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Mormon/Latter Day Saint, Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All are welcome here. We are a weekly show willing to talk about everything from a believer standpoint. Helping you not feel alone. Helping to answer questions you may not even know you had. Temple, Garments, religious, cultural, general conference, prophet, all things to do with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.



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    785 Holy (or Spy) Wednesday Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

    785 Holy (or Spy) Wednesday Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

    In this episode Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein discuss the events of Holy (or Spy) Wednesday. The talk about how we don’t know very much about what happened on this day, and explore the possibility that the Last Supper may have taken place on Wednesday, rather than Thursday.

    Find Kerry Muhlestein’s other TCH interviews and books here:

    Episode 407 & I Saw the Lord: Joseph’s First Vision Combined from Nine Accounts

    Episode 490 & God Will Prevail: Ancient Covenants, Modern Blessings, and the Gathering of Israel

    Episode 778 & The Easter Connection

    Holy Week Episodes So Far:

    Palm Sunday

    Holy Monday

    Holy Tuesday

    Some of Kerry Muhlestein’s books below (click the covers).



    Kerry Muhlestein is a Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU with a Ph.D. in Egyptology and Hebrew Language and Literature from UCLA. He is the Director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He hosts the podcast The Scriptures Are Real.

    He is also the author of many books, including Learning to Love Isaiah, which helps us understand Isaiah in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon.

    He has also written extensively about the Abrahamic Covenant and the Book of Abraham. He has six children and one grandson.

    Andrew C. Skinner was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was written. Born and raised in Colorado, he earned his BA degree in history from the University of Colorado. He then earned an MA degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Jewish studies and a ThM degree from Harvard in biblical Hebrew. He did graduate work at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He earned a PhD from the University of Denver in Near Eastern and European history specializing in Judaism.

    Skinner taught for four years at Ricks College and has filled three assignments at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, where he served as a faculty member and taught Near Eastern studies. He has served as director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, dean of Religious Education, and chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture. He is the author or coauthor of over one hundred publications, including Jerusalem: The Eternal City; New Testament Apostles Testify of Christ; Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: The Unidentified Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 (an analysis of all the unidentified Hebrew and Aramaic Dead Sea Scroll texts); Scriptural Parables for the Latter Days; and Gethsemane.

    The Scriptures are Real YouTube 

    The Scriptures are Real Podcast 

    Out of the Dust

     

    *This post contained Amazon affiliate links.

     

     

    • 13 min
    784 Holy Tuesday Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

    784 Holy Tuesday Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

    In this episode Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein discuss the events of Holy Tuesday. They talk about finding the fig tree withered, and more of the Savior’s teachings at the temple, including His lament over the temple and how that led to His great prophecy about its destruction and the Last Days.

    Find Kerry Muhlestein’s other TCH interviews and books here:

    Episode 407 & I Saw the Lord: Joseph’s First Vision Combined from Nine Accounts

    Episode 490 & God Will Prevail: Ancient Covenants, Modern Blessings, and the Gathering of Israel

    Episode 778 & The Easter Connection

    Holy Week Episodes So Far:

    Palm Sunday

    Holy Monday

    Some of Kerry Muhlestein’s books below (click the covers).



    Kerry Muhlestein is a Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU with a Ph.D. in Egyptology and Hebrew Language and Literature from UCLA. He is the Director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He hosts the podcast The Scriptures Are Real.

    He is also the author of many books, including Learning to Love Isaiah, which helps us understand Isaiah in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon.

    He has also written extensively about the Abrahamic Covenant and the Book of Abraham. He has six children and one grandson.

    Andrew C. Skinner was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was written. Born and raised in Colorado, he earned his BA degree in history from the University of Colorado. He then earned an MA degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Jewish studies and a ThM degree from Harvard in biblical Hebrew. He did graduate work at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He earned a PhD from the University of Denver in Near Eastern and European history specializing in Judaism.

    Skinner taught for four years at Ricks College and has filled three assignments at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, where he served as a faculty member and taught Near Eastern studies. He has served as director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, dean of Religious Education, and chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture. He is the author or coauthor of over one hundred publications, including Jerusalem: The Eternal City; New Testament Apostles Testify of Christ; Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: The Unidentified Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 (an analysis of all the unidentified Hebrew and Aramaic Dead Sea Scroll texts); Scriptural Parables for the Latter Days; and Gethsemane.

    The Scriptures are Real YouTube 

    The Scriptures are Real Podcast 

    Out of the Dust

     

    *This post contained Amazon affiliate links.

     

    • 19 min
    783 Holy Monday Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

    783 Holy Monday Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

    In this episode Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein discuss the events of Holy Monday. They talk about the cursing of the fig tree and the Savior’s teachings in the temple, including teachings about hypocrisy.

    Find Kerry Muhlestein’s other TCH interviews and books here:

    Episode 407 & I Saw the Lord: Joseph’s First Vision Combined from Nine Accounts

    Episode 490 & God Will Prevail: Ancient Covenants, Modern Blessings, and the Gathering of Israel

    Episode 778 & The Easter Connection

    Holy Week Episodes:

    Palm Sunday

    Some of Kerry Muhlestein’s books below (click the covers).



    Kerry Muhlestein is a Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU with a Ph.D. in Egyptology and Hebrew Language and Literature from UCLA. He is the Director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He hosts the podcast The Scriptures Are Real.

    He is also the author of many books, including Learning to Love Isaiah, which helps us understand Isaiah in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon.

    He has also written extensively about the Abrahamic Covenant and the Book of Abraham. He has six children and one grandson.

    Andrew C. Skinner was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was written. Born and raised in Colorado, he earned his BA degree in history from the University of Colorado. He then earned an MA degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Jewish studies and a ThM degree from Harvard in biblical Hebrew. He did graduate work at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He earned a PhD from the University of Denver in Near Eastern and European history specializing in Judaism.

    Skinner taught for four years at Ricks College and has filled three assignments at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, where he served as a faculty member and taught Near Eastern studies. He has served as director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, dean of Religious Education, and chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture. He is the author or coauthor of over one hundred publications, including Jerusalem: The Eternal City; New Testament Apostles Testify of Christ; Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: The Unidentified Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 (an analysis of all the unidentified Hebrew and Aramaic Dead Sea Scroll texts); Scriptural Parables for the Latter Days; and Gethsemane.

    The Scriptures are Real YouTube 

    The Scriptures are Real Podcast 

    Out of the Dust

     

    *This post contained Amazon affiliate links.

     

    • 17 min
    782 Palm Sunday

    782 Palm Sunday

    In this episode, Kerry Muhlestein and Andrew Skinner discuss what the Holy Week is, and why it is important, and why we should commemorate it. They talk about the traditions of other faiths and how it can and should be meaningful for Latter-day Saints. They then explore the meaning, and power of Palm Sunday, and how it can affect us today.

    Find Kerry Muhlestein’s other TCH interviews:

    Episode 407 & I Saw the Lord: Joseph’s First Vision Combined from Nine Accounts

    Episode 490 & God Will Prevail: Ancient Covenants, Modern Blessings, and the Gathering of Israel

    Episode 778 & The Easter Connection

    Some of Kerry Muhlestein’s books below (click the covers).



    Kerry Muhlestein is a Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU with a Ph.D. in Egyptology and Hebrew Language and Literature from UCLA. He is the Director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He hosts the podcast The Scriptures Are Real.

    He is also the author of many books, including Learning to Love Isaiah, which helps us understand Isaiah in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon.

    He has also written extensively about the Abrahamic Covenant and the Book of Abraham. He has six children and one grandson.

    Andrew C. Skinner was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was written. Born and raised in Colorado, he earned his BA degree in history from the University of Colorado. He then earned an MA degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Jewish studies and a ThM degree from Harvard in biblical Hebrew. He did graduate work at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He earned a PhD from the University of Denver in Near Eastern and European history specializing in Judaism.

    Skinner taught for four years at Ricks College and has filled three assignments at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, where he served as a faculty member and taught Near Eastern studies. He has served as director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, dean of Religious Education, and chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture. He is the author or coauthor of over one hundred publications, including Jerusalem: The Eternal City; New Testament Apostles Testify of Christ; Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: The Unidentified Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 (an analysis of all the unidentified Hebrew and Aramaic Dead Sea Scroll texts); Scriptural Parables for the Latter Days; and Gethsemane.

    The Scriptures are Real YouTube 

    The Scriptures are Real Podcast 

    Out of the Dust

     

    *This post contained Amazon affiliate links.

    • 37 min
    781 Spring ’24 #GenConf Temple Predictions

    781 Spring ’24 #GenConf Temple Predictions

    Temple Open House Begins



    Manti Utah Temple



    Media day on March 11th

    Open House through April 5th 



    (Long lines on the weekends)





    Because of the Staircases between the ordinance rooms, wheelchairs can’t be accommodated in these rooms. 



    It appears that the temple in Ephraim will primarily serve those patrons





    Interior Photos



    New curtains and Film screens with hanging projectors added to the ordinance rooms

    Cushions added to the old benches

    Large television screens added to the Terrestrial Room. 







    Rooms



    Chapel with a 1906 a copy of Benard Plockhorst’s Jesus Blessing the Children – Baby Jesus with a man face

    Hallway – Isaac Morely framed green apron. 

    Baptistry: Robert Shepard



    Scenes from Baptism of Jesus, Oliver and Joseph, and the waters of Mormon 

    Dove painted on the ceiling above the font. 

    Scriptural verses from:



    Matthew 3: 13-15

    III Nephi 19:12-14

    Pearl of Great Price 56:70



    Not the first edition 













    Creation Room: C.C.A Christensen mural from 1886



    Danish Convert in 1850 who studied at the Royal Art Institute of Copenhagen

    Murals preserved despite being painted onto plaster. Layers of dirt, grime and plaster were removed.  

    Attempted to visualize the creation accounts in Genesis 

    Dinosaurs in creation murals

    Copied out of the book: The world before the deluge





    Garden Room: Robert Shepherd mural from 1944



    Features many animals and the trees from the garden of eden





     World Room Murals: Minerva Tiechert mural from 1947 – painted on canvas



    First woman to be commissioned to paint a temple mural

    Intimidated by the 60 ft long room, 24 ft high. 

    Contracted for $4000, including cost of the paint

    Being only 5’2, 117 lbs, she found it exhausting to climb scaffolding all day. 



    She fell off and had to miss a few hours to see a doctor for her arm, but returned after a few hours.





    She set a self imposed deadline of a month to finish, even though the church officials expected it to take a year. 

    They had to take breaks when an endowment session moved through the room. 

    With the help of some assistants, they finished the 120 figures and 4000 square feet in 23 working days.

    She returned on some trips during the following year ot make touchups. 

    Back Wall: Tower of Babel

    South Wall (Windows) – Biblical history in four parts



     Abraham in Cannon 

    Joseph in Egypt

    Moses, golden calf, and tablets

    Pilgrims sailing 





    North Wall – Large Scene of the Gentiles



    Easu 

    The Orient 

    Crusaders 

    Columbus 

    Shadowy figures





    Front Wall – Both sides entering into the American Continent



    “Indian Brave” with arms outstretched 

    Zion in the Nexus – grid of Manti City 

    • 59 min
    780 Sean Donnelly – LDS Church Growth in Africa

    780 Sean Donnelly – LDS Church Growth in Africa

    Sean Donnelly is an Area Relations Manager based in SLC. He supports the teams in all aspects of public relations, government relations and communication efforts. He chairs the Africa government relations sub-committee in the USA. He is the managing editor of Africa Newsroom.

    Sean has lived and worked in 9 countries, and in prior life worked for a US listed company for 9 years in the UK office as a senior manager of large departments.

    He also spent 20 years in management consulting in diverse industries across Europe and Africa, focused mainly on executive development and organizational effectiveness, marketing and strategy and was running his own company.

    He served with his wife as mission leaders in Madagascar and interim mission leaders in the Congo. He is a fluent French speaker. He was a sought-after motivational speaker and later

    author of a top-selling personal effectiveness book in South Africa. He combines years of corporate experience with a strong academic understanding, he has an MBA from Bond

    University Australia. His outstanding competence is people leadership and organizational effectiveness in emerging market economies. He now has vast experience working in

    international areas and at headquarters for the Church.

    He joined The Church in 1983 and went on mission 11 months later to Switzerland, Geneva. He served as a Bishop at age 29, Stake Presidency, Mission President twice, Stake Audit

    Chairman etc. He has travelled to most of the countries in Africa many times, he understands intimately the socio-economic and political context, and most important how to

    work with the people and politics in Africa.

    He is married to Dianne, and together they enjoy nature conservation, wildlife photography, outdoors and life.

    • 1 hr 3 min

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