Free lectures on Classical Art at Beaux-Arts Academy in SLC

All are invited to a series of free, excellent art history lectures at the newly-founded Beaux Arts Academy at 329 S. Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake City.  They are taught every Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM by Micah Christensen and feature both famous and lesser-known masters of art.
 For more information about the school, please go to www.baa-utah.com or contact DeAnn Sadleir at deann.baa@gmail.com with questions.

New Testament Commentary Conference at BYU May 13

May 13, 2015: Next conference of the BYU New Testament Commentary

Save the date for Wednesday, May 13, 2015, for the next BYU New Testament Commentary conference. The conference will be held on the BYU campus in Provo, Utah. The topic of this year’s conference is 1 Corinthians. The commentary on that book has been written by Michael Rhodes and Richard Draper and is under review by the committee. The conference will include a variety of presentations and discussions about this forthcoming volume in the commentary series and about Corinth, Paul, and LDS biblical studies in general. Anyone interested in New Testament studies will find this conference very helpful. The conference is free and open to the public. The schedule of speakers will be announced soon.

Rube Goldberg Passover

Happy Passover!

Here is a great version of the Seder

Easter All Week : Again

Years ago I created a booklet out of Margot Butler's New Testament timeline.  It has one 'page' for each day of the Passion Week from Palm Sunday to Easter, showing major events and teachings from the life of Jesus recorded in the
Gospels.  

The easiest way to download and print this booklet is through the blog of a friend and former early morning seminary student of mine (Jocelyn Hatch Christensen). 

The booklet will appear as the first activity on a list of other Easter activites.

Pioneers in Every Land : New Lecture Series at Assembly Hall

A new Lecture series has begun at the Assembly Hall on Thursday evenings at 7 pm, once a month.  

Taunalyn Rutherford was in India last summer collecting stories from pioneer members of the church in India for her PhD thesis in Church History. She will be speaking Thursday, March 12 at 7 pm in the Assembly Hall

Free eBook about Modern Israeli History (and, yes, it is biased, but what isn't?)

This says "Good evening from Jerusalem"

Christians United for Israel is offering a free 40 page eBook summarizing the history of the modern state of Israel.  You can download a copy HERE

I found it to be interesting reading and everything is footnoted so you can check the sources. 

Off Topic: Luke's Sermon on the Plain

S. Kent Brown did a great job talking about the differences between Matthew's Sermon on the Mount and Luke's Sermon on the Plain in the BYU commentary on the New Testament.  It was quoted HERE on Meridian Magazine.