Sean Elsmore

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

@BYUSportsNation Saturday 5:30pm Mountain Time. You can get all your Saturday chores completed, kids and other activities done, etc. Make some good food for the game and have the kids down for bed at a reasonable time. But… anytime the Cougs are playing is the best time! 🤙🏼

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

“all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.” -Alma 30:44

[Todd Jones 🦊 @toddrjones]

The Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[Chad Winks @chadwinksart]

Joseph Smith: The Prophet Revealed. I used his death mask, skull and Sutcliffe Maudsley drawings to build a 3D model, then rendered the likeness in Nano Banana, Photoshop, and Kling.

Love him or hate him, this now exists (and I love it!)

[Jared Bell @jaredadairbell]

Beautiful

[Jeffrey R. Holland @HollandJeffreyR]

This Christmas, may I invite you to be, however briefly, a family for someone who is otherwise alone.

[Henry B. Eyring @EyringHB]

My dear brothers and sisters, opportunities await each of us this Christmas season to reach out and show kindness with Christlike love and compassion and to make a difference.

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

@CenterStMedia @Kennanpula6 @jaron_pula @CollegeSportsCo Let’s go!!

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

@natesalmon__

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

@JosephTrimmer @actsofapostles_ 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

Happy Monday! Just a brief reminder that BYU Football put up 33 points and held steady in their 2OT victory against a top 10 defense in the country! LJ Martin put up a massive 162 rushing yards and BYU gave Arizona their first passing TD of the season! 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

JACK KELLY!! He looks like @KVN_03 out there!! Pure greatness!

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

@KVN_03 Go cougs!!! I think Bear is going to win this qb battle. Will be fun to see how Aaron uses the dual threat capabilities with the talented backs and receivers...so many options! Also a nice plus to have him practicing against the best defense in the Big 12!

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

“I’m occasionally asked why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints doesn’t spend more money on humanitarian work.”

[Dallin H. Oaks @OaksDallinH]

Joseph Smith accomplished more than any mortal man could have accomplished in so short a time.

During his 38 and a half years of life, Joseph Smith was a man of the frontier—young, emotional, dynamic, and so loved and approachable by the people that they often called him “Brother Joseph.”

His comparative youth overarched his prophetic ministry. He was 14 at the time of the First Vision, 21 when he received the golden plates, and just 23 when he finished translating the Book of Mormon (in 65 to 75 working days).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized when Joseph Smith was 24 years old, and over half of the revelations in our Doctrine and Covenants were given through this prophet when he was 25 or younger.

Additionally, “[He] founded cities, including Kirtland, Far West, and Nauvoo; called and trained hundreds of church leaders; studied Hebrew and the Bible;… ran businesses, alone and with partners; developed real estate and built temples; wrote and published articles and editorials;… served in several civil capacities, including commander-in-chief of a large legion of militia men, as well as the mayor and chief judge for the city of Nauvoo... attracted tens of thousands of followers, prompting waves of converts to immigrate to the United States” (Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, eds., Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith’s Legal Encounters (Provo: BYU Studies, 2014), xi-xii).

The only possible explanation is Heavenly help.

As one of his associates wrote just after his martyrdom: “Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it” (Doctrine and Covenants 135:3).

[BYU Track & Field/Cross Country @BYUTFXC]

Future Coug Jane Hedengren shares who inspires her at the ESPYs after winning Gatorade’s 2025 Player of the Year award. 💙

Via @espn

[Gary E. Stevenson @StevensonGaryE]

While serving as a mission leader in Japan some years ago, a district president had arranged for me to conduct an interview with a man who had joined the Church a year earlier and was seeking to receive a temple recommend.

During our conversation, he exuded a covenant confidence resulting from understanding his gospel purpose, which was now an internal part of him.

Following the interview, I was stunned when the district president shared that when this man began receiving lessons from the missionaries and attending church over a year earlier, he was homeless and in exceedingly difficult—near hopeless—circumstances.

This brother’s study of the gospel and his conversation over a period of months led to his miraculous change, putting him on a path of both spiritual and temporal self-reliance and giving him a sense of purpose and joy.

This blessing is equally available to all God’s children through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I invite you to partake of the fruits of the gospel and feel more joy in this life on your own journey toward eternal life.

[Sean Elsmore @SeanElsmore1]

@CougConnect Let’s go!

[Dallin H. Oaks @OaksDallinH]

Joseph Smith was the Lord’s instrument in the Restoration in this dispensation. But what did the Lord restore through him?

Here is a very brief list of the massive additions the Lord inspired the Prophet Joseph to make to the fullness of Christian doctrine:

1.The nature of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

2.The relative functions of these three members of the Godhead and Their relationship to mortal beings.

3.The nature of the Fall of man.

4.The purpose of mortal life in furtherance of the Father’s plan for His children to attain their eternal destiny.

5.The role of the Atonement of Jesus Christ in assuring immortality and providing the opportunity for eternal life.

6.The role of earthly and eternal marriage in the Father’s plan.

7.The role of priesthood and ordinances in the Father’s plan.

8.The role of proxy ordinances and temples in the Father’s plan.

9.The knowledge that God desires to save all of His children and that every person who has lived upon this earth—whether then knowing of Jesus Christ or not—is capable of attaining the highest glory hereafter.

10.The relationship of the threefold sources of truth about man and the universe: science, scriptures, and continuing revelation.

Anyone who studies even a small list of the massive additions the Lord inspired the Prophet Joseph to make to the fullness of Christian doctrine must acknowledge that Joseph Smith was the prophetic source of an immense stream of bold and new and precious religious ideas.