 min read
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...
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Guest
Jun 12, 20244 min read
The Personal Side of the Church Handbook Update
OPINION, by Jeffery Borders For most people, updates in the Church General Handbook go relatively unnoticed. They are usually minor...
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