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…
Commentary… Blind Obedience 23 Aug 20213 Mar 2022 The scriptures state that spiritual manipulation is almost the universal modus operandi of those in positions of religious authority. The word used in the verse to signify this form of…
Commentary… 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…
Commentary… The Mechanics of Hearing Him 19 Aug 20211 Mar 2022 The voice of the Good Shepherd is a doctrinal subject worth our most careful study at this time. It is inexorably tied to the gift of the Holy Ghost, which,…
Commentary… Hearing the Call 17 Aug 202123 Feb 2022 The word "hello" was not a common greeting prior to the advent of the telephone. It was actually a hunting call used to establish contact with other hunters in the…
Commentary… Our Mess of Pottage 7 Aug 202121 Feb 2022 Though the phrase, "mess of pottage," does not actually occur in the Bible, it is commonly used to refer to the food that Esau obtained in exchange for his birthright.…
Doctrinal Expositions Classic Truth: Darkened in their Minds 10 Mar 202110 Mar 2021 The following is taken from a discourse Joseph Smith gave to the Female Relief Society on the 26th of May, 1842, in Nauvoo, Illinois (Documentary History of the Church 5:19,…
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 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…
Replies to Thomas Deep Admissions of the Creator 17 Sep 20145 Nov 2019 Dear Joseph, "With this doctrinal foundation laid, we can talk in a little more depth about what really happened during the creation." Yeah, go ahead. —Thomas Dear Thomas, As a…