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Archive for August, 2006

Elder Holland and the brother of Jared

Posted by Ryan on August 8th, 2006

I want to mix into our little symposium recommendations of more scholarly and insightful discussions about Mahonri than just our little notions… The first one I would like to
recommend is Elder Holland’s “Christ and
the New Covenant: The Messianic message of the Book of Mormon”
Here’s a little taste of how Elder Holland wraps up [...]

The Faith of Mahonri

Posted by Connor on August 8th, 2006

Mahonri Moriancumer, known to readers of the Book of Mormon as the “Brother of Jared”, was a man of faith—so much so that his brother frequently requested that he be the one to make requests of the Lord. The first example in the Book of Ether illustrates this:
And the brother of Jared being a [...]

Brother of Jared: Key Events

Posted by Eric Nielson on August 7th, 2006

The name of this blog is an obvious play on words regarding the chosen namesake, the brother of Jared. Simply change the ‘brother’ to ‘blogger’ and there you have the name. We have now switched to Wordpress, but will probably keep the name the same. Wordpress of Jared seems a little silly.
For my first post [...]

Finally, We’re Less Lame!

Posted by Ryan on August 6th, 2006

Welcome to the new and improved Blogger of Jared!*
*the phrase “new and improved” is meant to apply only to design elements and new tools made available by wordpress. Blogger of Jared makes no guarantee as to an increased quality in content.
In addition to a nifty new design, improved recent comments, and more informative bios (”about [...]

Running on Oil

Posted by Ryan on August 1st, 2006

Another installment in my ongoing lessons from a marathon series..
On Saturday we were slated to run 11 miles. Due to some miscalculations on the part of our coach, we actually ended up running about 12 miles. Thankfully this weekend was a stark contrast, weather-wise, to the last few weeks in San Diego. The entire run [...]