The Prodigal Son

Jesus tells the parable of the prodigal son.

Luke 15:11-32

Origin

The best way to find truth is to go to the origin, our Heavenly Father, and ask for inspiration through prayer.

Enduring Love

Watch how this couple demonstrates pure love and service in their marriage—even though they have to endure debilitating physical adversity.
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Adding "Family" to Family History Work

In this video, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testifies of how family history helps Heavenly Father rescue and bless our ancestors, and Church members describe the inspiring process of working as a family to take their own family names to the temple.

“We hope that all the people in the Church will be able to have that sublime experience of doing temple ordinance work for their own people,” said Elder Nelson. “It is one of the most wonderful ways of solidifying a family around their faith to realize that they’ve been serving their ancestors on the other side of the veil.”

It all starts with Love

“It all starts with love,” Elder Russell M. Nelson says in this video about the service families perform in the temple for their own ancestors.

Kim and Wynette Christensen found peace serving in the temple after their son died in a tragic car accident. “The peace and the healing began immediately,” said Kim. “It’s been a great reminder of our purpose as a family as we have gone to the temple.”

Now doing family history and temple work has greater meaning for the Christensens. “The promises of the temple have so much more meaning when you consider who you’re doing the work for,” Kim says.

“We hope that all the people in the Church will be able to have that sublime experience of doing temple ordinance work for their own people,” says Elder Nelson. 

Remember What It Takes to Be a Good Father

This nondenominational video, which celebrates a father's influence in a child's life, invites viewers to "remember the men who've taught you what it takes to be a good father." Father's Day is celebrated this Sunday, 16 June 2013, in the United States and other countries.

Watch a similar nondenominational video about mothers.

What the scriptures mean to me

This new video produced by the Church (found at lds.org/scriptures/heritage) shows members describing their personal experiences with the scriptures.

The Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 13:44-51

44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

Knowing God’s Plan Helps Us Endure in Faith

In this video, Elder Nelson testifies that knowledge of the plan of salvation can help us endure the trials of mortality.

“Even though the going is tough sometimes,” he said, “we can endure, and enduring in faith will allow us to have that great blessing of life eternal with our Heavenly Father, with the Lord Jesus Christ, and with our families and loved ones, never to be separated from them.”