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This question or a form of it has come to my attention many times. Translation usually involves understanding the source language and rendering the meaning as best as one can in another language.
At the end of my previous post, I threw out a kind of random petition to study the Book of Mormon and Isaiah and I feel like I should elaborate on that a little more. Several years ago, an Isaiah…
I’m excited to announce the official publication of a little temple-related project that I’ve been working on. It all began with this idea: “What would it look like if you reconstructed the temple experience purely from scripture alone?” As I…
Repentance: the Renewal of the Mind
The word repentance may stir a variety of thoughts and feelings within our minds; fear or relief, perhaps terror or joy. It is all about learning to see differently and receiving a change of mind.
How are we “Saved”?
Have you been baptized by fire?
The Power of Doctrine
The universe in the diatonic musical scale
What do the seven simple notes that make up the diatonic scale happen to do with the universe? Well, take a look and see for yourself, you’ll probably be as astounded as I was to learn the connection.
David O. McKay Temple Address
Most Temples Have a Theme
Scripture is a like a mirror
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Climbspiration
It is through the Human that we must climb up to the Divine. – George MacDonald
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My Favorite Isaiah Translation
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles makes an essential point that we should always remember but is particularly important considering our current conditions. Although our access to the temple right now is limited, it doesn’t…
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…
How Will Governs the Cosmos
I like to understand how things work. I do this by trying to see relationships and patterns between things to see if they make any sense. I’ve been pondering the subject of desire for quite a bit now and in…
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.
Why We Celebrate the United States Constitution
Seventy-three Percent
Has the final thread snapped?
Virtue in the people
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.
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