Talks – Terrence C. Smith

The Law of Chastity: Raymond Alberta Stake Standards Night

Terrence C. Smith — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:40:56 +0000

This is a talk on the law of chastity given at a stake standards night for parents in the Raymond Alberta Stake held in October 2025. pp.5

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The Unwritten Order of Things

Terrence C. Smith — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:16:37 +0000

A talk given by Elder Boyd K. Packer on the pattern of administration in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints given at a BYU devotional. pp.8

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Interruptions: the Real Work

Terrence C. Smith — Thu, 09 May 2024 21:53:44 +0000

This is an article by Ron Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic priest and author. pp.2

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Tips for Stake Presidents and Bishops in Counselling

Terrence C. Smith — Mon, 06 May 2024 22:45:05 +0000

These are some notes and thoughts compiled and written by me for stake presidents in a training session in the fall of 2005 to help them in counselling and in training their bishops. I was serving as an Area Seventy at that time. pp.16

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Fasting, Prayer, and Miracles: Sacrament Meeting Talk

Terrence C. Smith — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:51:27 +0000

This is a sacrament meeting talk given in Raymond First Ward on 21 April 2024. I was asked to be a companion speaker to the High Council that Sunday. pp.4

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Easter Sacrament Meeting Talk 31/3/2024

Terrence C. Smith — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 22:21:30 +0000

A sacrament meeting talk for Easter Sunday given in Raymond 10th Ward by T. C. Smith pp.6

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Gothic Art: A Personal View

Terrence C. Smith — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:43:12 +0000

This is a monograph on Gothic Art in general and on the sculptural programme on the west facade of Notre Dame d’Amiens Cathedral in Amiens, Picardy, France in particular. It is an analysis based on art history and informed by the Restoration in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. pp. 109

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From the Dead Sea Scrolls by Dr. Hugh Nibley

Terrence C. Smith — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 05:43:49 +0000

Nibley, Hugh (2010) “From the Dead Sea Scrolls (1QS),” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity: Vol. 2 , Article 5.
Hugh Nibley, late professor of ancient history and religion at Brigham Young University and one of the foremost scholars of the ancient world in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, discussed the Rule of the Community in an appendix to his 1975 book The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri. The Joseph Smith Papyri is an initiatory text; the Rule of the Community is both an initiatory text, enumerating details for entrance into the Essene community at Qumran, and a covenant document, listing elements in the covenant made between God and individuals entering the Essene community at Qumran. This piece is an excerpt from the appendix of his text mentioned above and outlines the various aspects of this Rule of the Community as found in the Dead Sea Scrolls (1QS).

Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sba/vol2/iss1/5
This article is downloaded from open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Studies in the Bible and Antiquity by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.

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Counterfeits and the Gospel

Terrence C. Smith — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 02:48:38 +0000

This is a talk given to youth on several occasions beginning in the 1990s when I was a stake president and then updated more recently. It speaks to the role of the gospel and the Church in providing a genuine framework for an authentic inner life. pp.8

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The Hierocentric State by Dr. Hugh Nibley

Terrence C. Smith — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 17:06:28 +0000

This is an article written by Dr. Hugh Nibley. It was published in The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 1951), pp. 226–253 by the Western Political Science Association. This copy was extracted on-line from bookofmormoncentral.org on 25 August 2023. pp.29

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