Hey guys! So in the last episode, we covered a little bit of what was happening with the Church and its members during World War I. Of course, you can’t just cover one of the World Wars, so today, we’re going to be talking about the Church during WWII; let’s do it. As...
Hey guys! So World War I began in July of 1914 and ended in November of 1918. On one side of the conflict, you had the Central Powers — mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey — fighting against the Allied Powers — mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy,...
Alright, so, the story of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Civil War is … unique. In the 1840s, the Latter-day Saints had had enough of the United States. They’d been heavily persecuted for years, and the government wasn’t doing much to help....
Alright, as you already know, temples like these are very sacred places for Latter-day Saints. As we’ve explored in other videos, we go to temples to participate in ordinances and to make covenants (or promises) with God. Some ordinances require the wearing of sacred...
Hey guys, so in 1985 President Ezra Taft Benson said the following: “The temple is a sacred place, and the ordinances in the temple are of a sacred character. Because of its sacredness, we are sometimes reluctant to say anything about the temple to our children and...
Hey guys, so I hold in my hand … a deck of playing cards. Now, you don’t hear Latter-day Saint leaders talking a lot about cards these days, but for a long time, past leaders discouraged members (sometimes rather strongly) from playing with face cards like these. Now,...
