A short daily newsletter for Latter-day Saints, covering the conversations, debates and creators shaping our faith community.
Read today’s issueUpdated Oct 15, 6:36 PM PT
The Church reports that a young adult conference in Brazil screened the series about the Salt Lake Temple, with two of its participants speaking to the crowd.
Read at Church Newsroom →The First Presidency issued a short statement expressing concern, prayers and hopes for a swift recovery for the pope.
Read at Church Newsroom →Media day was held Oct. 13; public tours run Oct. 16-31 (not Sundays) ahead of a Nov. 22 dedication by Elder Quentin L. Cook.
Read at Church Newsroom →The 10 a.m. MDT service will be rebroadcast at 2 p.m. and make Montpelier Idaho's eighth dedicated temple and the Church's 225th in operation.
Read at Church Newsroom →The page collects recent temple updates worldwide, including groundbreakings, dedications, new locations and Temple Square renovation reports.
Read at Church Newsroom →Summaries by The Daily Deseret. Not an official Church site.
Latter-day Saint YouTube creator behind "Let's Talk w/ Hayden Carroll"
Hayden hosts a YouTube channel built around conversations and debates on Latter-day Saint belief, often with Christians of other traditions, and posts short clips and commentary on X. His topics lately include the Trinity, Calvinism and whether the Bible is infallible. He also has a new book on Amazon challenging the creedal view of God.
Independent creator content: the channel's own video descriptions say the views are the creator's and not official Church positions.
A BYU New Testament scholar looks at how Luke and John portray the women who followed Jesus to the cross and the empty tomb, and what Mary Magdalene's story offers disciples today.
Elder David A. Bednar and Sister Susan Bednar joined students in Rexburg for a torch lighting, a devotional and an ice cream tradition during BYU–Idaho's anniversary week.
Elder Neil L. Andersen urges BYU students to make a deliberate, settled commitment to Jesus Christ, saying reason has a role but revelation has the last word.
The Cwic Show discusses the Church’s $1 million donation connected to Prop 1.
John Hilton III on Jeremiah 1–20 for next week’s Come, Follow Me.
A clip from a larger discussion on the claim that being a “Berean” (Acts 17) makes you more objective in reading scripture.
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What Latter-day Saint creators are talking about on X
Updated Oct 15, 6:35 PM PT · top posts from the last 24 hours
Bill @Billgetzfroggy
A fan account shared a moment from ESPN where Pat McAfee passed along what his former teammate Austin Collie told him about LDS missionaries: that they come home mature, family-ready and athletic.
Oct 15, 1:30 PM PT · 1,463 likes · 85 reposts · 28 replies · 12 quotes
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Kirk Rollins @nicoraytruth
A Latter-day Saint reacted to a conversation in which Catholics said their church doesn't send missionaries to the U.S. because it is a Christian nation. He argued the U.S. is not, pointed to LDS missionaries serving across the country, and criticized the Catholic position strongly.
Oct 14, 11:15 PM PT · 526 likes · 22 reposts · 32 replies · 9 quotes
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Trevor Tomesh ☕ @realDrTT
A Catholic creator quote-posted that argument about missionary work and said he agrees with it, as a devout Catholic.
Oct 14, 11:21 PM PT · 420 likes · 9 reposts · 9 replies
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Jared Bell @jaredadairbell
A meme reply in an ongoing Trinity debate: a bookcase labeled as holding the biblical references for sola scriptura, sola fide, cessationism and the Trinity is shown empty.
Oct 15, 8:55 AM PT · 347 likes · 11 reposts · 11 replies · 2 quotes
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