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No Man “Holds” the Priesthood: Why Changing Ordinances Changes Priesthood

So much of the precepts of men that mingle with scripture are the result of imprecise language. This regrettable human limitation was pointedly lamented by Joseph Smith: “Oh Lord God…

Doctrinal Expositions

Interstellar Relativity and the Heterarchical Kingdom of God

This post is intended to be briefer than most as it's a necessary supporting piece to another blog post I'm writing but the content is too important and impactful in…

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…

Doctrinal Expositions

Progression & Probations

28 Feb 202224 Feb 2025

Dedicated to CS On a warm summer day in 1888, a 32-year-old Orson F. Whitney sat down in Heber, Utah, to enjoy the company of the then-Apostle, Lorenzo Snow. Snow…

Jehovah and Q&A

27 Oct 20216 Apr 2022

Following is a series of questions I've received in response to my posts on Jehovah along with my answers: Q: So, was Jesus named Jehovah in the pre-mortal life or…

Jehovah and Inheritance

26 Oct 20214 Apr 2022

To this point in my series of posts about Jehovah, it has been taken for granted that the word is a proper name belonging to one individual. Certainly, if there…

Jehovah and the Son

24 Oct 20214 Apr 2022

The Jews of Jesus' time had a bone to pick with him, not because he claimed to be God the Father but because he claimed to be God the Son:…

Jehovah In Body

21 Oct 20213 Apr 2022

When we combine the knowledge imparted by the Old and New Testaments with that of the modern revelations accepted as scripture by Mormons, new truths can be discovered. Today we…

Priesthood and Lineage

7 Sep 202126 Aug 2022

According to the scriptures, a man must be "born again," or baptized, to "see the kingdom of God" (Matt. 3:3; see AOF 1:4). In the Book of Mormon, this event…

Doctrinal Expositions

If You Could Hie to Sirius B

6 Apr 202120 Jul 2023

Kolob has been the fascination of Mormons ever since the Prophet Joseph Smith presented to the world the lost teachings of Abraham concerning the stars and our place among them.…

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.