Random Posts
Perhaps most of us throw around the word “symbolism” without understanding the various nuances of the subject. I created ldsSymbols.com with reference to the word “symbols’ because that is what most people understand. Alonzo Gaskill’s book “The Lost Language of Symbolism” defines…
I’m a big fan of the Book of Mormon so of course, I’m going to be interested in anything like this. It looks a little campy but trying to render scripture in film is probably an incredibly difficult challenge. This…
Did you know that you can “read” temples? What if all of the temples around the world today constituted a vast library of new scripture just waiting to be read if we had eyes to see? This presentation covers some basic…
Some claim that the United States was founded by secularists, others claim that all of the founders were Christians that founded a Christian nation. Well what does all this mean? Are both these claims just opposite extremes?
Cut a Covenant
He Lives and Loves
“If it hasn’t happened to you—it should.”
Source: http://www.jrganymede.com/2015/02/18/fallen-creation/
Mikveh: Jewish ritual immersion in water
Latter-day Temples: Scripture You Step Into
Do Latter-day Saints Need a Symbol?
New Post Updates
Climbspiration
Christ is God’s Forgiveness. – George MacDonald
POPULAR POSTS
- The Meaning of Isaiah 4:1 and Seven Women Taking Hold of One Man 307 views
- A Proposed Reinterpretation of Jacob 2:30 241 views
- Characteristics vs. Attributes: Demystifying Lectures 3 and 4 118 views
- A Professional Logo Designer’s Analysis of The Church’s New Symbol 58 views
- 60 Great quotes on war 44 views
- Analysis of an Incredible Eve/Mary Artwork by a Roman Catholic Nun 40 views
- What are Doctrines, Principles & Applications? 34 views
Book of Mormon
View AllSymbols of the Sacrament
Trouble and Passions, Alma 38
A Suggested Map of Book of Mormon Lands
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
Retro Video: Scripture Symbolism
Thanks to my friend Richard Nobbe for bringing this video to my attention. It’s a bit dated in many aspects but the information is very good, and I geek out on just about anything that has to do with symbolism.
Finality Robs Symbols of Their Meaning
This quote brilliantly sums up a critically important key to understanding symbols. “One explanation of a symbol that has been given does not preclude someone else seeing beyond that. Symbols were intended to expand our freedom of expression and feelings, not limit…
Temple Worship by Elder John A. Widtsoe
A talk given at a meeting of the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake on October 12, 1920. By far one of my favorite talks on the temple. The whole thing is great, but the last third is really priceless information.
Joseph Smith on Three Truths
A simple quote from the prophet Joseph Smith that emphasizes in a unique way the divine origins of our Constitution.
The Proper Role of Government
Let Us Have Peace by J. Reuben Clark Jr.
None Dare Call it Conspiracy
There are two consequences in history…
The following article was originally published on Bryce Haymond’s TempleStudy.com The conference “Enoch and the Temple,” which took place on February 19 and 22, 2013, in Logan, Utah, and Provo, Utah, respectively, was filmed. The videos are now available for free…
Blogroll
- A Traditional Architecture Glossary
- Academy for Temple Studies
- Book of Mormon Onomasticon
- Bruce Charlton's Notions
- Historical Monogamy
- Interpreter Foundation
- Isaiah Explained
- Isaiah Explorer
- Isaiah Institute
- Isaiah Prophecy
- Junior Ganymede
- Latter-day Saint Architecture Blog
- Latter-day Saint Temples
- LDSSymbols.com
- Leading Saints
- Number in Scripture by E. W. Bullinger
- Search tool for the Bible
- Search tool for the Book of Mormon
- Strongs Concordance
- TempleStudy
- The Ancient Context of Joseph Smith's Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Recent Comments