Essays
The whole case, in one place.
For when you've decided to sit down with a question. Each essay lays out the scriptures, the scholarship, and the stories together, and lists the shorter answers drawn from it.
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103 essays
- “A Woman is Someone Who is Born with Space for Another”RolesGender
- 3 Sure-fire Ways to Detect Doctrinal TruthProphetic Authority
- A Young Adult Perspective on Marriage and FamilyPlan of SalvationChrist-Centered
- Abortion and Medical IssuesSanctity of LifeParenting
- Abortion: Understanding “My Body, My Choice”Sanctity of LifeChastityFamilyRepentanceProcreation
- Abortion: What God Teaches, and the Hard CasesChastityRepentanceSanctity of LifeSocietyProcreation
- Abuse, Safety, and What Forgiveness Does Not RequireAbuse & Safety
- Adoption and the Sealing PowerPlan of SalvationChildrenSealingCovenants
- Becoming a Father Long Before You Have ChildrenChildrenSociety
- Before Bethlehem: What Jesus Christ’s Life in the Womb Teaches Us About the Sanctity of LifeProcreationSanctity of Life
- Breaking a Pattern You Were Raised InMental HealthAbuse & Safety
- Can I Serve a Mission If I Experience Same-Sex Attraction or Gender Dysphoria?Mental Health
- Challenging the Stories We Tell OurselvesLGBTQLove
- CONFLICT IS NATURAL: HOW WE MISTAKE DISCOMFORT FOR DESTRUCTIONLoveMarriage
- Consent and AgencyAgencyChastity
- Does God Have a Specific Purpose for My Life?Plan of Salvation
- Does My Life Still Have Purpose When It Isn’t Going as Planned?Plan of SalvationHeavenly Parents
- Equal in Worth, Different by DesignChrist-CenteredMarriageRolesPlan of SalvationLove
- Foster Care and the Doctrine of BelongingAbuse & SafetyChildrenParenting
- From Gay to Gospel: The Incredible Story of Becket CookLGBTQAgencyChastityChrist-CenteredSocietyRepentance
- Governing Sexual FeelingChastityRepentance
- Helping the Rising Generation See Themselves in the ProclamationParentingChrist-Centered
- How a young missionary’s viral Instagram post changed my understanding of truth foreverProphetic AuthorityPlan of Salvation
- How Can I Know When a Prophet Is Really Speaking for the Lord?Prophetic Authority
- How Can I Speak the Truth About Marriage and Family in Love?SocietyLGBTQLoveMarriageGender
- How Can I Speak Up for Marriage and Family Without Being Afraid?SocietyFamily
- How Do I Follow a Prophet When I Still Have Questions?Prophetic Authority
- How Do I Love Someone Who Identifies as LGBT and Still Stand for What Christ Taught?Christ-CenteredSocietyLGBTQ
- How Do I Repent, Forgive, and Make Things Right With Someone I Love?RepentanceMarriage
- How the Family Proclamation is the Ultimate ‘Fixer Upper’ Home GuideChrist-CenteredMarriage
- I Want to Get Married—So How Do I Actually Find Someone?MarriageLoveDating
- If Husband and Wife Are Equal, What Does “Preside” Mean?Marriage
- If I Can't Have Children in This Life, Will I Still Be a Parent in Eternity?ParentingPlan of Salvation
- If I Never Marry in This Life, Can I Still Have an Eternal Family?Marriage
- If Love Is What Matters, Why Does God Say Marriage Is Between a Man and a Woman?LGBTQHeavenly ParentsLovePlan of Salvation
- If We Really Love Each Other, Why Wait Until Marriage?ChastitySanctity of LifeProcreation
- Is It Okay to Delay or Limit Having Children?ChildrenProcreationFamily
- Is it okay to have questions about parts of the Proclamation?Society
- Is Our Heavenly Mother Conversation Drawing People to Christ?Heavenly ParentsChrist-Centered
- Is The Family Proclamation scripture or inspired counsel?Prophetic Authority
- Names and Narratives: How Family Storytelling Shapes ResilienceFamilyMental Health
- On a Day Like Today, I’d Give Anything to go to the TempleCovenants
- PEACEMAKING, REDFINED: WHY CIVILITY FEELS SO RADICALLoveSociety
- Private Lives, Public Faith: Our Proclamation as Faithful Latter-day Saints Who Identify as LGBTLGBTQCovenants
- Should I Attend a Same-Sex Wedding?LoveLGBTQChrist-CenteredMarriage
- Sister Nelson: Why we need to replace question marks with exclamation points after words of prophetsProphetic Authority
- Spiritual Identity TheftHeavenly ParentsAbuse & Safety
- The “Istanbul Miracle” and The Family ProclamationSocietyProphetic Authority
- THE ART OF PEACEMAKING: CONTROLLING ANGER BY BRIDGING LOGIC AND EMOTIONLoveMarriage
- The Family Proclamation Is About More Than Family—It’s About Who You AreHeavenly ParentsPlan of Salvation
- The Finish Line Keeps Moving: Why Waiting for Career Security May Delay Marriage, Parenthood, and HappinessMarriageChildrenProcreation
- The Order of Heaven: Marriage and FamilySealingPlan of Salvation
- This Prophetic ProclamationProphetic Authority
- Understanding the Doctrine of Eternal Gender and IdentityGenderHeavenly Parents
- What Actually Happens in the Temple—and Why Does It Matter?CovenantsSealing
- What Does a Good Family Look Like?FamilyChrist-CenteredRepentance
- What Does God See in Me That I Don’t Always See in Myself?Mental Health
- What Does It Mean to Be an Heir of Eternal Life?Plan of SalvationHeavenly Parents
- What Does Power from Temple Covenants Actually Look Like?CovenantsChrist-Centered
- What Happens After We Die—and Will We Still Be a Family?Covenants
- What Happens if I Feel Like I'm in the Wrong Body?Society
- What Happens to My Temple Sealing After a Divorce?Covenants
- What Happens to Society When Families Grow WeakerSocietyFamilyProphetic Authority
- What If I’m Pregnant and Feel Pressure to Have an Abortion?Sanctity of LifeRepentance
- What If Marriage Hasn’t Happened Yet?LGBTQCovenantsMarriageAdaptation
- What If My Life Doesn’t Look Like the Family Proclamation?FamilyChildren
- What Is Marriage For—and Why Does Male and Female Matter?MarriageHeavenly Parents
- What is Surrogacy and Why is it a ProblemSanctity of Life
- What is truth? Moral relativism is the ‘majority opinion’ of Gen Z, new study revealsProphetic AuthoritySociety
- What Should I Do if I Am Being Pressured to Break the Law of Chastity?ChastityMarriage
- What should I do if my child leaves the Church?Covenants
- What Should I Know Before I Go to the Temple?Covenants
- What’s in a Name? More Than You Might RealizeFamilyMental Health
- When a Child Questions Their GenderSocietyGenderLGBTQ
- Who Am I—and What Am I Here on Earth?Plan of Salvation
- Why an Understanding of Mary and Joseph’s Betrothal is Crucial to an Understanding of the Family ProclamationChildrenFamily
- Why Do Children Need Both a Mother and a Father?Heavenly ParentsLGBTQ
- Why Do I Need the Church If I Can Follow Jesus on My Own?CovenantsFamilyProphetic Authority
- Why Does Family Breakdown Affect More Than One Home?SocietyFamily
- Why Does God Ask Me to Save Sex for Marriage?ChastityProcreation
- Why Does God Ask Us to Become Mothers and Fathers?ChildrenSanctity of LifeProcreation
- Why Does God Ask Us to Wait Until Marriage for Sexual Intimacy?ChastityMarriage
- Why Does God Care So Much About Chastity and Sexual Intimacy?ChastityPlan of Salvation
- Why Does God Place Boundaries Around Sexuality?Chastity
- Why Does God Say that Marriage is Between a Man and a Woman?Heavenly ParentsMarriageCovenantsProcreationPlan of SalvationSealingSocietyLGBTQGender
- Why Does Marriage Feel Like Such a Risk, and Is it Worth It?ChildrenMarriageFamily
- Why Does Motherhood Matter So Much to God?ParentingChildren
- Why Does the Family Proclamation Begin With Serious Words Like "Solemnly Proclaim"?Prophetic Authority
- Why Does the Family Proclamation Tie Chastity to Calamities?ChastitySociety
- Why Elder Holland Wants Us to Use This One Phrase When Talking About the FamilySealingLove
- Why God Cares About Chastity So MuchRepentance
- Why Have Children?MarriageParentingChildrenSociety
- Why is Chastity so Important?ChastityAgencyCovenantsProcreation
- Why Is Life So Hard If This Is the Plan of Happiness?Plan of SalvationAgency
- Why is the Family Ordained of God?FamilySealing
- Why our spiritual identity reflects who we’ve always beenHeavenly ParentsMental Health
- Why Seeing Christ as an Unborn Baby Will Change Your Christmas ForeverSanctity of LifeProcreation
- Why Sexual Morality May be Far More Important than You Ever ThoughtChastitySociety
- Why Should I Trust Living Prophets More Than Any Other?Prophetic AuthoritySociety
- Why Society Needs ChildrenChildrenProcreation
- Will I Be Married and Have a Family in the Next Life?Children
- Will Marriage Actually Make Me Happier?LoveMarriage
- Woke or Awake?SocietyFamily