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Oct 14, 20214 min read
The Second Adam (is probably not Jesus)
There is a passage in the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 15 that has always been interpreted in the light of continuing a contrast between...
Oct 13, 20213 min read
Brother Joseph: Correcting Corrupted Youths
An anecdote from the life of Joseph Smith shows the wisdom he possessed in attempting to rectify the course of troubled teenagers who he...
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Unrighteous Dominion
The following discourse is taken from the Millennial Star, a Mormon publication in England that accompanied missionary work in that...
Oct 10, 20213 min read
Faith to Heal
The scriptures say "that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing"...
Oct 9, 20214 min read
A Prophet Is Not Always a Prophet, But We Ought To Be
Joseph Smith once taught that a prophet is not always a prophet: "Visited with brethren and sisters from Michigan. 'A Prophet is not...
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Brother Joseph: No Fighting Among Saints
As the mayor of Nauvoo, Joseph Smith was keen on ensuring that the city represented the best of Mormonism as the religion was (and is)...
Oct 7, 20215 min read
Consonant with the Lord
The term consonant has reference to the harmony of musical notes and the pleasing arrangement of like, complimentary sounds. When one is...
Oct 3, 20214 min read
Naaman's Dilemma
In the Old Testament book of 2 Kings, a story is recounted of a leper named Naaman who was a commander in the Syrian army. By and by he...
Sep 27, 20213 min read
Brother Joseph: The Safety of Simple Prayers
Jesus in mortality railed most of all against hypocrites, or what me might term actors or pretenders (the Greek word from which hypocrite...
Sep 26, 20214 min read
Brother Joseph: Rebaptism
An early practice of the LDS was that of rebaptism, or the baptism of person who had already been baptized (and this for themselves, not...
Sep 25, 20212 min read
Brother Joseph: Seeing vs. Entering the Kingdom
[Elder Daniel Tyler, who now resides at Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, has furnished us with a number of items concerning the Prophet...
Sep 23, 20215 min read
Seeing Through a Glass Darkly
Paul described the spiritual powers of mortals as being extremely limited: "Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the...
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Brother Joseph: Prophecy and Meteorology
[Elder Daniel Tyler, who now resides at Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, has furnished us with a number of items concerning the Prophet...
Sep 21, 20213 min read
Brother Joseph: The Dead Brought to Life
[Elder Levi Curtis, of Springville, Utah, relates the following incident which, as he states, was told him by one of the principal...
Sep 13, 20215 min read
A Complete Separation
The coming divide will surely be faith-based, but it will not sect-based. But that there will be a divide the scriptures made no qualms:...
Sep 12, 20213 min read
Written in Their Foreheads
Continuing yesterday's theme, let us examine some other Greek verses and attempt to derive some greater potential views on their meaning....
Sep 11, 20214 min read
Save He that Had the Mark
The only thing one should need in attempting to understand ancient, written prophecy is the spirit of prophecy, which comes with the...
Sep 10, 20214 min read
Priesthood and the State
It might seem a strange thing to have a person full of the knowledge of God who knowingly exposes himself to false sacraments and...
Sep 9, 20213 min read
Priesthood and the Kingdom
In 1832 a vision of the Kingdom of God burst upon the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. In it, we learn that...
Sep 8, 20214 min read
Priesthood and Good Works
In the New Testament an account reaches us of a man who could cast out devils in the name of Christ but who knew not Christ: "John said...
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