Sermon on the Mount: The Higher Law

Free Bibles for Olympic athletes

MR says: What a neat idea to give away a free Bible to all of the London Olympic athletes. The Bible Society is readying thousands of copies of the Bible for distribution among athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic Village Religious Services Centre will be handing out 3,000 copies of...

LDS World: Perception and women in the gospel of Jesus Christ

MR says: For centuries, interpretations of Eve’s actions led in part to perceptions of women as weak, emotional, easily deceived and easily enticed - but is this really the case? This is an interesting opinion piece on the topic. In January 1910, Lady Constance Lytton was arrested after participating in a...

Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes

MR says: Watch this beautiful new Bible video.

'BibleStick' device provides spiritual support to military

MR says: This is a digital audio device growing in popularity among servicemen and women that is funded mostly by individual donors. A Christian software developer that creates "BibleStick" pocket-sized digital audio devices that can play the entire New Testament is reporting that requests for its product...

South Alabama seminary class tests the story of the talents

MR says: What a cool idea by the teacher! A small class of four seminary students put a parable to the test and helped to make a difference. In the early morning hours of the school year, Doug Babcock taught four students the scriptures in a seminary class of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

High-tech study Bible connects readers through smart phone QR codes

Our take: People interested in connecting to the teachings of Bible professor and pastor Gene Getz can use their smart phones to view videos thanks to the Life Essentials Study Bible. By linking Biblical principles to expanded segments with additional information, the Life Essentials Study Bible...

Famed atheist supports placing Bibles in public schools

MR says: He says he wants to do it because reading it is the best way to disprove it, but it's still an interesting development. Atheist Richard Dawkins says he supports the Department for Education's drive to make sure every public school in the nation has a copy of the King James Bible. "A native...

Jerusalem in Utah: Inside look at Jerusalem movie set from Church's Bible videos

MR says: LDS Media Talk took a tour (and some cool pictures) of the Church's Jerusalem reconstructed in Utah. I recently had the opportunity to visit the Jerusalem Movie Set, the newest addition to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ film production sets. The set is located about 70 miles...

Mary, the Mother of Jesus

MR says: One last tribute to Mother's Day (even if it's a day late).

Casting LDS New Testament film project

MR says: What an opportunity! If you live close to Utah, you may be interested in the following message from the Church’s media department: Currently casting background actors for additional New Testament stories to be filmed during July & August of...

A week on an archaeological dig in Israel is a messy but interesting Biblical lesson

4 a.m. My eyes feel heavy. Today is my second day of digging. I'm in Israel for a week-long archaeological dig — not your regular vacation, but one that brought fulfillment and surprisingly more rest than I've gotten sitting on the beach. Richard Stamps, a professor of anthropology, and Mike...