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President Christofferson speaks about the condescension of Jesus Christ and personal condescension

By Spencer Adolphson
December 03, 2025 08:27 AM
President D. Todd Christofferson, second counselor of the First Presidency, addressed the BYU community at a campus devotional on Dec. 2.
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General Authority Seventy asks students, 'What do you want?'

By Daisy Arvonen
November 11, 2025 03:32 PM
Elder B. Corey Cuvelier, a General Authority Seventy, inspired students to let God’s will become their greatest desire at the devotional on Nov. 11.
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Managing director of BYU Alumni shares message of God's guiding love

By Jaycee Lundell
October 21, 2025 08:58 PM
Mike Roberts, managing director of BYU Alumni and External Relations, spoke to the BYU campus about the importance of education and God’s guiding love during the weekly devotional on Oct. 21.
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BYU dance professor shares message on agency and God’s plan

Brianne Barrus
By Brianne Barrus
August 05, 2025 06:12 PM
Amy Jex, associate chair and associate professor in the BYU Department of Dance, spoke at the BYU devotional on Aug. 5 about the importance of utilizing agency to follow God’s plan throughout one’s life.
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BYU economics professor speaks on agency, the atonement and joy

Jayden Barney
By Jayden Barney
July 08, 2025 03:35 PM
Brennan Platt, an economics professor at BYU, gave the devotional address on July 8, speaking on agency, the Atonement and joy.
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BYU English professor gives devotional on finding direction amid times of 'wobble'

Brianne Barrus
By Brianne Barrus
July 01, 2025 04:23 PM
Dawan Coombs, an associate professor of English at BYU, gave the devotional address on July 1, speaking on the importance of finding direction amid times of “wobble.”
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BYU Law Associate Dean Clayton speaks on pursuing both academia and discipleship

Brianne Barrus
By Brianne Barrus
June 24, 2025 04:40 PM
William W. Clayton, professor and associate dean at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, spoke to students on the importance of striving for both excellence and discipleship in the BYU devotional on June 24.
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Dean of continuing education uses insect analogies to encourage students to seek Christ’s light

Dakota Reagan
By Dakota Reagan
June 10, 2025 06:04 PM
Richard Houseman, dean of continuing education at BYU, spoke to students about following the light of Jesus Christ at the weekly campus devotional on Tuesday, June 10.
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Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf speaks to BYU students about Holy Week

Leea Westfall
By Leea Westfall
April 15, 2025 03:10 PM
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke at the BYU Devotional on Tuesday, April 15.
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BYU professor shares 'three proven points' to finding God’s hand in daily life

Rachel Ravsten
By Rachel Ravsten
April 01, 2025 05:25 PM
Teresa Bell, BYU German language professor in the College of Humanities, shared three ways to see God’s hand in life at the BYU devotional on April 1.
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Ilana M. Horwitz speaks to students about God, grades and graduation

Aubrey Smith
By Aubrey Smith
March 25, 2025 03:59 PM
Ilana M. Horwitz, a professor from Tulane University who holds a doctorate in Sociology of Education & Jewish Studiesaddressed BYU students about the complimentary nature between religion and academic success at Tuesday's forum.
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Brother Gabriel W. Reid urges students to go, work and build as they follow the Lord's promptings

Brooke Christensen
By Brooke Christensen
March 18, 2025 03:33 PM
Brother Gabriel W. Reid, second counselor in the Sunday School general presidency, encouraged students to "go, work and build" as they respond to promptings from the Lord at the BYU weekly devotional on March 18.
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Elder Ricardo P. Giménez speaks to BYU about the 'why' behind spiritual actions

By Evan Alvarez
February 11, 2025 02:55 PM
Elder Ricardo P. Giménez of the Seventy spoke about the "why" behind spiritual actions, such as praying and reading the scriptures, at a BYU devotional on Feb. 11.
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Elder Kevin R. Duncan of the Seventy invites BYU community to rely on Christ

Elsa Bray
By Elsa Bray
February 04, 2025 02:10 PM
Elder Kevin R. Duncan, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered a devotional on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Marriott Center. He bore his testimony that Jesus Christ is the answer to life’s trials.
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President and Sister Reese share messages of connection and miracles at first 2025 devotional

Emily LeFevre
By Emily LeFevre
January 14, 2025 03:12 PM
President C. Shane Reese and Sister Wendy Reese invited students to seek connection and overcome the impossible through Jesus Christ during their remarks at the first devotional of the Winter Semester 2025.
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Sister Amy A. Wright speaks about the ‘divine pattern of deliverance’

Abi Falin Horspool
By Abi Falin Horspool
November 05, 2024 06:59 PM
Sister Amy A. Wright, first counselor in the Primary General Presidency, invited the BYU community to apply lessons from the apostle Paul’s journey recorded in the Bible to their own lives during the campus devotional on Nov. 5.
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Elder Takashi Wada invites students to seek charity, Christlike attributes

By Nora Shin
October 17, 2024 05:36 PM
Elder Takashi Wada of the Seventy invited the campus community to learn from Book of Mormon prophets, learn of Christ and develop Christlike charity at the BYU devotional on Oct. 15.
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Dean of Undergraduate Education speaks on navigating spiritual journeys

By Payton Pingree
July 09, 2024 12:00 AM
Richard Gill, the dean of Undergraduate Education and the BYU Biology Department chair, gave a devotional counseling students on how to navigate their spiritual journeys on Tuesday, July 9.
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