September 18, 2009 – 12:05 am
I just finished Dan Brown’s latest thriller, The Lost Symbol, which was published a few days ago on September 15th. There has been a lot of anticipation surrounding this book, since 6 years have passed since the publication of his bestseller The Da Vinci Code, with 80 million copies sold worldwide to date. Many wondered [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts
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Also tagged ancients, baptism for the dead, baptism of the dead, bible, book, critics, Dan Brown, discussion, esoteric, historical, initiation, intelligences, masonry, mysteries, ordinances, pop culture, symbolism, theosis
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March 12, 2009 – 10:56 am
The late Krister Stendahl (1921-2008), who was a Swedish theologian, New Testament scholar, and a Professor and Dean of Divinity at Harvard University, once addressed the press about one of the Mormon temples that was being built nearby, and spoke about three important rules for religious understanding. These rules have since been recognized for their [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Temples Today
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Also tagged big love, church, dialogue, discussion, endowment, interfaith, interview, investigators, krister stendahl, learn, sacred, scholar, talk, temples, video, videos, watch, youtube
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Many of you are no doubt aware of the infamous and libelous Big Love TV episode that is supposed to air on HBO this March 15th. But for those who aren’t, the producers and writers of the show have reached a new level of disrespect in attempting to profane the LDS temple ordinances on public [...]
February 19, 2009 – 8:05 pm
Orson Scott Card wrote a great article today on Mormon Times, highlighting the tremendous influence that Hugh Nibley and C.S. Lewis have had on his “Christian education” over the years, but particularly when he was younger. I couldn’t agree more with his feelings about the impact that these two scholars have had. I’ve particularly been [...]
