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Living the Law of Consecration – Part 3: All Things are the Lord’s

(Continued from Part 2) In order to properly understand the law of consecration, we must first keep in mind two foundational gospel principles: All things are ultimately the Lord’s We are to love God with all our heart, soul, might, mind, and strength Once we understand these two principles we will be prepared to understand [...]

Living the Law of Consecration – Part 2: The Law & The United Order

(Continued from Part 1) One of the common misconceptions concerning the law of consecration is that it is often conflated with the United Order.  When we think that these two are one in the same thing we run into difficulties understanding them.  When we don’t properly understand the law, we can’t live it.  When we [...]

“Latter-day Saints and the Environment” Survey

A couple months ago I was approached by Brandon, author of the blog Latter-day Sustainability, with a proposal to team-up on administering an informal survey about the environment to Latter-day Saints and those familiar with Latter-day Saint teachings.  The goal and objective was to learn more about Latter-day Saint members’ views on the environment, including [...]

Service on Earth & Worship of God

The account of the garden of Eden in Genesis is a very interesting story indeed.  We learn much about the experiences of our first parents and their interactions with God.  It was a very intimate relationship, one in which God walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the garden (Gen. 3:8). When Adam was [...]

Temple Imagery in the Parables of Matthew 25 – Part 2

(Continued from Part 1) Justin, a reader of Temple Study, brought to my attention that there may be more temple imagery in Matthew 25 than just the parable of the ten virgins. Indeed, the parable of the talents has some striking shadows and allusions to the temple too. In the same spirit Elder Robbins likened [...]

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