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/
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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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged anti-Christ, anti-mormon, apostasy, apostles, authority, book of mormon, calling, 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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[Update/Disclaimer (8/1/08 8:10pm MDT): Because of the different use of the term "liberal" that President Lee uses in this talk, in contrast to the common modern political usage, care should be taken when reading it. President Lee's use of "liberal" was strictly used in the sense of a standard of living the gospel, and is [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, faithfulness, general conference, harold b. lee, intellectualism, organization, philosophy, principles, prophet, restoration, testimony, truth, university, worldly
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What is Truth? I hope this will help shed some light. The living prophets of this dispensation have spoken the word of the Lord.
From the “Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson” (pgs. 115-121):
Truth is a glorious thing. We sing about it. “Oh say, what is truth?/’Tis the fairest gem/That the riches of worlds can produce.” [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, authority, exaltation, ezra taft benson, hymn, joseph smith, keys, light, music, organization, priesthood, principles, prophet, restoration, revelation, salvation, testimony, thomas s. monson, truth
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It seems to me that there is an undercurrent among the more liberal “new order” Mormon bloggers in the Bloggernacle lately that try to refute or dilute the concept that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the “one true church.” While I do believe that there is much truth that is found [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, bloggernacle, ensign, eyewitness, general conference, henry b. eyring, jesus christ, joseph smith, ordinances, priesthood, prophet, revelation, testimony, thomas s. monson
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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 [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Temples Today
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Also tagged ancients, calling, 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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former posts today:
http://www.templestudy.com/2008/02/26/mentally-stoning-the-living-prophets/
When did quoting scripture and the brethren become taboo in the Church?
The Church has produced a short video for the media describing the newest temple of the Church in Twin Falls, Idaho, and the open house that will be occurring there from July 11th through August 16th, 2008 (8am-8pm, except Sundays and Mondays after 6pm).
This video comes from Times-News at MagicValley.com. It is introduced by Elder [...]
A member of another faith asked me the following question:
In the [LDS] service that I attended, the speaker said that service to the Temple is the most important service that we can provide. Is this opinion common across members of the LDS church? Why is service to the Temple held in higher regard than, say, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today
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Also tagged atonement, blessing, death, exaltation, mortality, offerings, ordinances, presence, redemption, revelation, salvation, service, sin, tithing, vicarious, visit
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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 [...]
An ancient cave discovered under one of the world’s oldest churches in Rihab, Jordan, may be a site of the earliest Christian worship to ever be found. Archaeologists have dated the cave to between 33 A.D. and 70 A.D.
The Associated Press reports that the Rihab Center for Archaeological Studies says that this cave “shows evidence [...]
Video created by the LDS Church to commemorate and celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ action in June 1978 to extend its lay priesthood to men of all races - entitled “He Inviteth Us All.” The revelation from God came quite clear from heaven to prophets and apostles [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged gentiles, gordon b. hinckley, jews, n. eldon tanner, peter, priesthood, prophet, race, revelation, salt lake temple, spencer w. kimball, video
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(Continued from Part 1)
To continue our discussion on whether God may dwell in temples on earth, and whether there exists a need for further temples after Christ, we might look again to the Bible to see if God dwelled in those sacred edifices which He commanded to be built in ancient times.
The first example that [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged apostles, ark of the covenant, bible, cherubim, construction, early christian, holy place, jerusalem, jesus christ, light, mountain, new name, paul, presence, redemption, sacrifice, solomon, symbol, synagogue, tabernacle, tokens
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The television station KREX Channel 5 from Grand Junction, Colorado, aired a news piece yesterday about the “Sacred Secrets of the LDS Church.” You can see the video above.
I think that the news anchors, save being as objective and unaffected as anchors could possibly be, did a decent job of trying to understand what [...]
I posted my thoughts a couple days ago as “Approaching the Temple” on the Mormon Apologetics & Discussion Board (MADB), which concerned what is appropriate to discuss and talk about with temple subjects, and what is not, and how we might find that voice. A reader responded:
You said, “The temple ceremonies and ordinances are [...]
(Continued from Part 1)
Some of the best studies of the early Christian practice of baptism for the dead have come from Hugh Nibley and John A. Tvedtnes. Both of these LDS scholars have written extensively on the topic. I hope to analyze some of their excellent work and provide examples of the practice [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged baptism, baptism for the dead, clement of alexandria, clothing, early christian, gate, hugh nibley, john tvedtnes, parable, redemption, vicarious, water
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In a letter dated April 5th, and reported by the Catholic News Service on May 2nd, the Vatican issued an order to all Catholic dioceses throughout the world to not give genealogical information in parish registers to Latter-day Saints in an effort to “block posthumous rebaptisms” of LDS ancestors. The Vatican Congregation for the [...]
Last night a reader referenced me to what appears to be a new blog by Bill Hamblin, a well-known LDS scholar and Associate Professor of History at BYU, and particularly about a post of his of a couple week ago. Dr. Hamblin talks about early Byzantine veils, and especially one that he has photographs of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged altar, bill hamblin, BYU, gammadia, greek, holy of holies, marks, photos, robe, scholar, symbols, veil
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February 26, 2008 – 7:33 am
Yesterday I had a conversation on the bloggernacle. It concerns me enough that I think it is important to share part of what I said with you today:
Anyone who does not follow God’s chosen prophets is not following God’s chosen prophets. I will not apologize for that.
God has chosen, called, ordained, and sent [...]
February 1, 2008 – 8:03 am
(Continuation from Part 2)
Greece
The ancient choruses, dances, and songs of the dithyramb of Greece displayed the familiar pattern of a dignified, circular dance around the altar of Dionysus in the theater’s orchestra. In fact, the term orchestra originally meant the circular dancing place of the theater. In addition, the terms carole and chorus, also [...]
