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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Sunstone August 2 @ 2:00

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The preliminary program has set my Sunstone paper ( Cutting Down the Tree of Life to Build a Wooden Bridge ) for Saturday, August 2nd at 2:0...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Today Joseph and Hyrum Died

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This is the day Joseph and his brother Hyrum were killed. To be more accurate, it is the day Hyrum first, then Joseph momentarily afterwards...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Saturday June 28, 2014 Ephriam, Utah

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This coming Saturday, June 28th at 9:30 a.m., I will speak at Snow College in Ephriam, Utah. The talk will take place at: Eccles Performin...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Sunstone Registration

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Sunstone is an organization that sponsors symposiums and publishes a magazine.  They charge for admission to their events. Here are a few ...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Women Witnesses

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At the time of Christ, culturally women were inferior to men. It was not that way from the beginning. Adam and Eve shared the labor equally....
Saturday, June 21, 2014

2014 Sunstone Symposium

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I will be presenting a paper at this summer’s Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City. The Symposium will be held July 30-August 2. The theme o...
Friday, June 20, 2014

The Facts

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Some recent comments and emails have accused me of becoming increasingly hostile and angry about the LDS church. These accusations came as a...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Agreement Through Spirit

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Any true doctrine or principal can be used for evil, oppression and excess.  To rightly give measure to the matter in your own life you must...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Church Discipline Top-Down

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The LDS Church issued the following statement posted on its website. I have copied and pasted as it appears in the original: S ALT LAKE CI...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

History of D&C Section 27

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Joseph Smith received a revelation on August 28th, 1830. When it was originally received, here is how it read in the first handwritten versi...

Details For Ephriam, June 28th

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The seventh talk in the series will be on June 28th at Snow College in Ephriam, Utah. Eccles Performing Arts Center Concert Hall (seats 7...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Requests

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I get lots of requests for endorsements, recommendations, for reviews, etc. Here is a recent one: ________________________________________...

Christ's Sacrament

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Christ instituted the sacrament during the Passover meal. (See Matt. 26: 26-28 ; Mark 14: 22-24 ; Luke 22: 19-20 ; John gives no descripti...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Can It Be Done, Lord?

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Enthusiasm can lead to impatience. Impatience causes those who ought to await direction from the Lord to charge ahead and be destroyed. Bu...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Themes From Email

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I have been answering emails and I detect some themes. Apparently enthusiasm abounds and there are people who desire to lead others. Here ar...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Excommunication Does Not Remove Priesthood

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Excommunication does not remove priesthood. When excommunicated the church requests that priesthood not be used during the period of exclusi...

Slavery?

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I received this email from a friend: I was wondering if you have ever written anything about slavery and would love to know where to find ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Damned Again

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An interesting FYI: An email exchange received and responded to.  On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, xxxxxxxxx <xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx > wrote: ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Trust God Alone

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Oliver Cowdery wrote a series in the LDS Messenger and Advocate , including Letter VII in July 1836 and Letter VIII in October 1836. In the...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Dates for Remaining Lectures

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Ephraim - June 28, 2014 Las Vegas - July 25, 2014 St. George - July 26, 2014 Phoenix area - September 9, 2014, this will conclude the 40t...