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Locations of Five New Temples Announced

The Church released new details yesterday about the five new temples that will be built, including locations.  I’ve linked the approximate locations to Google Maps below.  Please let me know if any of the linked maps are incorrect:
The Philadelphia temple will be built in downtown Philadelphia, at North Broad Street between Hamilton Street and Noble [...]

The Seal of Melchizedek - Part 3

(Continued from Part 2)
Having found the mosaics from Ravenna, Italy, that displayed this symbol in connection with Melchizedek, I wanted to do some more research to see if I could find the symbol mentioned anywhere else.  And, of course, I went to the best tool for online research - Google.  The difficulty with using Google [...]

Levi Rightmyer on “Kings and Priests of the order of Melchisedec”

I was doing some research this morning when I stumbled upon a very interesting passage from a book published in 1916 by Levi Rightmyer entitled, The Light of Truth as Revealed in the Holy Scriptures.  The entire text of the book is available for perusal on Google Books here.  The author is not LDS, although [...]

Salt Lake Temple in 3D with Microsoft Photosynth

If you’ve been following me for a while you know that I like computer graphics.  I’ve worked in the industry for almost a decade, and enjoy new technologies that make computing a more visual experience.  You’ve seen my 3D model of the Salt Lake Temple for Google Earth, and the Google Street Views of the [...]

Words: Mysticism & Orientation

I think many times our culture produces preconceptions or stereotypes about words, images, cultures, forms, meanings, etc., that may not actually be true.  I have found this to be the case with the word mysticism.  Oft times I think we associate this word with gypsies, palm readers, fortune tellers, monks, or other so-called strange or [...]

Added ShareThis to TempleStudy.com

I have added a new feature to TempleStudy.com.  It is called ShareThis.  This is a really great tool for sharing things about the temple that you read here with your friends, family, coworkers, associates, ward members, and anyone else you might like to pass along these articles to.  Each article now has a little green [...]

Sharing Temples & Apologetics from the Bloggernacle

One feature of TempleStudy.com that you may or may not have noticed is the “Shared Items” feature in the right sidebar. It looks something like the image on the right, if you scroll down beyond the “Top Posts,” “Favorite Posts,” “Recent Comments,” and “Recent Posts.” These shared items are links to those posts [...]

Visit the Temples, with Google Street View

Google announced today the addition of “Street View” to the Salt Lake City area of Google Maps. What does that mean? You can now virtually visit any street across the entire Wasatch Front, from Pleasant View to Santaquin. You can drag the panoramic photos around with your mouse and look in 360 [...]