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Particular doctrines, specific beliefs, and sacred rites of passages of most religions set forth, in what James Talmage refers to as, “formulated creeds” (Talmage, 1976). One of the very first of these creeds ever to have established did not come out of the First Century of the Common Era but came out of the third [...]  Read More →

Timothy Plumlee, an Associate Content Contributor, had written an article that makes a very weak attempt at discrediting the LDS Church. While you can still read my response to him at my AC page, the conversations are a bit entertaining, especially coming from him. I have pulled my comments and his comments together to share [...]  Read More →

The other day, I happened to post on Mormon Apologetics Discussion Board a brief and quick topic on the parallelism that exists between some of those on the Liberal side of politic’s and those who are critic’s of the Mormon faith. In full context, here is the original posting. Recently, I started listening to AM [...]  Read More →

A new post is available on The Fulness. Reminder: The site has moved to www.justandtrue.com.  Read More →

 In the Church we repeat the same series of lessons every four years in Sunday School based upon the scriptures. In prieshood quourms and Relief Society meetings we are studying the updated version of the Gospel Principles manual.  Today in our priesthood lesson we reviewed the organization of the Church. Too often, I fear, we who have been in the Church most of our adult lives discount the power of repeating the lesson material, claiming it’s all been done before, we’ve heard it all our lives, and there is nothing new under the sun. For these reasons, many absent themselves first from the temples (that never changes much either), then their absence at stake meetings follows.  Eventually, because of indifference it becomes easier to be absent at Sunday meetings.  Weeks stretch into months, months into years and soon they find themselves losing interest all together in the ongoing miracles of the Restoration. “Because of indifference, one... Read the rest of this entry »

A new post entitled “The Mormons Are Now Our Friends” is now available at The Fulness. Reminder: The Fulness blog has moved to www.justandtrue.com  Read More →

A new post is now available at The Fulness. Reminder: The Fulness blog has moved to www.justandtrue.com  Read More →

A new post on the topic of confession is now found at www.justandtrue.com which is the new home for .The Fulness blog Please engage in the discussion here.  Read More →

Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844) A few years ago in recognition of the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1805 on December 23rd, our stake held a youth fireside at the end of the year honoring the Prophet Joseph Smith.  I was asked to be the keynote speaker. I assembled many notes for that talk, most of which I never used.  This morning I discovered them in a deeply buried archive file on the computer, and share them here with the readers of this page.  Joseph Smith was a remarkably candid and forthright speaker and writer.  He pulled no punches, it appears to me, particularly in his own self-appraisals.  Most of what I have gathered below comes from his History of the Church compilation (hereafter HC), some 3,200 pages in total.  (Many of these statements have also been compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.)  Today legislation in Washington can be cobbled together approaching that many pages with ease and... Read the rest of this entry »

There is a new post at The Fulness on what it means to live the gospel. It can be found at: www.justandtrue.com The Fulness has moved.  Read More →

July 1, 2003 This is an article prepared by Hugh Nibley for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Jake (our son, then serving as a missionary in the Brazil Porto Alegre Mission) asked in a recent e-mail whether or not the ancient temples administered the same ordinances as our temples today. The answer is partially shrouded in incomplete ancient records, but the usual question from investigators is this: Did Joseph Smith restore temple worship as it originally existed, or did he borrow from all the fragments that had been handed down through the ages, such as the Masonic rituals?  The belief that man can become as God is part and parcel of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Nibley in his usual style is a little obtuse and hard to follow for the casual reader, but the kernel of his article appears in the next to last paragraph.  The references to CWHN are the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley throughout. There is no question in his mind that Joseph delivered a perfect... Read the rest of this entry »

This is the season of the year when we remember our America heritage, but only if we are aware of it. Pilgrims Detail of Edgar Parker’s Embarkation of the Pilgrims “They knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lifted up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country.” — William Bradford The Pilgrim saga began with a group of religious dissidents who believed it was necessary to separate from the Church of England. Persecuted in England, these “Separatists” moved to Holland in 1607/1608. The group, joined by other colonists recruited by the venture’s financial backers, began the move to America in 1620. Bacon’s Landing of the Pilgrims Early Plymouth records refer to all passengers from the first four ships as “First Comers.” These ships were the Mayflower (1620), the Fortune (1621), the Anne and the Little James (1623). The term “Pilgrim” was not generally used until the early... Read the rest of this entry »