by Larry Richman | Jul 31, 2017
The Church has produced many new resources to help us better understand early Latter-day Saints as they lived the Restoration. The gospel was restored nearly 200 years ago—in a time when life was different in many ways. Yet the challenges of early Church members were...
by Larry Richman | Mar 6, 2017
If you missed Saturday’s LDS Face to Face event with President Henry B. Eyring and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, you can watch or download a video of it. The event was and originated from the Joseph Smith Farm Welcome Center, where the apostles were joined by two youth...
by Larry Richman | Mar 1, 2017
The LDS Face to Face live event with President Eyring and Elder Holland is this Saturday, Learn how to watch this live Face to Face event. Tune in early at 10:45 a.m. MST to watch the premier of the new video “Ask of God—Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” a stunning...
by Larry Richman | Jan 20, 2017
On March 4, 2017, President Henry B. Eyring and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland will answer questions from youth around the world during a live Face to Face event. Since the first Face to Face event in 2014, youth have interacted with Apostles, Church leaders, and musicians...
by Larry Richman | Dec 30, 2016
Editor’s Note: See an updated list of resources to study the Doctrine and Covenants. In Sunday School in 2017, Latter-day Saints will be studying the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. This article reviews the extensive resources that have been created...
by Larry Richman | Dec 15, 2016
The Church has released a major update to the Gospel Library mobile app for both Apple iOS and Android, as well as a beta version for Windows 10. Version 4 of the app is available from the Apple app store and Google Play. If you already have the app on your device, it...
by Larry Richman | Aug 17, 2015
You may be interested in reviewing the new institute and seminary manuals on the topic of Church history: Foundations of the Restoration institute manual (text, PDF, or Gospel Library app) Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Seminary Teacher Manual (text, PDF,...
by Larry Richman | Dec 4, 2014
I previously explained that the Church is phasing out the printing of the large 11″ x 17″ printed pictures used in meetinghouse libraries in favor of using the Gospel Art Book and digital pictures online. You will be pleased to know that the Church now provides more...
by Larry Richman | Nov 12, 2014
For some time, the Church has been upgrading the Gospel Topics section of LDS.org (topics.lds.org) to provide an enriched experience for personal and family gospel study. This has included upgrading some pages and adding new topic pages to provide more doctrinal and...
by Larry Richman | Jan 22, 2014
“Hastening the work of salvation” is not just about missionary work. It’s more than a catchphrase, but it’s not a new Church program. It is a revitalized emphasis on the Lord’s work of salvation which is “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal...
by Larry Richman | Sep 28, 2013
You don’t have to wait for the next volume to come out to start reviewing the Joseph Smith Papers collection at JosephSmithPapers.org. The website lets you search and view the documents in a digitized format next to the transcription, which isn’t available...
by Larry Richman | Nov 28, 2012
The Church is phasing out the printing of the large 11″ x 17″ printed pictures used in meetinghouse libraries in favor of using the Gospel Art Book and digital pictures from images.lds.org. If you want to buy any of these pictures for your home,...
by Larry Richman | Jun 27, 2012
The Joseph Smith Papers Project recently released additional documents on its website, JosephSmithPapers.org, which provides free online access to many of the documents that make up The Joseph Smith Papers. Among the newly released documents is Joseph Smith’s first...
by Larry Richman | Apr 4, 2026
Hashtags Many social media sites let you categorize your posts by using hashtags. Hashtags consist of a pound sign (#) followed by a key word(s). These subject tags can be searched on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Flickr, and Tumblr...
by Larry Richman | Mar 31, 2026
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites people around the world to participate in general conference twice a year. In these meetings, the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and General Officers...