November 17, 2008 – 9:07 pm
If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for email alerts or subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!“Some day we will live the law of consecration again, but until then we must be ‘willing’ to live it.”
“It is Church doctrine that the full Law of Consecration was suspended by the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Scholarship, Temples Today
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Also tagged bruce r. mcconkie, BYU, consecration, conversation, covenant, gordon b. hinckley, hugh nibley, obedience, sacrifice, scholar, symposium, tithing
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November 12, 2008 – 10:46 pm
I came across a talk today by Elder Neal A. Maxwell which he gave at a BYU devotional on October 10, 1978, entitled “Meeting the Challenges of Today.” Some of the things he said are especially relevant “today,” particularly in the midst of all the turmoil over Proposition 8. Here is some of his talk:
Discipleship [...]
There are a couple good firesides/lectures coming up, for those of you who are in the Salt Lake/Provo area.
First off, there will be a lecture given by John Gee this Thursday, June 19th, at 7:00pm at the Olivewood Bookstore in Provo (3330 N. University Ave., Suite C). He will be speaking about the message of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Tidbits
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Also tagged abraham, avraham gileadi, bible, book of mormon, BYU, egyptian, jews, john gee, lecture, near east, olivewood, scholar
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April 26, 2008 – 12:13 pm
I can’t remember where I originally heard about the new Olivewood bookstore. It may have been in the Bloggernacle somewhere - perhaps FAIR. In any case, I had heard enough about this store that I decided that I had to visit it. It is located at 3330 N University Ave. Suite C [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Church History, Tidbits
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Also tagged book, book of mormon, christian art, daniel c. peterson, fair, farms, joseph smith, lecture, literature, media, olivewood, photos, scholar, video
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February 15, 2008 – 6:26 pm
The temple is like a great lens. It’s a reflector and a magnifier, a redirector and a viewer. Many have said how attending the temple allows us to leave the world around us and enter a different sphere. It is a place where time and fashion disappear. It is the nearest [...]