School of Prophets … a Tender Young Plant
I’ve been pondering recently about where we are in the rollout of the School of the Prophets, and here is the imagery that I have come to as I seek to understand our current situation.
The Word of Wisdom
“A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion; to be sent greeting, not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom…” -Doctrines of the Saints 58:1-2
Section 58 of the Doctrines of the Saints is known as the Word of Wisdom and is an interesting doctrine of all Latter Day Saints and Mormons that accept some form of the Doctrine and Covenants share. While we all enjoy the blessing of the revelation, it seems that each sect interprets it very differently. What does the Fellowship do with it?
The Record from the Plates of Brass
A portion of the records written upon the plates of brass contains a record of the Jews. A free PDF is now available as the work of translating the plates of brass moves forward.
The Prophecies of the Holy Prophets
A portion of the records written upon the plates of brass contains a collection of the stories and prophecies of the holy prophets from the beginning to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah.
Who of all these parties are right?
I had a rather interesting flash of inspiration over the weekend.
I’ve been pestering the LORD with the same basic question for several months, and lately that pestering has been more and more frequent. The root question I’ve been drilling on is how these different seers can bring forth these different records that are at odds with one another. And, to compound that problem, the prophets themselves tend to not feel particularly inspired about the records brought forth by other prophets.
Conference 2024 (Video)
“Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently in the light of Christ, that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon every good thing and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ.” -Moroni 7:18 RAV, 7:19 OPV
Racism in the Book of Mormon Part 3
In part 1 we examined what racism is and looked at the text to see if we could find examples of the modern understanding of racism. We did find bias and God’s condemnation of the Nephite’s prejudice against their cousins. In part 2 we asked about the origins of the text to see if the book might be racist based on those origins. In this third and final segment, we will look some reasons why people might like to see the Book of Mormon as a racist text, what do they gain from this perspective.
Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? (Racism in the Book of Mormon Part 2)
Last week I went over racism in the Book of Mormon, in the text itself. While we did find human bias and prejudice, I do not think we found racism as we define the term today. The week, I am going to come at the same topic from a different angle.
Racism in the Book of Mormon Part 1
I’m going to talk about something that is going to be very controversial and I know it’s going to be very offensive to a lot of people. And this time it’s not polygamy. This time we’re going to talk about racism in the Book of Mormon.
Book of Mormon in the Fellowship of Christ (Video interview)
Book of Mormon Perspectives Forum: “The vantage point of The Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship from the co-Prophets, including discussing modern revelations and interpretation of the plates of brass.”
Note on the Sacrifice of Christ
By a vicarious and infinite atonement; that Jesus Christ, being Almighty God, infinite in all his attributes, offered himself a sacrifice to appease the wrath of God
Neum
This book is a collection of utterances, prophecies, and revelations given by a previously unknown (to the modern world) prophetess who identifies herself as “Neum,” Hebrew for “oracle.” The name of the book in English would be “The Declarations,”hence the title: “The Declarations of Neum.”