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Doctrinal Expositions

Priesthood Keys Made Simple

"A man never has half so much fuss to unlock a door, if he has a key, as though he had not and had to cut it open with his…

Of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas: Dependency & Damnation

30 May 20234 Oct 2024

In February 1832, not even a full two years after the organization of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation that completely upset the…

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What Version of the Bible Should I Use?

Dear Joseph, I need help deciding which version of the Bible I should use in some courses I'm taking. I’ve listed the options available to me per the curriculum below:…

Doctrinal Expositions

Signs of the Times: Where Are We in Revelation?

21 Sep 202221 Sep 2022

The future has been a subject of great interest for professed holy men for as long as the earth has endured. However, our knowledge that we live in the last…

A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil

30 May 20221 Feb 2026

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

The Beautiful Green Valley

16 Oct 202131 May 2023

Today I am sharing another testimony borne by an "Old Nauvooer" in the Salt Lake City 20th ward around the turn of the 20th century, a nearly forgotten testimony from…

I Read More Than Was Written

24 Jul 20217 Jan 2022

I remember one of my first experiences with revelation while reading the word of God. I was maybe 16 years-old at the time, and I was reading the farewell of…

Daily Devotional…

Classic Truth: The Revelation of John Vs. Daniel

26 Apr 20193 Mar 2022

Sermon delivered by Joseph Smith the Prophet at the General Conference of the Church at Nauvoo, Ill. on Saturday April 8, 1843: The subject I intend to speak upon this…

Poetry

The Living Christ: A Poem

1 May 201713 Dec 2019

His life surpassed all—His atoned; By Sacrifice our souls are owned; Mid mortals—as He too was tried— None other’s strength mankind shall bide. Moses wrote of Godly power; John beheld…

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Five-hundred Miles Per Hour at Thirty-thousand Feet

11 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I want to return to the subject of information missing from scripture. Even including The Book of Mormon, there's still a big chunk of really important stuff missing, confused,…

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.