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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…

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A House Better Left Desolate

23 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, The missionaries who have visited shared an analogy which I had no trouble accepting, and which I thought was actually pretty accurate all things considered. They said: "Imagine…

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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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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…

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Of Mice and Men

10 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Back in '04 I received some study aids from a proselyting couple every week for a few months. I don't know what church they were from, but the aids…

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Heaven or Hell?

9 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Mormon doctrine teaches that God manipulated pre-existing matter? Is that accurate? So . . . he "built" then, right? He didn't create. And if THAT'S accurate then I…

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Creation and Consequence

8 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I want to clarify that I didn't mean to say in my last missive that God is or isn't doing something he should or shouldn't be doing. I'm talking about our…

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.