UPDATE: See the latest updates about this discovery at Jordanian Lead Plates: Authentic or Forgery? – David Larsen at HeavenlyAscents.com has pointed out an interesting recent discovery (see his posts here and here). A collection of dozens of books made from metal plates have been found in Jordan that initial tests show date from the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged book, book of mormon, books, christian, collection, david larsen, dead sea, documents, hebrew, joseph smith, kings, margaret barker, photo, photos, scholar, scholars, sealed, secret, symbols, tabernacle
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October 19, 2009 – 4:46 pm
The use of those two words together, resurrection in mortality, appears to be perfectly incongruous at first glance. In our common parlance in the Church we understand resurrection to be something that can only happen after mortality. The resurrection “consists in the uniting of a spirit body with a body of flesh and bones, never [...]
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Posted in Scholarship, Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged anointing, atonement, calling and election, embrace, eternal life, exaltation, farms, holy of holies, hugh nibley, joseph smith, margaret barker, maxwell institute, presence, priesthood, restoration, resurrection, scholar, temple studies, throne, veil
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February 23, 2009 – 10:31 am
I have been thinking recently about the power, significance, and symbolism of using our arms, particularly our right arm or hand. I’m not sure what it is that gives this power to the way we use our arms and hands, but there is a fundamental force that comes from using them. It could be that [...]
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Posted in General Authorities, Practices
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Also tagged buddhism, covenant, hands, hinduism, joseph fielding smith, oath, ordinances, raising, right arm, shaking hands, solemn assembly, square, symbolism, tokens, uplifted hands
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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 [...]
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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, ordinance work, ordinances, organization, priesthood, sealing
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October 23, 2008 – 9:53 pm
I was reading tonight a talk by Truman G. Madsen entitled, “Foundations of Temple Worship,” which he gave at a BYU-Idaho Devotional on October 26, 2004, shortly after the ordination of Elder David A. Bednar to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The talk is excellent, and highly recommended reading (or listening). There was one [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Temples Today
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Also tagged BYU-I, celestial, exaltation, faith, firstborn, jesus christ, john, ordinances, priesthood, promises, talk, truman g. madsen
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