Last Sunday in Gospel Doctrine, we discussed Jacob chapters 1-3 in the Book of Mormon. I noticed that Jacob says that his sermon in chapters 2-3 was given “in the temple” (1:17). I looked through the sermon to see if perhaps that setting influenced the content of his message. Jackpot. Consider just the broadest outline [...]
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Jacob’s Temple Sermon
Posted in Religion, tagged Atonement, Book of Mormon, chastity, consecration, discipleship, endowment, Jacob, pride, sacrifice, temple on April 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How the Temple Garment Symbolizes Our Faith in Christ
Posted in Religion, tagged garment, Jesus Christ, temple on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This post at Scriptorium Blogorium notes a powerful symbolic connection in the scriptures between the temple garment and the body of Christ. This was one of those things that made my jaw drop and wonder how I’d never noticed it before. I’ve always thought of wearing the garment as analogous to the rest of the [...]
Two Things Joseph Smith Got Right About the Book of Abraham Facsimiles
Posted in Religion, tagged Book of Abraham, Egypt, Egyptian, endowment, Horus, Joseph Smith, Pearl of Great Price, Sobek, temple, Wedjat on August 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been studying up on the Book of Abraham a bit lately, and as fascinating as all the scholarly, arcane parallels are, it’s even more exciting to see that some of Joseph Smith’s explanations of these symbols are easy to confirm in accessible pop culture. While critics have often had to come up with convoluted [...]
Trivia For An Anti-Mormon “Expert”
Posted in Religion, tagged anti-Mormon, apologetics, CNN, LDS Church, temple on July 9, 2011 | 18 Comments »
There’s one big question that I haven’t heard yet about an anti-Mormon author’s twisted article on a CNN blog about the LDS Church. She says that she disbelieved in the religion at least since the time she was nine years old, yet she was married in an LDS temple, which would require a long period of [...]
The Sermon on the Mount and the Temple Endowment
Posted in Religion, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, discipleship, FARMS, John W. Welch, Sermon on the Mount, temple on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s gospel doctrine lesson for Sunday School is about the Sermon on the Mount. Discussing this magnificent discourse always reminds me of one of the most powerful experiences I’ve ever had in studying the scriptures. I once came across a video on the FARMS web site where John W. Welch discussed his research into [...]
Evil in the Temple
Posted in Religion, tagged discipleship, Doctrine and Covenants, endowment, evil, Jesus Christ, temple on February 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The last few times I’ve been to the temple, I’ve noticed how the endowment addresses the nature of evil: frankly, honestly, directly, in an unflinchingly sober manner that leaves no doubt that we must face this enemy head on. I remember seeing something anti-Mormon once that criticized the temple endowment for its references to evil, [...]
Teaching Like the Temple Teaches
Posted in Religion, tagged discipleship, effective teaching, Hugh Nibley, James E. Talmage, John A. Widstoe, teaching, temple, temple work on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a classic address, LDS apostle John A. Widstoe summarized the educational value of temple work: Another fact has always appealed to me as a strong internal evidence for the truth of temple work. The endowment and the temple work as revealed by the Lord to the Prophet Joseph Smith (see also Doctor Talmage’s The House [...]
Finding Christ In the Endowment
Posted in Religion, tagged Atonement, Jesus Christ, temple, temple work on October 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I went to the temple today specifically looking for references to Christ in the endowment. It yielded a rich harvest that warrants much further investigation. Not even counting every individual reference to Him, there were some pretty significant things I noticed. The first and last words in the endowment are clear references to the Savior. [...]
Where Are You At In the Endowment?
Posted in Religion, tagged Atonement, discipleship, endowment, Jesus Christ, LDS Church, self improvement, temple on October 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Even in the fairly brief hour and a half in typically takes, the LDS temple endowment frequently, both explicitly and implicitly, directs participants to identify themselves with–even to integrate themselves into–the narrative of the ceremony. As the endowment takes the form of a chronological story–a fully realized dramatization of the plan of salvation–I’ve often tried to benefit [...]
Temples, Abortion, and Becoming Saviors
Posted in Politics and Society, Religion, tagged abortion, Gianna Jensen, Gordon B. Hinckley, temple, temple work on October 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I just watched a video that was posted on Facebook about abortion survivor Gianna Jensen. As I watched her story, this occured to me: What she’s doing for the unborn is like what we do with temple work. As a Wikipedia entry explains: “When Jesus Christ atoned for the sins of the world, He did [...]
Spring Self-Improvement Report
Posted in Living well, tagged art, books, crossword puzzles, drawing, goals, How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Living well, movies, self improvement, temple on May 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Last year, I started breaking down my list of lifetime goals into smaller steps and making those my resolutions. Instead of just starting at New Year’s, though, I split the calendar up into the three major divisions that my life as a father and teacher naturally fall into: a Spring semester, summer, and a Fall [...]
Aaron’s Vestments, The Armor Of God, And The Modern Temple
Posted in Religion, tagged Apostle Paul, Armor of God, Bible, endowment, scripture study, temple on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day in the temple this summer, I wondered if there might be any useful correlation between the clothing associated with the modern LDS endowment and Paul’s “armor of God.” The concurrence between modern temple clothing and the vestments worn by Aaron in the Old Testament are obvious and commonly referenced in LDS literature on [...]
April 2009 General Conference: 3 Month Review
Posted in Living well, Religion, tagged adversity, Atonement, covenants, discipleship, family, follow the prophet, General Conference, Jesus Christ, LDS Church, Living well, missionary work, Provident Living, scripture study, self improvement, temple, Thomas S. Monson on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a tendency to take a General Conference of the Church and discuss it, analyze it, work on applying it, and cherish it in every way we know how…for about three weeks. Then we forget it until the next Conference six months later and by then, that last Conference might as well have never [...]
Book of Moses Commentary Part II: The First Two Laws
Posted in Religion, tagged Adam, Book of Moses, obedience, Pearl of Great Price, sacrifice, scripture study, temple on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As soon as Adam and Eve had been cast out of the Garden of Eden, Moses 5:1-4 tells us, they set about the work of providing for their temporal needs according to the order given by God, started raising a family, and called on God. Verse 5 says that God responded to their prayers by giving them commandments, to [...]
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