No Gospel Topic Selected | Religious Studies Center

What Old Testament Temples Can Teach Us about Our Own Temple Activity (21,205 views)
from Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament
“Those Who Receive You Not”: The Rite of Wiping Dust Off the Feet (20,932 views)
from By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in Scripture, History, and Practice
“Endowed with Power” (20,103 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 13 No. 1 · 2012
Using Section 84 to Emphasize the Priesthood Power of Women (19,833 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 22 No. 2 · 2021
The Articles of Faith: Answering the Doctrinal Questions of the “Second Great Awakening” (17,150 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Wilford Woodruff and the Rise of Temple Consciousness among the Latter-day Saints, 1877-84 (16,478 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
“I Will Write My Law in Their Hearts” (10,020 views)
from Prophets and Prophecies of the Old Testament: 46th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium
New and Everlasting: The Relationship between Gospel Covenants in History (9,206 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 2 · 2020
Solomon’s Temple Compared to the Salt Lake Temple (8,773 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
The Strait and Narrow Path: The Covenant Path of Discipleship Leading to the Tree of Life (8,156 views)
from The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi's Dream and Nephi's Vision
“Pouring in Oil”: The Development of the Modern Mormon Healing Ritual (8,111 views)
from By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in Scripture, History, and Practice
First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel (7,725 views)
from Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
How Has God Intervened in History? (7,207 views)
from Window of Faith: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on World History
The Role of Ordinances in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (7,154 views)
from Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views
Peter, the Priesthood, the Temple, and Christ’s Atonement (6,811 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 16 No. 2 · 2015
The Sanctifying Power of True Ritual Worship (6,472 views)
from The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament
The Lord Will Redeem His People: Adoptive Covenant and Redemption in the Old Testament (6,356 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament
The Doctrine of Baptism: Immersions at Qumran and the Baptisms of John, the Earliest Christians, and Book of Mormon Peoples (6,169 views)
from By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in Scripture, History, and Practice
Peter and the Restored Priesthood (5,809 views)
from The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle
Elijah’s Mission, Message, and Milestones of Development in Family History and Temple Work (5,718 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
The Kirtland Temple And Endowment of Power (5,547 views)
from We'll Sing and We'll Shout: The Life and Times of W. W. Phelps
Elijah's Mission: His Keys, Powers, and Blessings from the Old Testament to the Latter Days (5,545 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament
The Psalms Sung: The Power of Music in Sacred Worship (5,493 views)
from Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament
Purposes and Functions of The Temple (4,713 views)
from Nauvoo Temple: A Story of Faith
Articles of Faith (4,671 views)
from Latter-day Saint Essentials: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
What Is a Temple? (3,928 views)
from The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives
Authority, Power, and the "Government of the Church of Christ," 1835 (3,821 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
“This Is My Gospel”: Jesus’ Discourse in 3 Nephi (3,759 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
One by One: The Fifth Gospel’s Model of Service (3,755 views)
from The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9–30, This Is My Gospel
Freemasonry and the Latter-day Saint Temple Endowment Ceremony (3,571 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Joseph Smith and the Restoration of Temple Service (3,464 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Endowed with Power (3,264 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2004
The Book of Moses and Temple Worship (2,911 views)
from The Book of Moses: From the Ancient of Days to the Latter Days
What Is a Temple? (2,819 views)
from Foundations of the Restoration: Fulfillment of the Covenant Purposes
“I Mean to Be Baptized for Scores More”: Baptisms for the Dead among the Latter-day Saints, 1846–67 (2,632 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
Culture, Cohesion, and Conceptualizing the Sacred (2,446 views)
from By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in Scripture, History, and Practice
The Meanings of Ritual: Comparisons (2,373 views)
from Reflections on Mormonism: Judaeo-Christian Parallels
Swine’s Blood and Broken Serpents: The Rejection and Rehabilitation of Worship in the Old Testament (2,294 views)
from Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament
Christ, Covenants and the Caph (2,234 views)
from The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament
Christianity (2,180 views)
from Light and Truth: A Latter-day Saint Guide to World Religions
Traditional Christian Sacraments and Covenants (1,954 views)
from Prelude to the Restoration: Apostasy to the Restored Church
“Proper Order”—A Powerful Precept of the Book of Mormon (1,808 views)
from Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts: The Thirty-sixth Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium
The Psalms Sung: The Power of Music in Sacred Worship (1,703 views)
from Approaching Holiness: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Old Testament
Forerunners and Foundation Stones of the Restoration (1,695 views)
from Prelude to the Restoration: Apostasy to the Restored Church
The Temple as a Source of Blessing (1,641 views)
from A Beacon on a Hill: The Los Angeles Temple
The Temple in Operation (1,617 views)
from A Beacon on a Hill: The Los Angeles Temple
“Come, Follow Me”: The Imitation of Christ in the Later Middle Ages (1,484 views)
from Prelude to the Restoration: Apostasy to the Restored Church
Sacramental Living: Reflections on Latter-day Saint Ritual (1,457 views)
from By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in Scripture, History, and Practice
"Line upon Line": Joseph Smith's Growing Understanding of the Eternal Family (1,448 views)
from Raising the Standard of Truth: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Early Restoration
Ritual and the Quest for Meaning (1,416 views)
from By Our Rites of Worship: Latter-day Saint Views on Ritual in Scripture, History, and Practice
5 October 1840 (Monday Morning). (1,363 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
“We Shall Have Temples Built”: Joseph F. Smith and a New Era of Temple Building (1,275 views)
from Joseph F. Smith: Reflections on the Man and His Times
"We are a Covenant-Making People": Gospel Principles and Ordinances in Marriage (1,213 views)
from Commitment to the Covenant: Strengthening the Me, We, and Thee of Marriage
Jesus Christ as a Revealer of Ordinances in the Book of Mormon (1,199 views)
from I Glory in My Jesus: Understanding Christ in the Book of Mormon
Jeffrey R. Holland with Andrew Teal (1,170 views)
from Inspiring Service: Interfaith Remarks with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland at Oxford
Joseph Smith and the New Testament (1,129 views)
from How the New Testament Came to Be
Spiritual Blessings (1,076 views)
from Nauvoo Temple: A Story of Faith
Our Identity and Our Destiny (1,023 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 1 · 2013
Introductory Essay: The Temple and the Restoration (1,012 views)
from The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives
“As Long as the World Shall Stand” (953 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 22 No. 2 · 2021
11 June 1843 (Sunday Morning). Temple Stand (918 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
What is "saving grace"? (893 views)
from Defending the Faith: Early Welsh Missionary Publications
The Ancient Nature of the Gospel (877 views)
from The Book of Moses: From the Ancient of Days to the Latter Days
The Promise and the Provocation: The Sinai Narrative (824 views)
from From Creation to Sinai: The Old Testament through the Lens of the Restoration
The Priesthood Power of Women: (Doctrine and Covenants 84) (727 views)
from The Voice of the Lord: Exploring the Doctrine and Covenants
Family History: An Interview with Elder D. Todd Christofferson (673 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 6 No. 2 · 2005
Establishing the Work—1920s (622 views)
from The Lā'ie Hawai'i Temple: A Century of Aloha
The House of the Lord: The Taipei Temple and Church Administration Building (1984–89) (592 views)
from Voice of the Saints in Taiwan: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Taiwan
A Six-Year Building Program (558 views)
from Nauvoo Temple: A Story of Faith
Joseph Smith's Articles of Faith (541 views)
from Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: Nineteenth-Century Restorationists
Latter-day Saint Liturgical Practice: The Psalms and the Day of Atonement (533 views)
from Understanding Covenants and Communities: Jews and Latter-day Saints in Dialogue
Stigmata (510 views)
from Finding Christ in the Covenant Path: Ancient Insights for Modern Life
Visions of Salvation: What the Visions of Joseph Smith Reveal to Us About How to Inherit Heaven (503 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 26 No. 2 · 2025
Aide To The Apostles (474 views)
from We'll Sing and We'll Shout: The Life and Times of W. W. Phelps
Initiation to the School of the Prophets (462 views)
from Repicturing the Restoration: New Art to Expand Our Understanding
Epilogue: Hastening the Work of Salvation and Facing the Future with Faith (2015 and Beyond) (460 views)
from Voice of the Saints in Taiwan: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Taiwan
Covenants and the True Vine (453 views)
from Finding Christ in the Covenant Path: Ancient Insights for Modern Life
Ordinances and Sacraments (430 views)
from Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph Smith's Expansive Eternalism (415 views)
from Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: Nineteenth-Century Restorationists
Seeking “Power to Protect the Innocent” (412 views)
from Storming the Nation: The Unknown Contributions of Joseph Smith’s Political Missionaries
Reply to the objections (404 views)
from Defending the Faith: Early Welsh Missionary Publications
The Temple Goes into Service (362 views)
from The Colonia Juárez Temple: A Prophet’s Inspiration
“I Will Write My Law in Their Hearts” (358 views)
from Approaching Holiness: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Old Testament
The dead raised to life! (340 views)
from Defending the Faith: Early Welsh Missionary Publications
The dead alive, or the ancient religion anew (266 views)
from Defending the Faith: Early Welsh Missionary Publications
“Many Plain and Precious Things”: Using the Joseph Smith Translation in Teaching the Old Testament (264 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 26 No. 3 · 2025
Joseph Smith’s 1836 Vision of the Celestial Kingdom: A Historical and Contextual Analysis (225 views)
from Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days
Temples in the Tops of the Mountains (185 views)
from Temples in the Tops of the Mountains: Sacred Houses of the Lord in Utah
The First Temple Completed in Utah: The St. George Temple (183 views)
from Temples in the Tops of the Mountains: Sacred Houses of the Lord in Utah
Exploring Medieval Images (180 views)
from Finding Christ in the Covenant Path: Ancient Insights for Modern Life
From Obscurity to Scripture: The Historical Process of Joseph F. Smith’s Vision of the Redemption of the Dead: (Doctrine and Covenants 138) (174 views)
from The Voice of the Lord: Exploring the Doctrine and Covenants
New and Everlasting: The Relationship Between Gospel Covenants in History (142 views)
from God’s Word in Our Hearts: Learning from the Old Testament
Ancient Israel: Sacral Themes in Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic History (137 views)
from Mormon's Record: The Historical Message of the Book of Mormon
Not Left Destitute of Mercy: The Role of Covenant Ḥesed in Perpetuating Family Lines (131 views)
from Tender Mercies and Loving-Kindness: The Goodness of God in the Old Testament
A Design More Suited for "Sacred and Holy Purposes": The Logan and Manti Temples (115 views)
from Temples in the Tops of the Mountains: Sacred Houses of the Lord in Utah
Personal Journal Entries in Chronological Order: 2–5 March 1843 - 13–14 July 1844 (111 views)
from The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846
Larger Temples During the Later Twentieth Century: The Jordan River Utah, Bountiful Utah, and Mount Timpanogos Utah Temples (108 views)
from Temples in the Tops of the Mountains: Sacred Houses of the Lord in Utah
Beginnings (90 views)
from Temples in the Tops of the Mountains: Sacred Houses of the Lord in Utah
Chapter 9: The Covenants and Keys of the Kingdom (88 views)
from Prepare Me for Thy Use: Lessons from Wilford Woodruff’s Mission Years
The Promise and the Provocation: The Sinai Narrative (62 views)
from God’s Word in Our Hearts: Learning from the Old Testament

Gospel Topic: Ordinances

Contact the RSC

Helpful Links

Connect with Us