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Doctrinal Expositions

Inner Symbolism of the Garden of Eden

1 Aug 20228 Aug 2024

When Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, they obeyed the Law of Sacrifice in offering up the firstlings of their flock as they had been commanded…

Playing With Poison

24 Aug 20213 Mar 2022

It has been commented by some that partaking of a poisonous substance when commanded by a mortal mouthpiece for God will result in no harm, since the scriptures say: "And…

How to Abate a Plague, Part 2

21 Aug 20213 Mar 2022

"If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all…

The Rock in the Sea

27 Jul 20217 Jan 2022

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?"Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" Those lines were penned by a poet, T. S. Eliot, who was overwhelmed…

Classic Truth: Safety With Knowledge, Capsized Without

13 Apr 20217 Jan 2022

"If a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come"…

Doctrinal Expositions

Do You Sell Your Tokens for Money?

15 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

The Sin of a Saint The format of this short study will take the form of a series of questions and answers. The reader is encouraged to try and ponder…

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…

Replies to Thomas

Revelation, Truth, and Error: Laws of Detection

31 Jan 20155 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I still haven't got around to changing my world view, as you suggested. But I feel concerned that even if I begin to see God's hand in my past, I may…

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.