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The Deuteronomists and the Suppression of Ancient Truths

David Larsen — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:03:34 +0000

In light of some insights I’ve gained from the Old Testament class I tutor for and comments on blog posts I’ve recently read, I’ve decided to post the following material on an important topic for our study of the Old Testament, and the Scriptures in general. This material is largely based on a previous post [...]

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Psalm 24: Temple Gates and Guardians

David Larsen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:41:36 +0000

As some of you may be aware, my post from January 20, 2011, entitled “Should We Expect to Find the Temple Ordinances as One Coherent Whole in the Scriptures? Revisiting the Question”, generated a lengthy and impassioned discussion in the comments. There was much debate regarding the value of efforts to compare our modern temple [...]

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Humans as Gods in Ancient Jewish Literature

David Larsen — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:15:55 +0000

I’m going to approach this post a little differently from my last one. Here, I am not expressly arguing for any comparisons. I am merely presenting some research that has been done by a scholar whose work I enjoy reading. Feel free to come to your own conclusions. The following comes from a book by [...]

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Should We Expect to Find the Temple Ordinances as One Coherent Whole in the Scriptures? Revisiting the Question

David Larsen — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:46:05 +0000

For my first substantive post here on M*, I wanted to take you back to an issue that was discussed on this blog by M* Ben, back in 2005. M* Ben raised some very relevant and interesting queries for those of us who are familiar with the LDS temple ordinances: “Should we find the Temple [...]

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Sweet Differences: Vancouver BC Temple Open House

Ben Pratt — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:25:18 +0000

For an inhabitant of the Seattle area, visiting Vancouver, BC is like traveling to a nearby parallel universe. The climate and the general look and feel of the place are about right, but like the Kinder Eggs we enjoyed there, Vancouver is loaded with surprises that not only aren’t chocolate, they should be played with [...]

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