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There are four books that I recommend as a kind of “basic packet” for people struggling with their testimonies, and I’ve explained that I think it important to preemptively strengthen faith as well as to fend off attacks, criticisms, or doubts.

"When it comes to explaining how an ancient copy of the Book of Abraham could have been transmitted into Egypt, we can, with a fair amount of confidence, position ourselves atop this evidence as a solid starting place to launch future investigations."

According to a study, "LGBQ Latter-day Saints were lower in their suicidality and/or depression than LGBQ individuals of any other religion or no religion."

A genetic propensity runs in certain members of the family. We are deeply saddened, but we’re also happy at her deliverance and that she has, as we firmly believe, been welcomed by loved ones who went before.

I'm frequently asked to speak to groups. I come fairly cheap, but I play hard to get.

Do not regard afflictions as judgments of God, but look upon them as giving you an opportunity to develop your own nobility of character.

Dr. Long’s book, Evidence of the Afterlife, sets forth nine converging lines of evidence. I think that his book is a pretty much a must-read on the subject for anybody who wants to speak knowledgeably about it.

My father was born one hundred and nine (109) years ago today. He’s been gone now for somewhat more than nineteen years. But I’m thinking about him today, and I wanted to use this opportunity to commit a small handful of anecdotes about him to writing.

I’ve wondered, with our celebrity culture, if there isn’t a God-shaped hole here.

Man tends to believe in God's word only where it matches man's understanding.

I strongly encourage my readers to donate blood the next time they have a chance to do it. And please feel free to keep my friend in your prayers.

"I remember a doctor, a hematologist, approaching my body in the hospital bed," wrote William Peters. "He gently called out my name and I remember thinking as I watched the scene from above, Do I really want to go back into that body?"