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I was listening to a podcast and I heard a phrase similar to one that I often hear in church: You gotta repent from all your sins… I think you’ll see similar language to this in the scriptures. You read…
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…
B’nai Shalom Presentation by Avraham Gileadi, 3rd April 2014 As some of you may know, this year’s Feast of Passover, which occurs on April 15th through 22nd, coincides with the first of four consecutive blood moons or total lunar eclipses…
Churches, Terms, Covenants and Joy
Churches In the battle of churches, everyone is promoting their church as the gate that stands between you and your salvation. Other say that you don’t need a church, you can just go to God himself. There are many other…
Salvation: Where does one begin?
Willing to give up
Have you been baptized by fire?
This will be the first in a series of posts exploring basic archetypal symbols and their meaning within a doctrinal context. This first post will focus on the number one and some of it’s many meanings.
Sacrament: The Witness of the Willing
Mikveh: Jewish ritual immersion in water
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“By controlling our reactions, being calm and temperate and avoiding contention, we will begin to qualify for the gift of meekness.” – Ulisses Soares
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Below is an excerpt of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” with a few minor edits I’ve introduced. [Socrates] And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: – Behold! human beings living…
Link to the Deseret News article I was listening to the This Week in Mormons Podcast when I heard this chapel mentioned. As I looked at the photos, some things stuck out to me. I wish there were some better photos…
You Cannot Stay on the Summit Forever…
In the very quote that inspired the title of this blog, Rene Daumal penned a profound though: “You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again.” The purpose of the climb is to reach the summit and…
Ravening Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
Above is a window at the London School of Economics, it was commissioned by Bernard Shaw in 1910 in reference to the Fabian Society. This was an organization created in the 1800s to subvert the existing order and create a…
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The Proper Role of Government
It is generally agreed that the most important single function of government is to secure the rights and freedoms of individual citizens. But, what are those right? And what is their source?
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