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Plain & Precious Keys for Decoding Adam-God Scriptures

22 May 202322 May 2023

One of the least understood yet monumental doctrines restored in this last dispensation is the identity of our Father and God as someone who was no stranger to this earth…

What’s Wrong with Loud Laughter?

With the return to the earth of the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ there have come many insights into the operation and diversity of spirits. Though the culture…

AI Book of Mormon Images

AI Book of Mormon: Narrative Images

20 Aug 20229 Sep 2022

The following images were generated by me using artificial intelligence and can be found on this Instagram page. As new images are generated, they will be added to the top…

A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil

What follows is an adaption of a work by Parley P. Pratt entitled, A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil. The original was published on January 1st of 1844…

What Did Parley P. Pratt Look Like?

The first saints of the restoration have a near-mythical place in the minds of modern mormons. This status is not without reason: the first generation of the church maneuvered through…

Keeper of the Gate

17 May 202217 May 2022

In the Book of Mormon we read commentary from Nephi that appears to indicate that the only person who will stand to admit or deny us to heaven will be…

Perfectionism

Jesus said, "I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect" (3 Ne. 12:48). This commandment hearkens back to the…

The Second Death

21 Jan 202221 Jan 2022

Most often, the second death is considered as a solely spiritual malady, namely of being cut off from the presence of God (as in Adam’s case after the fall [see…

“Our Lamps Are Going Out”

4 Jan 20227 Jan 2022

In the parable of the ten virgins, two parties are differentiated by the possession of a non-transferable asset. The asset is defined, allegorically, by certain qualities: It provides illuminationIt produces…

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BOM FNV: 1 Ne 3:31 – 4:18

11 Dec 20213 Jan 2022

DOUBTS AND FAITH 31After the spirit-messenger left us, Shimmering Light (Laman) and Devoted to Creator (Lemuel) sighed and worried, saying: “How is it possible that Creator will deliver Chief Full…

The Key to the Science of Theology is a book written by the Apostle Parley P. Pratt, published in 1855, two years before his martyrdom. The author of this site, Joseph, has studied the Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. in great depth for over a decade. It is his conviction that the writing of Parley P. Pratt most accurately conveys in succinct form what Joseph Smith Jr. had been piecing together all his life. This blog is an ode to that triumphant work and the glorious future it prophetically envisions.