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Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things: Further Thoughts on OT Lesson 37

By David Larsen | Published: September 27, 2010
This post is a continuation of the last one — just sharing some further thoughts Sunday School Lesson 37. Isaiah Chapter 25 This chapter begins like many of the psalms, praising the Lord for the great salvific deeds he has performed for the redemption of the house of Israel. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art [...]
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Biblical Wisdom Literature: Job (OT Lesson 32)

By David Larsen | Published: August 19, 2010
Job 1-2; 13; 19; 27; 42 The first thing that caught my attention when I looked at the Sunday School study guide for this lesson on Job was that the prescribed lesson plan jumps around the book of Job, skipping many chapters in between.  This is, I’m sure, par for Sunday School study of Job [...]
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An Expanded View of the Resurrection

By David Larsen | Published: August 25, 2008
Resurrection of Jesus– He Lives by Simon Dewey I have always seen the resurrection as, very clearly, the reunion of the spirit with the physical body at a certain point after death. To me, the Book of Mormon, much more so than the Bible, makes this definition very clear.  The Book of Mormon prophet Alma [...]
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The History of Heaven in Early Christianity

By David Larsen | Published: August 15, 2008
 As promised, here are the rest of the notes from Thomas Olmstead on A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence by Jeffrey Burton Russell. There is some really great information here regarding bodily resurrection, the state in which we return to heaven, and early Christian thought regarding intelligences. Chapter three: The Heaven of the Early Christians. [...]
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A History of Heaven

By David Larsen | Published: August 13, 2008
My CES supervisor, Thomas F. Olmstead, whom I’ve mentioned before as a great source for indicating excellent books on religious studies, has given me permission to post the notes he sent me on another book that he recently read. The name of the book is A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence by Jeffrey Burton Russell, Professor of History and Religious [...]
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Baptism or Temple Initiation? Part III

By David Larsen | Published: July 3, 2008
 Another Word on Resurrection A great insight that Barker gives us that I did not include in my last post has to do with both the resurrection and the priesthood. In my last post, I cited a portion of the Gospel of Phillip: The Tree of Life is in the midst of Paradise, and from [...]
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Baptism or Temple Initiation? Part II

By David Larsen | Published: July 2, 2008
The Ancient Temple Initiation of the High Priesthood As I stated in my last post, Margaret Barker shows some interesting similarities between Christian baptism and the initiatory rites of the ancient royal high priesthood which generally took place at the temple. While she makes some good points, I think some caution is required. Barker herself states that [...]
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