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Doctrinal Expositions

Confusing the One Man Doctrine & The Law of Adoption: a New Approach to D&C 132:7

7 Nov 202425 Nov 2024

Few verses of modern scripture have been more fiercely debated throughout Mormon history as Doctrine and Covenants section 132 verse 7 (hereafter referred to as "D&C 132:7"). For mainstream Latter-day…

Some May Be “Born That Way”

There is a social movement in full swing among all ages of people in the world today regarding the exploration of sexual orientations outside the one established by God—namely heterosexuality,…

Doctrinal Expositions

Horite Priest-Kings, the New and Everlasting Covenant, & the Succession Crisis of 1844

23 Jan 202320 Jul 2023

Tall Tales & Many Wives In the late Spring of 1888, the American imagination was alive with stories of cowboys and Indians battling in the untamed frontier. Many larger-than-life stories…

Keeper of the Gate

17 May 202217 May 2022

In the Book of Mormon we read commentary from Nephi that appears to indicate that the only person who will stand to admit or deny us to heaven will be…

Is Looking at Pornography Adultery?

3 Nov 20217 Jan 2022

Under the Law of Moses, a wife was considered to belong to her husband. To quote Joseph Smith, the full Law of God had in mind that women "should be…

Doctrinal Expositions

Plural Marriage & The Parable of the Talents

22 Dec 202015 Sep 2024

Forward This essay is being written in response to the appearance of a viewpoint among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints espoused and common to the…

Doctrinal Expositions

Asherah: Mother in Heaven

29 Apr 20208 Jun 2020

One of the most significant doctrines restored by the Prophet Joseph Smith is a knowledge that deity does not exist on a principle of celibate solitude (let alone incorporeal corporality).…

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…

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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…

Doctrinal Expositions

Not My Will, But Thine: The Calling and Election

5 Nov 20175 Nov 2019

“There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this   world, upon which all blessings are predicated—and when we obtain any blessing from God, it 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.