Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise | Dr. Matthew Bowen | March 10, 2026

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Dr. Matthew Bowen Professor and Director of Religious Education at BYU–Hawaii Brigham Young University–Hawaii David O. Mckay Lecture (March 10, 2026) Dr. Matthew L. Bowen teaches that through His suffering and feeling of abandonment on the cross, Jesus Christ experiences the depths of human pain so that no one is truly forsaken. He emphasizes that through covenants, the sacrament, and temple worship, disciples remain connected to the Savior’s presence and are called to build Zion by seeking justice, serving others, and turning suffering into compassion. “Your Yes to God demands your No to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies to all oppression and violation of the weak and the poor.” —…