January 27, 2010 – 4:00 pm
I received an email today of this interesting video clip. It is a news story from earlier this month of store owner Marian Chadwick from Frisco, Texas, who encountered a hooded robber that entered her store with a gun. The gunman walked up to the store counter and demanded money. The store owner pointed at [...]
October 16, 2009 – 11:09 pm
I received a comment this evening from YouTube user JAMaddict on my video Inside the LDS (Mormon) Twin Falls Temple. This is what she said: It makes me physically ill to think about the “hand selected” granite flooring. What a waste, when so many millions of people need various types of aid. Before you start [...]
October 14, 2009 – 7:45 am
(Continued from Part 2) In order to properly understand the law of consecration, we must first keep in mind two foundational gospel principles: All things are ultimately the Lord’s We are to love God with all our heart, soul, might, mind, and strength Once we understand these two principles we will be prepared to understand [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged atonement, book of mormon, commandments, consecration, D&C, gifts, materialistic, owner, pride, principles, riches, selfish, Steven C. Harper, steward, stewardship, wealth
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November 29, 2008 – 3:04 pm
(Continued from Part 1) One of the common misconceptions concerning the law of consecration is that it is often conflated with the United Order. When we think that these two are one in the same thing we run into difficulties understanding them. When we don’t properly understand the law, we can’t live it. When we [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Scholarship, Temples Today
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Also tagged celestial, church, consecration, covenant, ezra taft benson, hugh nibley, love, neal a. maxwell, obedience, principles, riches, sacrifice, steward
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October 28, 2008 – 10:14 am
I usually do not post on political themes, but I could not pass up sharing these words of a prophet of God, particularly when they are so in tune with current political ideologies. Below is a YouTube video of President Ezra Taft Benson speaking about socialism on April 12, 1977. (post continues below) Since President [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged BYU, charity, constitution, ezra taft benson, fall, government, philosophy, politics, principles, prophet, recommend, socialism, united states, video
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