(Continued from Part 1) In the last part of this post we explored what it means to see the face of God in the temple. Seeing the face of God is promised to us in the scriptures, and as we showed, it was one of the foremost purposes of the prophet Joseph Smith in building [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Temples Today
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Also tagged bruce r. mcconkie, dwell, endowment, experience, face, heaven, jesus christ, joseph smith, physical, presence, revelation
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Since the recent events surrounding the seeming forgery of the Jordan Lead Codices, I thought it would be good to bring back to mind the authentic discoveries made within the last century of ancient writings on metal plates. There are literally hundreds of examples of such plates all around the world. I’m indebted to William [...]
UPDATE: See the latest updates about this discovery at Jordanian Lead Plates: Authentic or Forgery? – David Larsen at HeavenlyAscents.com has pointed out an interesting recent discovery (see his posts here and here). A collection of dozens of books made from metal plates have been found in Jordan that initial tests show date from the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged book, books, christian, collection, david larsen, dead sea, documents, hebrew, joseph smith, kings, margaret barker, photo, photos, scholar, scholars, seal, sealed, secret, symbols, tabernacle
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October 14, 2009 – 7:45 am
(Continued from Part 2) In order to properly understand the law of consecration, we must first keep in mind two foundational gospel principles: All things are ultimately the Lord’s We are to love God with all our heart, soul, might, mind, and strength Once we understand these two principles we will be prepared to understand [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged atonement, commandments, consecration, D&C, gifts, materialistic, money, owner, pride, principles, riches, selfish, Steven C. Harper, steward, stewardship, wealth
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October 4, 2009 – 9:20 pm
I loved General Conference. My absolute favorite talk was by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He bore testimony of The Book of Mormon like I have never heard before. Who can doubt, after hearing his address of that book of scripture, that he knows with absolute certainty that it [...]