{"id":87046,"date":"2020-07-30T00:04:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T06:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=87046"},"modified":"2020-07-30T22:29:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T04:29:44","slug":"a-brief-visit-to-the-vernal-utah-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/07\/a-brief-visit-to-the-vernal-utah-temple.html","title":{"rendered":"A brief visit to the Vernal Utah Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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We drove by the Vernal Utah Temple earlier today.\u00a0 (Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New materials from the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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Interpreter Radio Show \u2014 July 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

Shorn of commercial breaks, the 26 July 2020 installment of the Interpreter Radio Show is now available online at no charge.\u00a0\u00a0The participants that evening were Steve Densley, Mark Johnson, and Matthew Bowen. In this episode, they interviewed Dr. Jeffrey Bradshaw about his substantial work with the Book of Moses, including recent and upcoming publications.<\/p>\n

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Audio Roundtable:\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 31\u00a0\u201cStand Fast in the Faith of Christ\u201d<\/em>:\u00a0Alma 43-52<\/a><\/p>\n

The Interpreter Radio Roundtable for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 31,\u00a0\u201cStand Fast in the Faith of Christ,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on Alma 43-52 featured Neal Rappleye, Jasmine Rappleye, and Hales Swift.\u00a0 This roundtable was extracted from the 5 July 2020 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show. The complete show may be heard at\u00a0https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-july-5-2020\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 31, August 3-9: Alma 43-52 \u2014\u00a0\u201cStand Fast in the Faith of Christ\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Alma 43:1-2; 44:24; 45:2-8, 15-19:\u00a0The End of Alma\u2019s Record<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cSalt Lake Temple Time Capsule Is Opened 128 Years Later: Although most items within the temple capstone are in poor condition, the human connection is strong\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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During his dedication of the Uintah Stake Tabernacle on 24 August 1907, Joseph F. Smith, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>, told his audience that he \u201cwould not be surprised if the day would come when a temple would be built in your own midst here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Tabernacle was a beloved building in the relatively small and quite remote Utah town of Vernal.\u00a0 But it eventually became obsolete.\u00a0 It hosted its last stake conference in 1983 and, in subsequent years, fell into disuse and disrepair.\u00a0 The idea of converting it into a temple was raised already in 1984.\u00a0 In 1993, that proposal was approved.\u00a0 The interior of the Tabernacle was completely gutted, and a temple was constructed inside its walls, underneath it, and in attached structures.\u00a0 Today, the Vernal Utah Temple bears two dedication dates, 1907 and 1997 \u2014 representing its first consecration as a tabernacle and its second consecration, its remarkable transformation into a temple.<\/p>\n

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My wife took this photo of the entrance to the Vernal Utah Temple this afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cWatch: President Nelson talks about the \u2018painful\u2019 decision to close temples amid COVID-19\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some of you may enjoy this relatively short essay by Jaxon Washburn:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Calvinist Conundrum and Why I Can\u2019t Help But Be a\u00a0Mormon\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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You might also find this item interesting.\u00a0 It\u2019s from the\u00a0Neville-Neville Land<\/em> blog:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA response to Opie regarding Wayne May\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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