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Of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas: Dependency & Damnation

30 May 202331 May 2023

In February 1832, not even a full two years after the organization of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation that completely upset the…

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…

Replies to Thomas

What Version of the Bible Should I Use?

Dear Joseph, I need help deciding which version of the Bible I should use in some courses I'm taking. I’ve listed the options available to me per the curriculum below:…

Doctrinal Expositions

Signs of the Times: Where Are We in Revelation?

21 Sep 202221 Sep 2022

The future has been a subject of great interest for professed holy men for as long as the earth has endured. However, our knowledge that we live in the last…

A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil

What follows is an adaption of a work by Parley P. Pratt entitled, A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil. The original was published on January 1st of 1844…

Doctrinal Expositions

Progression & Probations

28 Feb 202228 Feb 2022

Dedicated to CS On a warm summer day in 1888, a 32-year-old Orson F. Whitney sat down in Heber, Utah, to enjoy the company of the then-Apostle, Lorenzo Snow. Snow…

King Follet Sermon Witness: Thomas Bullock

12 Nov 20211 Jun 2023

Following my last post, today we examine another first-hand account of Joseph Smith's famous sermon given at the funeral of King Follet on Sunday the 7th of April, 1844. (This…

King Follet Sermon Witness: George Laub

5 Nov 20211 Jun 2023

The funeral sermon by the prophet Joseph Smith for his friend, King Follet, delivered in the afternoon of Sunday the 7th of April, 1844, has become recognized as one of…

Jehovah and Q&A

27 Oct 20216 Apr 2022

Following is a series of questions I've received in response to my posts on Jehovah along with my answers: Q: So, was Jesus named Jehovah in the pre-mortal life or…

Jehovah and the Son

24 Oct 20214 Apr 2022

The Jews of Jesus' time had a bone to pick with him, not because he claimed to be God the Father but because he claimed to be God the Son:…

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.