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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...
How Isaiah Defines the “Line-upon-Line” Principle of Learning
As Isaiah is the first prophet to address the “line-upon-line” principle of learning, his words...
Conspiracy Theories in Isaiah and the Book of Mormon
When truthers in the world warned against dubious measures implemented against the kind of plagues...
How Isaiah Defines the Gathering of Israel
Because literary devices transform the entire Book of Isaiah into an end-time scenario—in which the...
The Effects of Precepts of Men’s Supplanting God’s Truth
Among many things God showed Nephi in his vision of the end from the beginning...
Fruit Meet for Their Father’s Kingdom
The question of yielding fruit worthy of God’s acceptance ought to concern all. As Zenos’...
Works of Darkness and the Manner of the Jews
The paradox of people’s understanding the words of Isaiah only when they are taught the...
Interpreting Jesus’ Twin Chiastic Structure of 3 Nephi 21
In his twin prophetic discourse to the Nephites at Bountiful in 3 Nephi 21 that...
Interpreting Jesus’ Chiastic Structure of 3 Nephi 20
In his prophetic discourse to the Nephites at Bountiful in 3 Nephi 20 that is...
Gadianton Apocalypse
Where do we imagine current societal trends will take us if left unchecked? Have we...
Question about Jesus’ Quoting Isaiah 61 in Reference to Himself
Question: When Jesus quotes Isaiah 61 in Luke 4:17-21, he says “This day is this...
Question about Seeing the Father before the Son or the Son before the Father
Question: I’m having a difficult time reconciling that we are to prepare for the second...
Question about Unnatural Disasters
Question: With at least three major fires in the Los Angeles area having been observed...
Question about Inconvenient Parts of Moroni’s Prophecy
Question: In my gospel doctrine class, I rarely find topics discussed that touch on censuring...
Question about Who Were the Magi or Wise Men
Question: Do we know who the wise men were who came from the east, bringing...
Ancient and End-Time Gift Bearers
As all that happens in the end-time has a type or pattern in the past,...
Question about Why People Aren’t Being Translated in Our Day
Question: Why don’t we hear of persons that are translated in our day? It seems...
Question about Temple Covenants and the Davidic Covenant
Question: How are temple covenants “manifestations of the Davidic Covenant” as you have taught in...
Question about Making Sure Your Calling and Election
Question: Does Isaiah teach anything about making one’s calling and election sure as the prophet...
Question about the Queens of the Gentiles’ Ministering Role
Question: According to Isaiah, what is the end-time role of the queens of the Gentiles...
Isaiah’s Context of Malachi’s Prophecy of Fathers and Children
From Isaiah’s covenant theology, Malachi’s prophecy of the hearts of the fathers turning to the...
Question about Why Joseph Smith Is not the Servant
Question: I recently watched a podcast that claimed the servant Jesus speaks of in 3...
A Covenant of Life and Covenant with Death
Breaking God’s Laws and Changing His Ordinances Sets the Stage for Covenant Curses to Follow...
Two Woman Figures in the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah’s prophecies address two kinds of end-time Israel: first, people like the Jews, who have...
Reading in Context—An Interpretive Principle
Built into Isaiah’s prophecy—and indeed into all scripture—are two different ways one may interpret them....
Following Jesus Christ, Not a Man
Nephi sees that “because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine”—which “pervert...
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...