One talk each weekday from a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This is Choosing Faith, a podcast where we talk with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to discover their stories, challenges, joys and everything in between. Tune in to hear some inspiring conversations and explore what it’s like to live, and continuously choose, a life of faith across Australia and New Zealand.
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Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints
Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints
The Latter Day Lives Podcast features interviews with fascinating people who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is a fun, positive, faith-promoting podcast. New episodes each week!
Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree is an LDS podcast with a rotating cast of co-hosts discussing pop culture from a Mormon perspective. We talk about great gospel insights through great stories and help you find entertainment that is both true and beautiful. Though the podcast has an unabashedly LDS worldview, we do not represent the official views of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/popcultureapricottree/support
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Daily Prophet: Talks from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


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Elder Johnson: Be Perfected in Him (Oct 2022)
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Our perfection is only possible through God’s grace.
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Sister Yee: Beauty for Ashes - The Healing Path of Forgiveness (Oct 2022)
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To live in such a way that you give beauty for the ashes of your life is an act of faith that follows the Savior.
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President Ballard: Follow Jesus Christ with Footsteps of Faith (Oct 2022)
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Christ can carry us today through difficult times. He did it for the early pioneers, and He will do it now for each one of us.
God is the source of all truth. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embraces all truth that God conveys to His children.
Our living prophet is doing his part to flood the earth with the Book of Mormon. We must follow his lead.
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Daily Prophet: Talks from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


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Elder Montoya: The Eternal Principle of Love (Oct 2022)
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Our Heavenly Father’s love for each of His children is real. He is there for each one.
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BONUS. Charles Lawson: The top 10 reasons millennials are leaving the church
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Two years ago, Charles Lawson, a member of the church in the UK, became troubled after watching many young people around him grow up and out of the church. Prompted to delve further into the reasons why, he found himself embarking on a faith journey of his own, tackling the hard questions facing the rising LDS generation. The result of his searchin…
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Elder Pino: Let Doing Good Be Our Normal (Oct 2022)
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If we are steadfast and immovable in doing good, our customs will help us to stay on the covenant path.
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Elder Renlund: A Framework for Personal Revelation (Oct 2022)
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We need to understand the framework within which the Holy Ghost functions. When we operate within the framework, the Holy Ghost can unleash astonishing insight.
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Sister Browning: Seeing More of Jesus Christ in Our Lives (Oct 2022)
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The Savior invites us to see our lives through Him in order to see more of Him in our lives.
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Elder Uchtdorf: Jesus Christ Is the Strength of Youth (Oct 2022)
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Put your trust in Jesus Christ. He will lead you the right way. He is your strength.
Just a quick announcement to let you know that season 2 will be starting on January 26th. We'll let you know what we're going to be discussing so you can follow along from home. Show Notes: https://www.popcultureapricottree.com/post/season2preview --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/popcultureapricottree/support…
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President Oaks: Helping the Poor and Distressed (Oct 2022)
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The Church of Jesus Christ is committed to serving those in need, and it is also committed to cooperating with others in that effort.
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Daily Prophet: Talks from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


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President Nelson: Focus on the Temple (Oct 2022)
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I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can.
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Elder Cook: Be True to God and His Work (Oct 2022)
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We all need to seek our own testimony of Jesus Christ, bridle our passions, repent of our sins, and be true to God and His work.
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Elder Morrison: We Can Do Hard Things through Him (Oct 2022)
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We grow in our discipleship when we exercise faith in the Lord during difficult times.
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Elder Stevenson: Nourishing and Bearing Your Testimony (Oct 2022)
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I invite you to seek opportunities to bear your testimony in word and in deed.
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Elder Eddy: The Virtue of the Word (Oct 2022)
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There is virtue in the words of ancient and modern prophets precisely because their words are the Lord’s words.
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Elder Schmitt: That They Might Know Thee (Oct 2022)
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My earnest desire is that you will come to know Jesus by His many names and that you will become like Him.
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Elder Olsen: The Answer Is Jesus (Oct 2022)
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No matter how difficult or confusing the challenges may be, you can always remember that the answer is simple: it is always Jesus.
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President Eyring: Legacy of Encouragement (Oct 2022)
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I encourage you to continue striving to qualify to return to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
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President Nelson: Overcome the World and Find Rest (Oct 2022)
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Find rest from the intensity, uncertainty, and anguish of this world by overcoming the world through your covenants with God.
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Elder Bednar: Put On Thy Strength, O Zion (Oct 2022)
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Each of us should evaluate our temporal and spiritual priorities sincerely and prayerfully.
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President Lund: Lasting Discipleship (Oct 2022)
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We can find spiritual confidence and peace as we nurture holy habits and righteous routines that can sustain and fuel the fires of our faith.
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Elder Sitati: Patterns of Discipleship (Oct 2022)
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Learning about Christ and His ways leads us to know and to love Him.
True, enduring joy and eternity with those we love are the very essence of God’s plan of happiness.
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Sister Dennis: His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Light (Oct 2022)
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Let us remember that each person on this earth is a child of God and He loves each one.
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Elder Holland: Lifted Up upon the Cross (Oct 2022)
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To be a follower of Jesus Christ, one must sometimes carry a burden and go where sacrifice is required and suffering is inevitable.
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Elder Andersen: Drawing Closer to the Savior (Oct 2022)
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Seeking to know and love the Savior, we separate ourselves from the world through covenants with God, being distinct, uncommon, and special, without isolating ourselves from others who believe differently.
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Elder Silva: Courage to Proclaim the Truth (Oct 2022)
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Once we learn the truth, the Lord gives us the opportunity to do what He would do if He were here today.
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Elder Pearson: Are You Still Willing? (Oct 2022)
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Our willingness to follow Jesus Christ is directly proportionate to the amount of time we commit to be in holy places.
We should be followers of Jesus who are joyful and wholehearted in our own personal journey of discipleship.
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Bishop Caussé: Our Earthly Stewardship (Oct 2022)
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Great spiritual blessings are promised to those who love and care for the earth and their fellow men and women.
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Elder Christofferson: The Doctrine of Belonging (Oct 2022)
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The doctrine of belonging comes down to this for each of us: I am one with Christ in the gospel covenant.
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Ep 20 - The Rings of Power: The World is Round and It's Your Fault!
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Rounding out our first season is our discussion of Amazon's Rings of Power series. We do some buy-or-sell discussion on the various plotlines that are crammed into this eight-episode, billion-dollar series: Galadriel, the Southlanders, Elrond and Durin, and more. We talk about some of the ways that the series fails to capture the pre-modern worldvi…
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Elder Zeballos: Building a Life Resistant to the Adversary (Oct 2022)
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I pray that we may continue to build our lives following the plans and technical specifications of the divine design authored by our Heavenly Father.
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Elder McConkie: And They Sought to See Jesus Who He Was (Oct 2022)
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I witness that Jesus lives, that He knows us, and that He has the power to heal, to transform, and to forgive.
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Elder Soares: In Partnership with the Lord (Oct 2022)
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The restored gospel of Jesus Christ proclaims the principle of full partnership between woman and man, both in mortal life and in the eternities.
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Ep 19 - Why Does Everybody Love A Christmas Carol?
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For our Christmas episode, we discuss the perennial favorite Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol, and why it has been made and re-made so many times in TV and film. We discuss the themes of repentance and re-integration, why the story is so Christian and yet barely mentions Christ. Our lively discussion compares and contrasts many incarnation…