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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Controlled Revelation

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Joseph Smith did not attempt to control or limit people's revelations except in only one regard. When it came to revelation involvin...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Response to Question

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When you write something, a reader can put into what you've written something that is not there. Some of the questions I get asked resul...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Surfing for Gossip

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I don't read other blogs or follow what's happening in the blogosphere. But my wife, who maintains this site for me, does. She has t...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Joseph Smith's Limited Plural Marriage Sealings

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Yesterday, while at a college baseball game, I got an inquiry from David C. asking the following: A few people have contacted me and tol...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

" . . . speak unto us smooth things . . ."

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There is a false notion that is so invidious it precludes us from emerging from our current widespread spiritual slump. The false notion ...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

A lesson to the priests

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I was asked by someone who also teaches priests about the lesson to the priests on sex I mentioned on this blog. Here is a brief summary of...
Friday, September 9, 2011

A fair and full hearing

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The new book has hardly become available to anyone. However, I did receive some feedback from a friend who has not attended church for ma...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Passing the Heavenly Gift

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The new book, titled Passing the Heavenly Gift , is now available on Amazon.com. I have explained previously that the book may not be fo...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

New Book

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I will have a new book out soon and want to clarify a few things in advance of its release.   First, this is not a book for everyone. So...
Monday, August 22, 2011

No Man Will Save You

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There isn't going to be any man or group of men who save you. There is literally a single way, and a single source. That is Christ. (...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

We are the Gentiles

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I had an interesting question asked about the "remnant" I thought worth addressing here. There should be no confusion ...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Charity in Teaching

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It is both unkind and ineffective to teach truths to those who are unprepared to understand them. A person who has learned and accepted a...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Prodigal Son

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Luke preserved this now familiar parable of the Lord's:   And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Distracted

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There are too many distractions. We're like small children whose eyes are captured by every shiny object passing before us. We lose ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Forsake, come, call, obey, keep, see, and KNOW

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I had a discussion about the difficulty of rising above the sins of this world. It was provoked by the recent post on adultery. It has in ...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Adultery

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That's a title that ought to get readers. I've been thinking about adultery since the 4th, when my wife, the bishop's wife and...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Joseph The Prophet

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Although Joseph Smith revealed many, previously unknown things, his ministry was devoted primarily to bringing others into fellowship with G...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Guidance from the Spirit

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I've been reflecting on a commonly held belief concerning the Holy Ghost. Among Latter-day Saints the assertion is widely believed that ...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Catholic Business Network, Utah State Treasurer

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I attended a meeting of the Catholic Business Network this week where Utah State Treasurer, Richard Ellis gave a talk. His remarks about t...
Monday, June 6, 2011

D - Day

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Early this morning in 1944, my father and Hugh Nibley were storming onto the beach at Normandy. Oddly, both of them were older GI's, a...