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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…
A couple of years ago I wrote a post about something that I dubbed the “Agency Continuum” where the choices that you make are part of a connected cycle. I’d like to take the model I presented in that post, particularly…
The word “meek” as used in scripture seems to have a lot of importance placed on it, yet in modern society I am used to hearing the word meek used in conjunction with “weak”. So where is the disconnect?
The following is a post created from a talk I gave in church this morning. There is an idea in thermodynamics that everything in the universe eventually moves from order to disorder. The Book of Mormon is a window into…
…And Say Unto You, ‘Receive the Mind of God’
The “Conversion Spectrum” in the Book of Mormon
Matthew B. Brown wrote an article on TempleStudy comparing the general ideas behind ancient Israelite and Latter-day Saint ceremonial temple clothing. It’s a short but informative read.
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The allegory of the peach pit
And it came to pass that there was a certain man, a traveler by trade, who journeyed through many lands, bearing with him a gift for those whom he would meet. And behold, he came upon another man in the…
Kids and the Temple
I posted this photo on Instagram yesterday and have been thinking about kids and the temple. According to Val Brinkerhoff in an interview with temple architect Keith Stepan, the Las Vegas and Portland Oregon temples were the first for over…
I have not yet seen the film The Tree of Life although the title alone draws my interest. This particular sequence depicts the creation in a manner that is very similar to the creation sequence in the presentation of the…
Was 9/11 our Mormon 3:10?
The wickedness of the Nephites proved their destruction, that we know. Part of this wickedness was a dramatic shift in their policy of war, a policy that we have adopted here in our day.
Voice of the Spirit Video
This is a Mormon Messages video that I noticed today on lds.org. I thought it presented a wonderful analogy for the Spirit.
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