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How Is Fasting Supposed to Be Sacred?

13 Aug 202121 Feb 2022

The scriptures abundantly indicate that fasting is a major component of spiritual experience. What is it about this practice that lends itself to the production or magnification of God's gifts?…

The Missing Piece to the Soul’s Puzzle

21 Jul 20217 Jan 2022

The scriptures provide this interesting formula, placing Christ squarely at the center of all revelation: "After ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels....…

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The Devil’s Rebuttal

16 Jun 20165 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Lately there's been a lot of discussion in the media about identity. It's made me think about what you have written before, that I am supposedly a son of…

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Revelation, Truth, and Error: Laws of Detection

31 Jan 20155 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I still haven't got around to changing my world view, as you suggested. But I feel concerned that even if I begin to see God's hand in my past, I may…

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The Invisible War

30 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph. So I had kind of an intense meeting with my missionary friends a few hours ago. I've been very deep in thought since they left. I felt like…

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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,…

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.