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KarenUnfortunately, I have almost nothing to say about this lesson. All that follows consists of two brief notes. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for August, 2009
RS/MP Lesson 42: “Family: The Sweetest Union for Time and for Eternity” (Joseph Smith Manual)
Posted by joespencer on August 30, 2009
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RS/MP Lesson 41: “Becoming Saviors on Mount Zion”
Posted by joespencer on August 29, 2009
Though lesson 35 was dedicated to the notion of “Redemption for the Dead” (you can see my notes for that lesson here), and lesson 36 was dedicated to the topic of “Receiving the Ordinances and Blessings of the Temple” (you can see my notes for that lesson here), Joseph Smith had enough to say on the subject of baptism for the dead specifically that lesson 41 is dedicated to this topic. Indeed, Joseph had so much to say on the topic that I think I had better confess that I found this lesson richer and more productive in many ways than the earlier two lessons that dealt with connected themes. At any rate, this lesson makes it quite clear that baptism for the dead is a topic we have hardly begun to penetrate. Read the rest of this entry »
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Why Can’t Goats Get No Respect?
Posted by BrianJ on August 18, 2009
In one of Jesus’ parables, he compares sheep to the righteous and goats to those who will cursed with everlasting fire. I understand the moral lesson he teaches, but I don’t understand why he picks on the goats. What’s so bad about goats? Read the rest of this entry »
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Where (or what) is Wisdom?
Posted by robf on August 13, 2009
In reading the garden account in Genesis this morning, I was struck by Gen 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
The word translated here as “wise” is the Hebrew sakal, which seems to have a connotation of thinking, pondering, comprehending…in other words something like working it out in your own head.
I’m not a Hebrew scholar, so I’m wondering if there is a significant difference between this word and the other more common word for wisdom in the Old Testament, chokmah? Read the rest of this entry »
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The Awesomest Atonement Analogy Ever!
Posted by BrianJ on August 9, 2009
A decade ago, I attended a Sunday School class where the instructor used an ingenious object lesson to illustrate a particular point about the Atonement. The activity was so clever, so original that it captured everyone’s attention and I remember it vividly to this day: Read the rest of this entry »
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