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BYU Tech News- Stanford's Richard N. Zare to address success at annual BYU lecture Feb. 7 January 24, 2012BYU’s Annual Izatt-Christensen Lecture Series will feature Stanford chemist Richard N. Zare Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Varsity Theatre of the Wilkinson Student Center. […]
- Putting an airplane on a distant moon January 20, 2012In addition to its rivers, oceans, mountains, sand dunes and winds, Saturn’s moon Titan may someday share another similarity with Earth: airplanes. […]
- Hydrogen peroxide goes green in undergrad’s published paper on renewable energy January 19, 2012Most of us know hydrogen peroxide as a way to bleach hair, but MacKenzie Mayo is using it to help turn yard waste into renewable energy. […]
- Leigh A. Johnson new associate director of BYU's Bean Museum January 4, 2012Larry St. Clair, director of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, has announced the appointment of Leigh A. Johnson as associate director for research and collections effective Jan. 3, 2012. […]
- BYU IT program receives security certifications December 22, 2011The Information Technology Program at the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology has received two certifications from the Committee on National Security Systems, making it the first non-online university in Utah to meet the rigorous standards. […]
- Laser music: BYU electrical engineers use light to beam songs across a room December 19, 2011Use light to transmit music across a room – that’s the challenge for students in a BYU electrical engineering class. […]
- Stanford's Richard N. Zare to address success at annual BYU lecture Feb. 7 January 24, 2012
Joseph Smith, Prophet of God (1805 - 1844)
- Mormon Scholars Testify
- Melissa Wei-Tsing InouyeReligions are more than just “stories”. That is, a religion is much more than simply the scriptures, recorded teachings of religious leaders, institutional policies, and popular narratives that explain the state of the world and humankind’s place in it. ...[more] […]
- Tom YuillThere are many ways to achieve a testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel and the Church. I should not expect to have the same experiences that others have had. An intellectual path can also lead to faith and a testimony. ...[more] […]
- John L. FowlesI believe in the restoration because of many personal spiritual confirmations throughout my life. I also know through the lens or window of the restoration one can correctly view the gospel of Jesus Christ. ...[more] […]
- Karl Ricks AndersonMy conviction that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ’s restored Church is centered in Joseph Smith and his calling and work as a prophet. ...[more] […]
- Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
- Church History Bits
- Unwavering Faith"Lorenzo Snow was a great early missionary. He had been a member of the Church for less than a year when he set out on his first mission in 1837. He tells about his first experiences preaching the gospel in the following words:" 'I . . . traveled about thirty miles, and just as the sun was setting I made my first call for a night's lodgin […]
- No Way to Extract Himself"A few years after the pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, a young man took an ox team up Millcreek Canyon on a cold winter day to get logs to build a house. It was extremely cold, and the snow was deep. His sled held five large logs. After he loaded the first one, he turned around to load another. In that instant, the log already on the sled—22 f […]
- Truth Is Mormonism"From Church history we read:" 'Certain residents of Hiram, Ohio, vented their personal feelings with mob action directed against the Prophet and Sidney Rigdon. Stimulated by whiskey and hidden behind blackened faces, a gang of more than two dozen men dragged Joseph from his bed during the night of March 24, 1832. Choking him into submission, […]
- Faith Is the Teacher"It is a marvelous and wonderful thing that thousands are touched by the miracle of the Holy Spirit, that they believe and accept and become members. They are baptized. Their lives are forever touched for good. Miracles occur. A seed of faith comes into their hearts. It enlarges as they learn. And they accept principle upon principle, until they have ev […]
- Unwavering Faith
- Recent News
- Church Representative Speaks at Poynter Institute January 27, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- New Bishops' Central Storehouse Ready to Serve the Needy January 27, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 'On Faith' Blog: Mormons and the Practice of Tithing January 25, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Dr. Robert L. Millet: A View on Interfaith Respect January 24, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Youth Come Together to Commemorate 100 Years of Seminary January 23, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- What Religious Freedom Means January 23, 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Church News
- Pioneer Trail Database November 29, 2010When Mel Bashore hired on with the Church History Department in 1975, "strictly tasked to create finding aids for research," he noticed a deficiency that he set about to correct. Now, 30 years later, a national historic trails association has honored Brother Bashore for the database he launched in that pre-Internet age and has built up over the yea […]
- Christmas on Temple Square Celebrates Birth of Christ, Welcomes Holiday Visitors November 29, 2010The Friday after Thanksgiving not only attracts multitudes to local shopping centers but also brings thousands to Christmas on Temple Square—a monthlong event focused on the birth of Jesus Christ that draws hundreds of thousands of guests and tourists each year. […]
- L.A. Family History Library: A Much-Anticipated Reopening November 29, 2010The Los Angeles Family History Library celebrated a much-anticipated reopening on November 8. Refurbished for the first time since its official opening in 1965, the library is California's most comprehensive genealogical library and is one of the largest family-search resource centers in the world. […]
- Pioneer Trail Database November 29, 2010
