God commanded us to observe this ordinance for ever. Why don’t we?
Jun 04, 2026
God commanded the Israelites in the Old Testament to observe “Passover,” a tradition commemorating their freedom from slavery in Egypt. The tradition consists of the feast of unleavened bread, the seder dinner, and the “Passover” sacrificial lamb. Surprisingly, God commands the Israelites to observe this ordinance “for ever,” multiple times. As followers of the Old Testament, why don’t Latter-day Saints observe this ancient ordinance as many Jews still do today?
The answer is: we do, in a different way. And returning both to the pages of Exodus and to the modern Jewish observance of the holiday can enlighten the ordinances we now participate in.
Remarkably, many Christians still observed Passover 300 years after Christ died. It wasn’t until Constantine in 306 AD and the Nicean Council in 325 AD that the Easter moved from the Hebrew calendar to the Roman, and anyone who observed Passover was excommunicated. In fact, Constantine harshly separated Catholics from Jews, calling the Jews wicked people, and writing: “We ought not…have anything in common with the Jews,” and to “separate ourselves from the detestable company of the Jews”. (Read more)
“America First” is more of a religious movement than a political one
Ella Dawson and Ari Johnson
May 01, 2026
To the average conservative, “America First” might sound like a decent concept. Donald Trump ran on the idea as his pseudo-slogan, centering his 2016 campaign speech around the phrase. For Trump voters, America First likely means securing the border, finding peace through strength, and draining the swamp. To more “traditional” conservatives, America First might refer to isolationist policies, like George Washington’s warning to avoid permanent alliances with foreign Nations.
The “America First” movement was recently popularized by young political commentator Nick Fuentes, what some refer to as the original “groyper”. Fuentes changed Trump’s definition of “America First” by insisting that it also meant a pride in our national identity as mainly white westerners. Fuentes consistently instills extreme skepticism and hostility toward immigration and other races that are not “white”. A key component of a groyper’s testimony is intense criticism of Israel, the Zionist movement, and Jews as a racial group. Most recently and concerningly, Fuentes vouches for forced (Catholic) morality, similar to that in Muslim countries.
Currently, many “groyper’s” want nothing to do with Donald Trump, or even the Republican party, mainly due to historical support of Israel. “America First” no longer means what it meant in Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign speech. (Read more)
Latter-day Saints Have a Unique Kinship With the Jewish People
Nov 07, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk has sparked an intense divide between conservatives — apparently, it’s between those who shut down free speech in order to receive $7,000 from the State of Israel, and those who don’t, if Instagram comments are any indication. Many youth of today have been totally captured by the arguments of Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Nick Fuentes, who argue that Israel controls the United States (to varying degrees).
This article will posit that because of the unique theological relationship Latter-day Saints have with the Jewish people according to our history and doctrine, we have no business falling for TikToks and reels that blame the Jews for all of our problems. While the Jewish people claim no formal relationship with the church and vice-versa, members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that our modern-day prophets are a continuation of Old Testament prophets, and the same religion has existed since Adam. Here are four points of Latter-day Saint doctrine and history.
- Jerusalem is the land of the Jewish people’s inheritance
The belief that Jerusalem and the land of Israel belong to the Jewish people is also called Zionism. There is Latter-day Saint historical and doctrinal backing for Zionism.
Both Orson Hyde and Joseph Smith in dedicatory prayers blessed the land of Jerusalem for the Jewish people to inherit.
Orson Hyde was an apostle of the Lord and arrived in Jerusalem in 1841 to dedicate the land of Palestine by “apostolic authority” preparatory “to the return of the Jews and other of the tribes of Israel to that land of promise.” In his prayer, he blessed the land to be “possessed by its rightful heirs,” and consecrated the land unto God, “for the gathering together of Judah’s scattered remnants.” (Read more)
How Can an Unchanging God Keep Updating His Church?
How can God be unchanging and still reveal new truths? He speaks to each generation according to their understanding.
By Ella Johnson
July 16, 2025
The recent viral video “Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists” cameos an unbelieving Gen Z-er debating the inconsistencies in God’s ways. As the young man in the hot seat—Ian—supposes, God commands genocide in Deuteronomy 7 and 20, the death of children in Numbers 31, and condones slavery and abuse in Exodus 21 and Leviticus 25. “Is all of this in line with Christian ethics?” he asks Jordan Peterson. “Do you think that God is by his very essence perfect? … Does a flawless thing change? Does a flawless thing reveal more and better information over time? Or would a flawless thing say, ‘here is what’s good—here is the absolute good thing to do in all circumstances in time’?”
…These examples illustrate two separate questions. First, can God reveal new truths as generations progress? And second, to what extent does the new generation owe respect to their predecessors as God reveals new truths? (Read more)