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Doctrinal Expositions

The Parable of the Talents

22 Dec 20209 Apr 2021

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

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

Classic Truth: Accepted of the Lord

14 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

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

Classic Truth: The Light of Christ

14 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

The following address was delivered by Marion G. Romney in the April 1977 session of General Conference: My brethren, I pray, and ask you to join in that prayer, that…

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…

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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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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…

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.