
Matthew Watkins
@ATrueMillennial
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Child of God. Child of the Covenant. Disciple of Christ. Author (https://t.co/iT3UtPSYHu). Podcaster (https://t.co/PHZVjf86EQ). I #ThinkCelestial.
Joined February 2017
This seems to happen to me every few weeks now. Someone will stop me in the halls at Church and say "Hey a friend of mine shared your post on _____." Going non-anonymous forces you to carefully consider what you post and how you interact.
Well, it happened. I was on a call with someone for work who recognized me and follows me on here 🤣 I was in utter shock and had a mini panic attack haha because I didn’t know if it was going to be some hater, but it wasn’t. 🔥 Faithful X content for the W 🔥
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"I invoke His blessings upon all of us who seek to serve Him." - Pres. @OaksDallinH First Apostolic/Prophetic blessing conferred upon us by the new President of the Church.
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What stands out to me about this new First Presidency, and Pres. @OaksDallinH in particular: When Pres. Hinckley and Monson spoke, they often softened their counsel with statements like "I feel..." or "Let us all..." On the other hand, Pres. Nelson was more direct about his
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Just so everyone knows where I stand right now — SUSTAINED ✋🏾
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new First Presidency https://t.co/bwnr2LsMdl
newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
All are invited to a live worldwide announcement on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time to learn about a new First Presidency.
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@AB9666368273323 The Bible is cited far more frequently than the Family Proclamation. If you care for the data on that, here's an entire website that tracks biblical citations by Latter-day Saint General Conference speakers: https://t.co/7plMBuj4FX
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"Music is of enormous importance in our worship services. I believe that those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence in our meetings more than a speaker does! ... "An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude
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"[The musical] trend to more noise, more excitement, more contention, less restraint, less dignity, less formality is not coincidental nor innocent nor harmless. "The first order issued by a commander mounting a military invasion is the jamming of the channels of communication
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Fun side project: I wrote a script to calculate how often each First Presidency and Apostle referenced the Family Proclamation in his General Conference talks (1996 - 2025). This is the chart ranked by the total number of talks each Brother has given. Not surprisingly, incoming
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I'm going to say something radical here. We can be uncompromisingly true to the standards and ideals of the Gospel while also being 100% loving of others in their progress on the covenant path. It's true that nose rings are discouraged in our faith. We don't need to pretend
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I'm simultaneously flattered and confused. Of all my Latter-day Saint AI music, this was the song I've put the least amount of time and effort into. 😅
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🎧 "If you know, you know." 🎧 I keep getting asked to post the Reggae version of Elder Brown's Oct 2025 talk to YouTube, so here it is under our @conf_talk YouTube channel. Enjoy! https://t.co/uiKhCyoU2y
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Thirty years ago, in a meeting most of the world ignored, fourteen Apostles and a Prophet of God presented a proclamation. That proclamation would become one of the most quoted, debated, and misunderstood documents in modern religious history. When President Gordon B. Hinckley
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I had an epiphany about the etymology of the term "apostolic interregnum." The "reign" part means royal or reign. Never noticed that before.
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