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Why Is Wilderness Sacred?

11 Aug 202121 Feb 2022

Many ancient cultures around the world venerate a similar practice of going out into the wilderness to connect with God. The aboriginals of Australia called this sacred outing the "Renewal…

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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…

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Recognizing Answers to Prayer: A Radical Shift in World View

4 Nov 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, "God is your Heavenly Father and He loves you perfectly, and He is not a domineering, cigar-smoking authority figure who wants you to bend to his will.... You cannot…

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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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Of Mice and Men

10 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Back in '04 I received some study aids from a proselyting couple every week for a few months. I don't know what church they were from, but the aids…

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Definitions: Forgiveness, Knowing God

5 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I really like that preamble to the creation story. It gives a reason other than "God got bored" for why he created us in the first place. "It…

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.