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I heard this story as part of a high councilman’s talk recently week and I thought I’d share it. This version was obtained from a 2010 Liahona article by Dieter F. Uchtdorf. An old Jewish legend tells of two brothers, Abram…
In keeping with the purpose of this blog as my personal study journal, I’m going to be doing something new. This last General Conference was particularly inspiring for me, as I’m sure it was for many. I want to dig…
The following was presented at the 17th annual FairMormon Conference by Methodist minister and temple theologian Margaret Barker. [Download Presentation Handout (pdf)] At the heart of the Book of Revelation St John sets the vision of a woman clothed with the sun,…
The Spirit transcends the limitations of our language and the deficiency of our perceptions
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View AllAn address on the Temple ceremony by President David O. McKay given Thursday, 25 September 1941, at 8:30am, Salt Lake Temple Annex (Manuscript in BYU Library Collections.)
A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe is probably one of my favorite books in the whole wide world. Is it the be-all, end-all, of all things ever? Nope. So what’s the big deal about it? It is a “switch-flipper”…
Consider the origins of the word “profane”: Profane: late 14c., from L. profanare “to desecrate,” from profanus “unholy, not consecrated,” from pro fano “not admitted into the temple (with the initiates),” lit. “out in front of the temple,” from pro- “before” (see pro-) + fano, ablative of fanum “temple” (see feast). Related: Profaned; profaning. The…
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