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How Proxy Saviors Merit Others’ Temporal Salvation
As the wickedness of the Nephites was reaching a point of no return, Mormon—typifying the...
Who Are the Three Daughter Trees in Zenos’ Olive Tree Allegory?
At the time wild olive branches are grafted into the mother olive tree in order...
The Words of Christ That Are Yet to Come Forth
Principle among scriptures still to come forth are Jesus’ words to the Nephites, when he...
Isaiah’s Definition of a “Man”
Isaiah’s definition of what constitutes a “man”—in contrast to something less than a man—is of...
The Worth of Bringing Souls to Jesus
What set Jesus’ three Nephite disciples apart from his nine disciples was that they “desired...
The Restitution or Restoration of All Things
Peter’s depicting the time before Jesus’ second coming as the “restitution of all things which...
Denying the Image and Likeness of God
The Law When “God created man in his own image, in the image of God...
Turning the Hearts of the Jews to the Prophets
To latter-day saints who desire to “live by every word which proceeds forth out of...
Rising above Troubled Waters in the Church
How much confusion from a discordant society, chaotic world, and political and ecclesiastical leadership do...
How Isaiah Impacts Book of Mormon Prophecies
We may have noticed that when Book of Mormon prophets make predictions about the time...
End-Time Manifestations of an “Eternal Hatred”
In our day, as in Book of Mormon times, what the scriptures depict as an...
Question about ‘Seven Noahite Laws’ Taught by Rabbis
Question: How do the seven laws of Noah, which some people advocate, relate to the...
Question about Messiah the Son of Joseph and Messiah the Son of David
Question: Where does the Jewish expectation of a “messiah the son of Joseph” come from,...
Question about Not Searching the Words of Isaiah
Question: When I tried to interest my bishop in the words of Isaiah, he instead...
Question about Living Prophets vs. Dead Prophets
Question: Some say the living prophets supersede the dead prophets. I’m confused because aren’t all...
Question about the Scriptures Narrative and Pulpit Narrative
Question: What is the right thing to do when we encounter things being taught in...
Question about Another Nation Bringing Forth the Fruits Thereof
Question: Is it possible that the entitled and accusatory attitude many members of the restored...
Question about Lehi’s Descendants Being a “Dead Branch”
Question: Several church authorities have claimed that those who are called Lamanites today, some of...
Question about Persecution in the Church
Question: It is disturbing to see several prominent figures in the church being persecuted by...
Those with Visions
The book Visions of Glory by John Pontius, based on the near death experiences of...
Question about the Translation of Isaiah Passages in the Book of Mormon
Question: “My anti-LDS friend says “See! According to Avraham’s answer he proves that Joseph Smith...
Question about Jesus’ Being the Veil of the Temple
Question: Some have interpreted Hebrews 10 to say that the Savior is the veil of...
Question about the Gentiles’ Being Mistaken about Jesus’ Second Coming
Question: I’m troubled by Brigham Young’s statement that the Gentiles would be just as mistaken...
God’s Great and Marvelous Work
God’s performing his great and marvelous work “among the children of men" (2 Nephi 25:17;...
The Sealed Book of Isaiah
In this modern age, when materialism, idolatry, perversions, and telestial trivia seduce the masses, one...
The Fulness of Truth
Consistent with the “other books” that are to come forth that will fulfill his prediction,...
A Great Division Among the Gentiles
Paradoxically, on the other hand, as noted, because additional scriptures come forth only when the...
God’s Sons/Servants Overcome Sin and Iniquity
Those who attain this second level of blessedness are freed from iniquity as well as...
Three Years of Warning before Three Years of Judgment
According to Isaiah, God raises up his servant when the world is spiraling in a...
Future Zion and Jerusalem
“In that day the Lord will thresh out [his harvest] from the torrent of the...
The Messiah—Israel’s Redeemer
It was in the context of his people’s lost and fallen state that the redemptive...
Zion Is Established among the House of Israel
Jesus refers to his servant again when giving Lehi’s descendants “a sign, that ye may...
Babylon—A Worldwide Conglomerate
Isaiah’s Seven-Part Structure defines Babylon as a composite entity made up of individual entities of...