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Doctrinal Expositions

The Celestial, not the Terrestrial, Inherit the Earth?

7 Nov 20198 Nov 2019

"Also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, and bodies telestial; but the glory of the celestial, one; and the terrestrial, another; and the telestial, another."There is one glory of the sun,…

Doctrinal Expositions

The Tongue of Angels: The Necessity of the Holy Ghost in the Fulness of the Gospel

2 May 20185 Nov 2019

The introduction to the Book of Mormon gives the following interesting detail as to its contents: “The Book of Mormon…is a record of God’s dealings…and contains the fulness of the…

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The Seed Must Die: Creation in His Image

18 Feb 201624 Mar 2020

Dear Joseph, I like what you've written to me about the need for faith, but I still find myself surrounded by evidences that God, as a supreme controller of all…

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Mother Earth: Eternal, Geographical Inheritance

27 Oct 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I can't help but wonder if my insistence on trying to solve my mental dilemmas with God's nature is just a by-product of having been raised to believe in…

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God, His Counsel, and His Councils

20 Oct 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, The story of the blind man and his haunting adversary was very interesting to me. Because of my reluctance to share my story (frankly, most people would say…

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Trailing Clouds of Glory Do We Come

22 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, The missionaries have explained that in the preexistence we chose to come here so that we could learn and choose to become more like God. I think I understand…

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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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Wild Beasts That Are Past Feeling

15 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, "The murder discussion will be a lengthy one to pursue at the moment. But suffice it to say—again, for the moment—that our conscience is God-given. The first time you do…

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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.