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Priesthood and the State

11 Sep 202129 May 2023

It might seem a strange thing to have a person full of the knowledge of God who knowingly exposes himself to false sacraments and ordinances devoid of any authority while…

Priesthood and Authority

8 Sep 202127 May 2023

Jesus told Peter: "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou…

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Free Agency: Raise the Hand and Bow the Knee

18 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Thank you for that in-depth breakdown of Hebrew and Genesis 1:1. That's the kind of stuff literally no one knows or would ever feel comfortable talking about. But…

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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…

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Accepting Christ and Glory, by Degrees

12 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, That's the sort of perspective that makes more sense to me. However, it does bring up some interesting possibilities. If a child being raised to believe something is…

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.