Did you know that the incense burned on the altar of the Israelite temple was composed of four different materials?…
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And it came to pass that there was a certain man, a traveler by trade, who journeyed through many lands,…
It’s very interesting how certain beliefs and teachings are common all around the world. Psychologist Carl Jung conducted some interesting…
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles makes an essential point that we should always remember…
The Church recently released an updated/clarified version of the temple recommend interview questions. And for the first time that I…
Every covenant we make with God involves an ordinance and every ordinance involves a ceremony. These ceremonies use symbols to…
The following is reposted from JRGanymede.com The Lovely One brought up the idea that Jacob getting the birthright from Isaac…
Thanks to my friend Richard Nobbe for bringing this video to my attention. It’s a bit dated in many aspects…
A recent reply I shared on an online forum: Catholics are heavily immersed in ritual, so I think they “get”…
This quote brilliantly sums up a critically important key to understanding symbols. “One explanation of a symbol that has been given does…
I was looking at this picture of the Salt Lake Temple the other day and had a thought. Typically, the…
I created LDS Symbol Cards but didn’t really do much in the way of providing instructions. I thought I’d put…
I have not yet seen the film The Tree of Life although the title alone draws my interest. This particular…
CLIMB, verb intransitive1. To creep up by little and little, or step by step; to mount or ascend, by means…
Consider the origins of the word “profane”: Profane: late 14c., from L. profanare “to desecrate,” from profanus “unholy, not consecrated,” from pro fano “not admitted into…
An address on the Temple ceremony by President David O. McKay given Thursday, 25 September 1941, at 8:30am, Salt Lake Temple Annex (Manuscript in BYU Library Collections.)
In God’s great wisdom he has deliberately made the symbols of the temple unique, because their very uniqueness demands the…
I loved this quote from Jeffery Bradshaw’s talk at the 2014 Temple on Mount Zion Conference. I’ve been trying to…
“One and two are considered the parents of numbers, not really numbers themselves. And they give birth to the digits…
Source: TempleStudy.com The Interpreter Foundation has announced the availability of the videos of the presentations given at the 2014 Temple…
“According to Keith Stepan (former Managing Director of Temple Construction), many LDS temples are thematic, making use of a single…