January 14, 2010 – 12:36 pm
The Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies and the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), in conjunction with Religious Education and the Harold B. Lee library, are hosting a weekly lecture series that begins tonight, January 14th, 2010, at 7:00pm, and extends through Winter Semester 2010 on Thursday evenings in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged apologetics, BYU, education, farms, honor, hugh nibley, joseph smith, joseph smith papers, lecture, richard bushman, robert millet, scholar, willes center
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October 21, 2009 – 12:46 pm
I received an email today which highlights a serious error which I believe runs rampant among some members of the Church, especially those I encounter online. Here are some excerpts from the email which demonstrate the issue: … You should allow this point to be made. You can always oppose that point, but to suppress [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged agency, apostasy, authority, calling, covenant, critics, faith, following, membership, organization, principles, prophet, questions
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October 10, 2009 – 5:42 pm
Anyone who has been following this blog for some time knows that I love new technologies, and most particularly how those new technologies might be used to benefit the Church and the work of the kingdom of God on the earth. Last week I received a nomination to the “preview” of the new Google Wave [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Tidbits
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Also tagged activities, collaboration, discussion, google, google wave, journal, meetings, membership, sharing, talk, technology
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Now that is an odd thing to say, and sounds silly, yet it is precisely what some of our critics claim members of the Church are doing, especially in the design and function of our temples. This is the premise of a great new blog post by James Carroll at Amateur Scriptorians called “The Language [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Temples Today
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Also tagged critics, design, devils, evil, representation, satan, satanic, symbolism, symbols, worship
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