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The Second Death

21 Jan 202221 Jan 2022

Most often, the second death is considered as a solely spiritual malady, namely of being cut off from the presence of God (as in Adam’s case after the fall [see…

Daily Devotional…

Knowing God

9 Aug 202121 Feb 2022

John 17:3 King James Bible: And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. Greek original: αὕτη δέ…

The Celestial, not the Terrestrial, Inherit the Earth?

7 Nov 20193 Mar 2022

"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

Yet They Shall Come Forth in the First Resurrection

15 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

The title of this short essay is taken from this scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to…

Doctrinal Expositions

Do You Sell Your Tokens for Money?

15 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

The Sin of a Saint The format of this short study will take the form of a series of questions and answers. The reader is encouraged to try and ponder…

Daily Devotional…

Classic Truth: Accepted of the Lord

14 Apr 20183 Mar 2022

The following address was printed in the July 1976 edition of the Ensign and was written by Roy W. Doxey, who was at the time a dean emeritus of Religious…

Poetry

Of the Morning

8 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

New and rising light of Morn, Thou the bands of night hath shorn, And taking up thy path again, Shall through the bright'ning Heavens wend. "When a person dies, will…

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…

Replies to Thomas

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…

Poetry

The Holly and The Ivy

16 Dec 20145 Nov 2019

In olden times, a Christmas tradition was a song competition between the men and women of a given town. The contest was to see who could sing the highest praise…

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.