Doctrinal Expositions The Parable of the Talents 22 Dec 20204 Jan 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 What did Joseph Smith Look Like? 23 Oct 202025 Oct 2020 When it comes to the image of the Prophet Joseph Smith, hundreds of gifted artists and researches have produced a myriad of images over the past 200 years to help…
Doctrinal Expositions The Celestial, not the Terrestrial, Inherit the Earth? 7 Nov 20198 Nov 2019 "Also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, and bodies telestial; but the glory of the celestial, one; and the terrestrial, another; and the telestial, another."There is one glory of the sun,…
Doctrinal Expositions Classic Truth: Administering the Form Without the Power 5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019 The following is a story from the life of the pioneer saint, Joseph Bates Noble: By request, I shall attempt to refer to some things, of which I have been…
Replies to Thomas Infinite: You and the Substance of the Universe 24 Oct 20195 Nov 2019 Dear Joseph, I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the origins of the universe—namely, the creation story of traditional Judeo-Christian doctrine versus the “organization” taught by the LDS church versus…
Doctrinal Expositions One of the Plainest Books 25 May 20195 Nov 2019 The Beast of Revelation as an Extraterrestrial Introduction The following is a curated reproduction of an electrifying discourse by Joseph Smith that he gave just a year previous to his…
Doctrinal Expositions Classic Truth: The Revelation of John Vs. Daniel 26 Apr 201927 Oct 2020 Sermon delivered by Joseph Smith the Prophet at the General Conference of the Church at Nauvoo, Ill. on Saturday April 8, 1843: The subject I intend to speak upon this…
Doctrinal Expositions Are You Afflicted By Psychic Pride? 20 Apr 20185 Nov 2019 The great obstacle to developing one's spiritual senses is that of one's psychic pride. Pride in the pejorative sense is typically defined as excessive self-esteem or a dangerous overabundance of…
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 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…