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The Second Adam (is probably not Jesus)

14 Oct 20217 Jan 2022

There is a passage in the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 15 that has always been interpreted in the light of continuing a contrast between two people: Adam and Jesus.…

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The Pearl

15 Aug 202118 May 2022

The following is my version of an ancient Christian hymn called by some translators The Pearl and by others The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle (my version is based…

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 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…

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.