Doctrinal Expositions Horite Priest-Kings, the New and Everlasting Covenant, & the Succession Crisis of 1844 23 Jan 20231 Feb 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…
Commentary… 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…
Commentary… 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 202022 Sep 2022 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…
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…
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…
Poetry Heavenly Mother 13 May 20175 Nov 2019 Born in Heaven long ago, a daughter; Taught on a mother's lap to love the right, She vowed not to forget her alma mater, For war came to the door mid dark and light.…
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…