{"id":72079,"date":"2019-03-27T11:32:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=72079"},"modified":"2019-03-27T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:32:23","slug":"a-willingness-to-take-upon-ourselves-the-name-of-the-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/03\/a-willingness-to-take-upon-ourselves-the-name-of-the-son.html","title":{"rendered":"A willingness to take upon ourselves the\u00a0name\u00a0of the Son"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Johannesburg South Africa Temple was the first Latter-day Saint temple built in Africa, but not the last. \u00a0(LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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The Kinshasa DR Congo Temple: A Personal Perspective \/\u00a0Part 2: Media Session of the Kinshasa Temple Open House \/\u00a0March 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s a more or less geographically related story from the official Church newsroom:<\/p>\n

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\u201cZimbabwean Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> Donate Supplies to Victims of Cyclone Idai\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interpreter\u2019s man in China, Jeff Lindsay<\/a>, holds a doctorate in chemical engineering. \u00a0So he knows a bit about chemistry and about science, as well as about the Restored Gospel and its scriptural texts. \u00a0Here\u2019s a short piece from him that might be of practical benefit to some readers:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaybe We Should Remember the \u201cHot\u201d Part of the Prohibition on \u2018Hot Drinks'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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The incredibly industrious Robert Boylan<\/a> \u2014 Interpreter\u2019s man in Ireland \u2014 points out a passage in the Book of Mormon that seems, at first glance, to be a stupid error but that, on closer examination, strongly suggests the book\u2019s authenticity:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThomas B.H. Stenhouse on Alma 46:19\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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An interesting interview with two women who are quite accomplished in their own right:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSister Nelson, Sister Oaks talk to Italian journalist on women, equality within Church<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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An interesting testimony from a (non-LDS) academic, Rosalind Wright Picard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAn MIT Professor Meets the Author of All Knowledge: I used to think religious people were ignoramuses. Then I got smart and took a chance on God.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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A discussion in my priesthood quorum this past Sunday brought home to me in a strong way something that I should already have noticed:<\/p>\n

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I wrote a few days ago (see \u201cCNN: \u201cWhy the \u2018Mormon\u2019 church changed its name\u201d\u201d<\/a>)\u00a0about President Russell M. Nelson\u2019s strong urging that we use the proper name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which we believe to have been divinely given:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.\u201d<\/strong> \u00a0(Doctrine and Covenants 115:4).<\/span><\/p>\n

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I should already have connected this topic with the sacrament prayers:<\/p>\n

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O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and\u00a0sanctify\u00a0this\u00a0bread\u00a0to the souls of all those who partake of it; that they may eat in\u00a0remembrance\u00a0of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the\u00a0name\u00a0of thy Son, and always remember him,<\/em> and keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his\u00a0Spirit to be with them. Amen. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(Moroni 4:3, italics added)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 New, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: \u00a0 The Kinshasa DR Congo Temple: A Personal Perspective \/\u00a0Part 2: Media Session of the Kinshasa Temple Open House \/\u00a0March 11, 2019 \u00a0 And here\u2019s a more or less geographically related story from the official Church newsroom: \u00a0 \u201cZimbabwean Members of The Church of Jesus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA willingness to take upon ourselves the\u00a0name\u00a0of the Son<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    New, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   The Kinshasa DR Congo Temple: A Personal Perspective \/\u00a0Part 2: Media Session of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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