November 19, 2009 – 10:59 pm
My father is on the High Council in the Riverton Utah Stake, and this past Sunday he was asked to speak in a ward about the temple and family history work. He sent me his talk, and I thought it was good and thought provoking. I thought you might like it too. -Bryce By Mark [...]
By Guest Blogger
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Posted in Church History, Temples Today
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Also tagged ancestors, baptism for the dead, baptismal font, elijah, family, family history, familysearch, genealogy, hearts, joseph smith, kirtland, nauvoo, nauvoo temple, ordinances, priesthood, promises, restoration, technology, temple worship
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November 30, 2008 – 5:20 pm
Last week I was asked by our bishop to present a 10-15 minute portion of a lesson today on the importance of temple work in our combined priesthood/relief society meeting. Our stake is preparing for a “temple month” theme for January, and our meeting today was meant to inspire us to be thinking about family [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged altar, ancestors, boyd k. packer, brigham young, bruce r. mcconkie, creation, elijah, eternal, exaltation, family, family history, genealogy, general conference, gordon b. hinckley, joseph smith, ordinances, organization, priesthood, seal, sealing
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October 17, 2008 – 1:44 pm
I had a conversation a few months ago about this question. Those that I were discussing this with made the argument that the “heathen,” the term my correspondent used for those who’ve never heard a part or portion of the gospel in mortality, are without the gospel law in mortality, and therefore they will be [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged agency, atonement, baptism, bruce r. mcconkie, children, exaltation, garden of eden, gate, jesus christ, joseph smith, marriage, mortality, obedience, ordinances, presence, principles, redemption, repentance, salvation, vicarious
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Since tomorrow is Independence Day, I thought I might say a word about our Founding Fathers. We are deeply indebted to all the noble men and women who sacrificed their lives to establish this country of the United States of America some 232 years ago, and to make this country a free land. Through their [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History
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Also tagged baptism, constitution, egyptian, ezra taft benson, font, general conference, life, spencer w. kimball, st. george temple, united states, wilford woodruff
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February 28, 2008 – 11:20 am
For those who may not know, for the past few years the Church has been overhauling and rebuilding FamilySearch, one of the world’s premiere family history and genealogy websites, to expand its features and functionality significantly. It has been several years in the making, and is slowly being rolled out to members in selected temple [...]
