This last weekend in General Conference, Elder Richard G. Scott gave an incredibly good talk about the temple and the importance of temple attendance. I will break down more of this talk in a future post to glean more from the great insight he gave us. One of his “interesting suggestions” for gaining more benefit [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged apostles, attendance, clothing, conference, education, focus, inside, marriage, profane, riches, sacred, saints, time, watch
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[Update/Disclaimer (8/1/08 8:10pm MDT): Because of the different use of the term "liberal" that President Lee uses in this talk, in contrast to the common modern political usage, care should be taken when reading it. President Lee's use of "liberal" was strictly used in the sense of a standard of living the gospel, and is [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities
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Also tagged apostles, church, faithfulness, general conference, harold b. lee, intellectualism, organization, philosophy, principles, prophet, restoration, testimony, truth, university
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Check my post at Millennial Star on “Everyone Wants a Prophet… But Not Really.”
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 [...]
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in [...]
