August 20, 2008 – 4:16 pm
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See my post at Millennial Star:
http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/08/20/should-i-know-the-church-is-true/
See this link for more information. Click the green replay icon in the center to read the liveblog.
See this link for more information. Click the green replay icon in the center to read the liveblog.
[Update 8/6/08: Blair Hodges over at Life on Gold Plates will also be liveblogging the event.]
Anyone who has visited the site yesterday or today may have seen the “UPCOMING LIVE BLOG” banner on the homepage. It is an email reminder tool that you can use to remind yourself that TempleStudy.com will be liveblogging the entire [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also posted in Scholarship
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Tagged apologetics, bloggernacle, blogging, conference, daniel c. peterson, fair, joseph smith, journal, matthew brown, online, visit
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August 3, 2008 – 11:36 am
One of our readers, RBiddulph, recently pointed me to a quote by Harold Bloom, a well-known literary and cultural critic who is currently a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, who once said this about Joseph Smith:
I can only attribute to his genius or daemons his uncanny recovery of elements in ancient Jewish [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also posted in Church History, Scholarship
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Tagged death, esoteric, harold bloom, hymn, joseph smith, music, prophet, ritual, sacrifice, traditions, w. w. phelps
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You may have wondered where I’ve been lately. I haven’t posted any substantial posts over the last few days. But, no need to worry. I have assigned myself a fairly large side project that I believe will be of worth to researchers, historians, students, and anyone wanting to learn more about the prophet Joseph Smith, [...]
There is an excellent post at BCC by Jamie Huston entitled “Examining Our Attitudes Towards Money.” I think I would echo everything he said. He even included some quotes from Hugh Nibley, which I always appreciate. Here are some great reminders of what we have covenanted to do in the temple, yet so often forget. [...]
I’m sure some of you have noticed that trying to print out a post from TempleStudy.com produced a not-so-nice looking printout. The logo was in the wrong place or missing, the sidebar was cut off, blank pages may have been inserted, and it was all a mess. This is because the blog was built to [...]
Elder Russell M. Nelson said this in a devotional he gave on December 10, 2002 at BYU:
The time is coming when those who do not obey the Lord will be separated from those who do. Our safest insurance is to continue to be worthy of admission to His holy house. How blessed we are to [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also posted in General Authorities
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Tagged BYU, ezra taft benson, henry b. eyring, holy place, jesus christ, obedience, prophet, second coming, thomas s. monson, video, work
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As someone recently quipped, “I’m so glad Nibley’s not letting a little thing like being dead slow down his publishing schedule!”
Another volume in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley series is being officially released on August 6, 2008 (it’s already available in Deseret Book stores). This volume will be the third volume published since Hugh [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also posted in Scholarship
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Tagged atonement, book, egyptian, hugh nibley, interview, jews, joseph smith, literature, restoration, scholar, truman g. madsen, video
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I’ve built an online store for TempleStudy.com using Amazon.com, and today is its grand opening! I did this primarily for three reasons:
Readily available Temple-related Products: All the products that I’ve been able to find that have to do with LDS temples or ancient temples from Amazon.com I have individually selected and gathered together, sorted, and [...]
Please let me know your thoughts in the comments section.
I just posted my review of the Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E over at Millennial Star. See it here. Be forewarned - I didn’t like it much.
Update (7/14/08): And, of course, since the issue is environmentalism, it eroded quickly.
Some of you may remember the survey I posted here on TempleStudy.com back in May. It was a huge success. Many of you responded to my request for feedback, even those of you who don’t normally comment. Some of you gave me great compliments, for which I am very thankful, and many also gave suggestions [...]
I have added a new feature to TempleStudy.com. It is called ShareThis. This is a really great tool for sharing things about the temple that you read here with your friends, family, coworkers, associates, ward members, and anyone else you might like to pass along these articles to. Each article now has a little green [...]
In my interactions with the critics of the LDS Church, and in reading their arguments, I’ve taken note of something that I believe to be of immeasurable importance in our dialogue with and about other faiths. Indeed, I believe it is a key by which the judgment of one’s character can be quickly discerned (D&C [...]
There are a couple good firesides/lectures coming up, for those of you who are in the Salt Lake/Provo area.
First off, there will be a lecture given by John Gee this Thursday, June 19th, at 7:00pm at the Olivewood Bookstore in Provo (3330 N. University Ave., Suite C). He will be speaking about the message of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also posted in Scholarship
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Tagged abraham, avraham gileadi, bible, book of mormon, BYU, egyptian, jews, john gee, lecture, neal a. maxwell, near east, olivewood, scholar
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When I first started TempleStudy.com I wanted to be absolutely sure that this blog would not turn into a place of defamation and profanation. I take my temple covenants very seriously, and did not want detractors from posting comments that would destroy the Spirit, the Gospel message, or the insightful discussions that would take [...]
One feature of TempleStudy.com that you may or may not have noticed is the “Shared Items” feature in the right sidebar. It looks something like the image on the right, if you scroll down beyond the “Top Posts,” “Favorite Posts,” “Recent Comments,” and “Recent Posts.” These shared items are links to those posts [...]
