August 16, 2008 – 7:41 pm
If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for email alerts or subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!A few days ago I wrote about a post I read over at Lehi’s Library which quoted a paper by Kevin Christensen in which he referenced Margaret Barker. The subject was the use [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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In recent weeks I have encountered what I consider to be one of the most damaging forms of criticism of the Church. You might think that it is from all the anti-Mormon literature or propaganda. Or perhaps it is those who are so vocal as to picket the curbs at our General Conferences with signs, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also tagged anti-Christ, anti-mormon, apostasy, apostles, authority, book of mormon, church, covenant, doctrines, earth, ezra taft benson, fall, hell, holy ghost, inside, jesus christ, life, obedience, opposition, paul, priesthood, principles, prophet, purpose, restoration, revelation, scriptures, testimony, thomas s. monson, truth
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Note: This is a comment I made on my last post, but I thought it was pertinent enough to make it into a post of itself.
The concept of “keys” is not absent from the Book of Mormon. Whenever God has chosen to give authority to man to perform ordinances in His name, it has been [...]
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Also tagged alma the elder, authority, book of mormon, keys, melchizedek, minerva teichert, nephi, ordinances, ordination, priesthood, prophet, scriptures
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Live in strict obedience to the commandments of God, and walk humbly before Him, and He will exalt thee in His own due time. -Joseph Smith
Last week was the Joseph Smith manual chapter 13 lesson for Priesthood and Relief Society entitled, “Obedience: ‘When the Lord Commands, Do It.’” This was an excellent lesson, and I [...]
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Also tagged ancients, church, crown, earth, election, exaltation, faithfulness, jesus christ, joseph smith, marriage, missionary, obedience, paul, priesthood, probation, prophet, purity, sacrifice, sealing, testimony, work
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A reader has asked, “Do you have any insight into what happened to the washing of feet? Could the washing of feet have been preparatory to the full ordinance of washing as we now have it in the initiatories?”
The ordinance of washing of feet is still performed in the temple, for it is a restored [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Also tagged anointing, bruce r. mcconkie, cleansing, daniel ludlow, election, exaltation, joseph smith, matthew brown, ordinances, prophet, sacred, school of the prophets, sealing, washing, washing of feet, water
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No, it isn’t being sealed to your spouse on wedding day, although that is a prerequisite (preparatory and required) to receive this highest and most sacred sealing ordinance. The priesthood sealing powers of Elijah, as restored in this last dispensation (D&C 110:13-16) and vested in the presiding high priest of the Church (D&C 132:7), [...]
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Also tagged andrew c. skinner, anointing, bruce r. mcconkie, election, elijah, exaltation, faithfulness, joseph smith, life, marriage, ordinances, priesthood, sealing, three degrees, vicarious
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February 5, 2008 – 10:02 am
I want all people to know that I know that President Thomas S. Monson is God’s prophet, seer, and revelator on the earth today. He has been called just as all prophets have been called since the beginning of time, and that is by God. God calls prophets, such as Adam, Enoch, Abraham, [...]