This is a personal message for one of the men on the High Council who advocated my excommunication. He is a friend. I spoke with him yesterday and, after reflecting on it overnight, have something to say to him and anonymous comments on my blog espousing similar beliefs:____________________________In LDS Mormonism there is really only one doctrine left. Everything else is subordinate and changeable. But this single demand is paramount. If you disbelieve this position, then LDS Mormonism has no place for you. The doctrine: We follow a man whom we call a prophet. If you disbelieve this, and think you… (Search hits: 13 in body, 3 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 22972.58)
…this, and anyone comes to you, baptize them. Refuse no one. Freely you get from God, therefore, freely give to others. Do not charge to perform an ordinance. The ordinance is between them and God and they need to have it performed between them and someone God has asked to do it. You become the people God asks to do it. Before baptism, teach them the doctrine of Christ, which Christ immediately discusses following His instruction on baptism. “Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, I will declare unto you my doctrine. And this is my doctrine, and it is… (Search hits: 45 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 2404.11)
…then He comes back. The one that turned the five into another five, he says, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. You’ve been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things” [verse 21]. The one that did two, he gained another two. He commended him, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. You’ve been faithful over a few things, I’ll make you ruler over many things” [verse 23]. And then the one that had the one that buried it and didn’t do anything to get a return for the Lord, he said: “I knew… (Search hits: 45 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 2404.11)
false doctrine was not taught. They seem to have instead insured that no doctrine is taught. In my view, correlation has failed in its purpose. It has stifled the Spirit and stripped us of doctrine which should be prized and taught. Furthermore, it has not insured the doctrine it permits to be taught is true or consistent with scripture or earlier teachings. Even though correlation has not prevented us from having errors of doctrine I do not believe an error of doctrine makes a person a bad man. Joseph Smith said: “I did not like the old man being called… (Search hits: 27 in body, 0 in title, 36 in comments. Score: 1634.79)
…emphasize what suits them. Every one of them needs to adapt to whatever the local conditions are and to have the freedom to do that, as was once the case with the “church-es”. The beginning of the restoration they were called “church-es,” plural. They were not called “a church.” They were societies of believers in different locations, and they governed themselves differently and locally. We cannot bear one another’s burdens without fellowshipping with one another. And bearing one another’s burdens presumes that you know what the burdens are that someone else carries. Which means that I have been patient enough,… (Search hits: 30 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1602.74)
…who brought forth a son, who is then caught up to the throne of God. This is also depicted in another constellation. One of the constellations immediately associated with Virgo, located next to her in the northern sky, is a constellation anciently depicted as a mother seated on a throne holding a son in her hands. This image of a woman seated on a throne with her son is located just to the north, above Virgo. It suggests both the mother and her son descended from a throne they once occupied in heaven, and is destined to return again there…. (Search hits: 26 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1389.04)
them to believe they were going to meet with Col. Lucas to negotiate an end to the conflict. Joseph was surprised when Hinkle led him into the camp as a prisoner. George Hinkle was a traitor. Joseph Smith wrote several documents while imprisoned in Missouri. Specific dissidents are named and their treachery explained in those documents. The individuals and their wrongdoing are set out below: From jail Joseph petitioned for habeas corpus. In the petition he mentioned George Hinkle: “Joseph Smith Jr is now unlawfully confined and restrained of his liberty in Liberty jail Clay County (Mo) that he has… (Search hits: 25 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1335.61)
…again it’s to be a place in which the preparations are done first. Again and again it suggests that before we can gather together we must have that heart, that mind which can make us one. Turn back and look at the results– Doctrine and Covenants45, beginning at verse 65: “And with one heart and with one mind, gather you up your riches that ye may purchase an inheritance which shall hereafter be appointed unto you. And it shall be called the New Jerusalem, a land of peace, a city of refuge, a place of safety for the saints of… (Search hits: 24 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1282.19)
2 Nephi 31: 21: “And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen. “ This is “the way” to salvation. Nephi adds: “and there is none other way.” What does it mean there “is none other way?” Does that mean any religious system, institution,… (Search hits: 20 in body, 0 in title, 21 in comments. Score: 1180.68)
…flaming ones.” They have mounted up to that point. Isaiah chapter 6 beginning at verse 1: “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” The Lord sitting upon the throne would be this condition of glory. “Above it stood the seraphims….” The Seraphims are ones who are flaming, the ones who dwell in this everlasting burning. “Each one had six wings…” (verse 2). This is metaphor because these folks have climbed through six stages of the ladder, Jacob’s ladder, to arrive where… (Search hits: 21 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1121.92)
…it gives you access to information from a divine source, you ought to trust it. And it doesn’t matter that the way in which you do it, and the way in which someone else does it, is differently situated. No one had ever thought about a seer stone until Joseph Smith encountered it and then found it ratified in the Book of Mormon, in the book of Mosiah. Well, in any event, I’m interested in verses 10 and 11 in the revelation given to Joseph in April of 1829, where it says: “Remember that without faith you can do nothing;… (Search hits: 21 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1121.92)
one another, resulted in separate projects that were completedat the same time, and what was learned from their independent efforts identified issues that needed to be addressed. On the last day of 2016, less than 2 weeks after discovering each other, these two groups held a meeting, facilitated by Denver Snuffer, and determined to unify their efforts, each bringing to the table differing components for a greater outcome than either project possessed alone. On the first day of the new year, the two became one as work began, preparing what would become thisRestoration Edition of the scriptures. Moving forward, the… (Search hits: 19 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 1015.07)
…DKD Some of us are not only here to observe “things generally”, but called to record what we are observing. DKD Lest my last comment be misunderstood, not long ago I was called to be a stake history clerk. mercyngrace I have really enjoyed reading your blog, Denver. Yesterday, however, I laughed aloud at the irony of two posts condemning polluted doctrine followed by one chastizing the church for trying to correlate and protect the doctrine. Repeated protests to the contrary notwithstanding, the condemnatory tone of these posts sets you up as an arbiter of both correct doctrine and the… (Search hits: 17 in body, 0 in title, 18 in comments. Score: 1004.38)
resurrected being, would not leave the impression and would not convince us and place within us that something which we cannot get away from which we receive through a manifestation of the Holy Ghost. Personal visitations might become dim as time goes on, but this guidance of the Holy Ghost is renewed and continued, day after day, year after year, if we live to be worthy of it.” (Doctrines of Salvation, vol 1, p. 44.) I believed that at one point. I thought it good doctrine. I was troubled and disappointed to learn this was wrong. I did not want… (Search hits: 8 in body, 1 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 961.64)
two of the stake clerks, including a neighbor who lives on my street. On August 28, 2013 a copy of the summons letter was put on the blog so that anyone who would be concerned about reading anything written by someone under threat of church discipline would be aware of my status. I concluded that I should not hide the truth, and mislead anyone about my status. In emails between the time of the notice and the time of the court, I confirmed with President Hunt that I would be bringing my family. One of my daughters was not able… (Search hits: 17 in body, 0 in title, 0 in comments. Score: 908.22)