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Download the Maps Now! I have a couple of theories related to Book of Mormon geography. I have two maps below, one is more of an abstract model and the other one imagines a very limited area in the Illinois…
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…
We all have a vision of a perfect world, one without all of the bad things that we wish were not here. Your neighbors don’t have the right opinions, the schools aren’t teaching the right things, people in your church…
The Course Which They Pursue
Of the seven Lectures on Faith, Lecture Sixth is perhaps my personal favorite. It is the only lecture that has this footnote: This lecture is so plain, and the facts set forth so self-evident, that it is deemed unnecessary to form a…
The Seal of Melchizedek?
Alonzo L. Gaskill, an assistant professor of Church history and doctrine at BYU, brilliantly debunks the “Seal of Melchizedek” myth while sustaining the idea that, yes, we can create our own new meanings for symbols in our day.
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View All“One and two are considered the parents of numbers, not really numbers themselves. And they give birth to the digits three through nine, in other words, trinity to the trinity of trinities. And with that and zero you can create…
The Nephite Interpreters
Pictured above is my latest rendering of the Nephite Interpreters that were in the possession of Joseph Smith for a time. I have always wondered what these instruments must have looked like so I began by creating a few simple illustrations. Over…
All of the notes below are taken directly from the Temple Institute which is an organization seeking to rebuild the third temple on Mount Moriah. Moses was instructed by G-d that the garments of the priests were to be both…
Contention must be avoided at all costs. The entire media industry exists off of creating and distributing stories that stir people up into contention for the sole purpose of selling advertising or getting gain. They are like Zeezrom and the…
Why We Celebrate the United States Constitution
Has the final thread snapped?
Interpreters and Combinations
The first episode starts off a little clunky but we get some steam and then things get progressively more interesting as we get into the second episode. Enjoy and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.
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