Polygamy
God created man (mankind) in his own image, male and female. Male and female is the image of God. These males and females divided "two and two" in the land, not "one on …
שם (shem) and אֱלֹהִים (elohiym)
Name (Strong's #8034): "In our modern western culture a name is nothing more than an identifier, really no different than being assigned a number. The Hebrew word for a …
Failure is Not Trying
A fear to fail is as crippling as any other kind of fear. Failure gives us as much or more information than only succeeding. Failure should be redefined as not trying. …
People Who Seem Nice All the Time
"Those who are described as 'agreeable, conscientious personalities' are more likely to follow orders and deliver electric shocks that they believe can harm innocent …
Blessed
My son has been reading and searching the scriptures for the past few days. He has read and sought for the welfare of people close to him. Tonight I spoke with him in the …
Wherever it is You Want to Go
From a friend: "I think that the scriptures (e.g. Ezekiel 14, 20, Jacob 4:14) point to a startling and disquieting concept: the Lord will lead you exactly one …
What Burden?
Jeremiah 23 My thoughts on the last few verses: It is a burden (and a joy) to search out the Lord, to distinguish for oneself the submerged of truth and error, light and …
Christ Honors the Father
The phrase "you need need not respect the messenger but you must respect the message" seems scripturally to apply to Christ as well because it says those who speak a word …
A Righteous Judgment
"And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come …
My LDS Journey—How to Avoid Deception
This is a video someone shared with me a while back. I thought it was a good view into the similarities between Jehovah's witnesses and the LDS church.
It Only Admits One
While the conference center podium is in height, lower than many of the seats, it is yet "high and lifted up" and though, there are many which use that podium, it still …
Eternal Life
If man is his own tormentor, and If love is what fixes, What person would not eventually end their suffering and accept love? Is the promise of eventual eternal life not …
Christ Conquered Sin and Death
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Cor 15:6) In the religious world sin is expected to be conquered during life. It is accomplished by the virtue of …
Charity as Revelation
The last promise of D&C 93:1-2 is that those souls who would rise up would "know that I am; And that I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the …
Legalism
The religionists in Joseph's day were very legalistic, creed oriented, "join my view or you're wrong." Visitations by God (not just Joseph's) were of the devil. Whereas …
Putting God Out of Reach
Korihor had a false angel appear to him, he gave him a commission to teach, the end result was putting God out of the reach of man and denying Christ. He didn't know what …
Interpretation
There are many ways to interpret the scriptures, and because you've settled on one interpretation, doesn't necessarily mean it's correct and includes all the nuances God …
Idols and Ordinances
Ezekiel 14 and especially 20 contain some of the most interesting passages in scripture it can turn upside-down our understanding of the way God deals with mankind. In …
The Pass
In a certain coast, there was a pass that was very treacherous to those who sailed that way. There were often many injuries and deaths, and many times due to the distance …
The Orbit of Christ
Everyone is in the orbit of Christ, he lives by virtue of his own right and provides all of us the power to live, move and breathe. He is in the sun and the power by …
A New Age
I believe a new age is beginning. The world continues on as it always has, and in my estimation of my fellow beings, we are not much more wicked than at many other times …
Three Become One
From Jacob Wright (5/11/2016): In Ephesians 3, Paul the apostle writes about "the mystery of the ages" which has been withheld for generations past but has now been …
Gestalt Principle of Closure
As with all other facets of life, mankind approaches their religious beliefs without considering the implications of the Gestalt Principle of Closure and how we tend to …
Charity
I wonder if the terrestrial and celestial glory, with the moon and sun being representative have anything to do with the scripture that says: "That ye may be the children …
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