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Conference Counsel: Doing our part through increasing, magnifying gifts

It seems like it wouldn’t be a proper talk by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints if he wasn’t making some reference to his aviation background. At the October general conference of the church, he shared an ...

COMER: President Oaks’ 1971 counsel on gambling as relevant as ever

I was listening to a sports talk show this week and the discussion was on the recent gambling scandal involving the NBA. “Is gambling ruining sports?” one of the hosts of the show asked the other. It’s an interesting topic at an interesting time. Last month, Dallin H. Oaks was ...

Family History stories: The impact of learning about family

Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: Looking back, I have realized that family history stories have had such a huge impact on me, and the way that I try to live ...

Conference Counsel: At judgment bar, we will judge ourselves

The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dallin H. Oaks, shared a talk during the October 1998 general conference where he talked about an experience he had doing yard work. “A few weeks ago, I used a chain saw to cut down a tree in my backyard,” he said. ...

Conference Counsel: Gaining a ‘sure witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ’

A while back, I had the opportunity to hear Elder Kevin G. Brown of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speak at a stake conference. It was a memorable stake conference because of the energy that Elder Brown brought to his talk. I knew that he not only knew the ...