August 12, 2008 – 11:42 am
A few days ago I read a post by James over at his superb blog, Lehi’s Library, entitled, “Looking Beyond the Mark: Insights from Margaret Barker.” In it, James refers to an excellent article by Kevin Christensen who talks about the Deuteronomist de-Christianizing of the Old Testament and Josiah’s reforms. I thought he made some [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged anointing, book of mormon, david, farms, hebrew, jerusalem, jesus christ, jews, john, margaret barker, marks, paul, restoration, scholar, sealing, solomon, symbols
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I came across some references to early Christian ritual vestments this morning in Matthew Brown’s The Gate of Heaven. He cited The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation by Edward Yarnold, and The Archæology of Baptism by Wolfred N. Cote. I looked up these references and they were intriguing in describing an early Christian practice of face [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged archaeology, baptism, cap, cyril of jerusalem, early christian, initiate, matthew brown, priesthood, rituals, symbols, veil
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I just posted my review of the Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E over at Millennial Star. See it here. Be forewarned – I didn’t like it much. Update (7/14/08): And, of course, since the issue is environmentalism, it eroded quickly.
I was driving in my car on Saturday listening to a radio program called “The Other Side” with Steve Godfrey. Steve believes himself to be a psychic medium, someone through whom people can connect with loved ones who have passed on to the “other side.” I do not deny the possibility of communicating with those [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Texts
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Also tagged casting out, cyril of jerusalem, devils, early christian, evil, excorcism, hinduism, islam, jews, lucifer, matthew brown, oath, priesthood, rituals, scientology, unclean spirits
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I noticed something yesterday that I thought was a good and oxymoronic example of how the adversary likes to distract us from what is important, to divert our attention onto more worldly pursuits, and tempt us to stay away, both in mind and body, from that which is holy. This image is a scan of [...]
