Doctrinal Expositions Inner Symbolism of the Garden of Eden 1 Aug 20221 Aug 2022 When Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, they obeyed the Law of Sacrifice in offering up the firstlings of their flock as they had been commanded…
Commentary… Put On Thy…Garments 2 Aug 202123 Jan 2022 "Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and…
Doctrinal Expositions Plural Marriage & The Parable of the Talents 22 Dec 202022 Sep 2022 Forward This essay is being written in response to the appearance of a viewpoint among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints espoused and common to the…
Replies to Thomas Is There No Other Way? 24 Sep 20145 Nov 2019 Dear Joseph, In between this last visit and the one, the missionaries stopped by while I was upstairs and gave my boy (who was in fact Batman at the time and as…
Replies to Thomas A House Better Left Desolate 23 Sep 20145 Nov 2019 Dear Joseph, The missionaries who have visited shared an analogy which I had no trouble accepting, and which I thought was actually pretty accurate all things considered. They said: "Imagine…
Replies to Thomas Deep Admissions of the Creator 17 Sep 20145 Nov 2019 Dear Joseph, "With this doctrinal foundation laid, we can talk in a little more depth about what really happened during the creation." Yeah, go ahead. —Thomas Dear Thomas, As a…
Replies to Thomas The Devil Told the Truth 16 Sep 20145 Nov 2019 Dear Joseph, "...The original Hebrew word for ‘created,’ as found in [Genesis 1:1], does not actually mean 'to make' as we often assume it does. It means 'to organize.'" Very interesting,…