August 27, 2012 – 4:44 pm
I hear this a lot from members of the Church. In fact just two days ago, I had someone ask me this very question after reading some of the quotes from Nibley in Approaching Zion: ”So then are we required to live the law of concecration now?“ To that question I would pose a counter [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Practices
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Tagged blessing, celestial, commandments, consecration, covenant, d. todd christofferson, doctrines, endowment, eternal life, exaltation, gordon b. hinckley, henry b. eyring, hugh nibley, joseph smith papers, learn, listen, money, myth, neal a. maxwell, obedience, offerings, principles, quotes, righteousness, sacrifice, selfish, sin, society, Steven C. Harper, steward, stewardship, tithing, work, zion
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August 27, 2012 – 10:13 am
There is an excellent commentary by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, who is Catholic, on the LDS (Mormon) garment. In her article she describes the garment as not dissimilar to the sacred clothing of many religious groups around the world, including Jews, Catholics (Roman and Eastern), Sikhs, Buddhists, Amish, Muslims, Hindus, Jains, and tribal religions. I [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts
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Tagged catholic, clothing, garments, Jewish, jews, judaism, photo, religion, respect, robe, sacred, tallit katan, underwear
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August 22, 2012 – 7:25 pm
Welcome! This is our third episode of the fireside discussions on the temple, facilitated by Goolge+ Hangouts on Air. We’re glad you could join us. Tonight’s discussion is about the first chapter in Andrew Skinner’s book Temple Worship. You can watch the recording below. Or view the machine transcription here. You can also download an [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Tagged andrew skinner, book, discussion, endowment, fireside, holy ghost, jerusalem, nauvoo, nauvoo temple, recording, saints, watch, worship, youtube
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