April 29, 2011 – 11:26 am
A couple months ago I received an email from someone who stumbled onto TempleStudy.com. It read in part, [The Bible] is purely a creation of man to placate the ego’s fear of death and nothing more. All religion was invented to buffer the ego against the fear of death. That’s certainly one way to think [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today
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Also tagged dead, death, eternal life, exaltation, family, harold bloom, monks, physical, plan of salvation, poem, preoccupation, ray kurzweil, relationships, resurrection, science, sealing, temples
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February 6, 2010 – 6:28 pm
It is fascinating to me all the places that I hear or see or read glimpses of temple theology, the “scattered fragments” of ritual tradition. As Nibley found out, and taught extensively, these remnants are found all around us, everywhere. My wife was listening to the radio on the way to the grocery store last [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged athletics, death, initiation, marriage, new name, obedience, pop culture, preparation, rites, rituals, sacred, society, traditions, tribe
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November 9, 2009 – 10:56 am
Occasionally you encounter a talk or book or article that is a classic. Elder John A. Widtsoe‘s talk on “Temple Worship” given at a meeting of the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake on October 12, 1920, is one of those talks. There are portions of this talk that many [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged D&C, endowment, exaltation, history, john a. widtsoe, ordinances, plan of salvation, preparation, principles, restoration, salvation, symbols, temple worship
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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, church, critics, faith, following, membership, organization, principles, prophet, questions
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Note: Below is an excerpt from a book entitled “The Incomparable Christ: Our Master and Model” by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, that he entitled “Holiness to the Lord.” The book was published in 1995. It is powerful in its vision of the future need of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged attendance, christ, election, ensign, evil, faithfulness, garments, protection, purpose, satan, second coming, seventy, trials, visit
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