Latter-day Saint Insights

Love Thy Neighbor, Even When They’re Different

Faith in the Face of Political Division

Many have heard that church and state in the United States should be separated by a wall, but President Oaks asks more of us than mere division. The separation between church and state in the United States has often been compared to a wall: rigid, uncompromising, dividing, impartial. This famous...

How to Get Through the Isaiah Chapters

The Isaiah chapters in 2 Nephi can be difficult to understand—but if we break down the reasons why Nephi included them in the first place, we can get more out of them. In the latter half of the Book of Mormon when Jesus Christ visits the Nephites, he commands them...

Love Thy Neighbor, Even When They’re Different

Sometimes we think of loving our neighbors in abstract terms. But we should strive to love others personally, especially when they’re different from us. In her 2018 BYU devotional, “Loving Our Neighbors,” Professor D. Carolina Núñez speaks about the importance of loving the people around us. She explains, though, that...

Compassion in Action

Christ’s light shines within us when we choose to love others through word and deed. As I come to know my Savior better by reading about his life and ministry, I am always inspired by his capacity to love so abundantly. When Christ healed and blessed those in need, his...

Hope When Hope Is Gone

Mary and Martha lost hope after the fourth day that Lazarus had been dead. Sometimes our trials leave us feeling hopeless and out of options, but even then, Christ can be a source of hope. Four days after Lazarus’s death and burial, Mary and Martha had given up hope. When...

The Divinity of Differences

Heavenly Father has given us differences from the very beginning to make the world more beautiful, not to divide us. Have you ever felt that someone is so different from you that you have absolutely nothing in common and can’t possibly become friends? We live in a world where social...

Blessings of Religious Diversity

When we realize that Latter-day Saints don’t have a monopoly on spiritual truth, we can learn truth and insight from members of other religious beliefs. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make up less than one percent of the world’s population. This means that over seven billion...

LDS Church and Religious Freedom: Five Key Beliefs

You’ve heard bits and pieces about the LDS Church’s stance on religious freedom and LGBT rights. Here are five key beliefs, as outlined by Church leaders. In a historic news conference held on January 27, 2015, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took a bold stance on...

Questions and Answers Found in The Joseph Smith Papers

Preserved through years of toil, travel, and persecution, The Joseph Smith Papers provide answers to questions about early Church history. Joseph Smith once told a congregation, “You don’t know me—and you never will.” Joseph’s life may remain a mystery to some, but The Joseph Smith Papers —a vast collection of revelations,...

Putting on the Armour of Light

By filling our lives with things that draw us closer to Jesus Christ, we can put on the armor of light and move forward with faith knowing that we are protected from the attacks of the world and the adversary. Darkness can be paralyzing. I remember touring a cave with...

Check Your Sources

Good sources of truth will guide you safely through this life to the next. Truth has become a slippery thing these days, hard to define and identify, especially since everyone seems to have their own version of it. In such confusing times, how can we discover what the truth really...