Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

I think it’s valuable, especially when we feel rudderless, to ask what we have been ordained to do. When we understand our role we should focus on that and not try to take over things the Lord has reserved to Himself or ordained others to do. If you behold a spirit manifested that you cannot…

We can see here how people can get an idea and elevate it to a doctrine. Two clear examples here are celibacy and vegetarianism. Celibacy has a place (outside of marriage) but it should not be pushed as a lifelong aspirational lifestyle. Similarly vegetarianism (and veganism) have some merit from the standpoint of physiological health…

Let them lift up their voice and declare my word with loud voices, without wrath or doubting.{Proclaim} my word among the congregations of the wicked, not in haste, neither in wrath nor with strife. Doctrine & Covenants 60:7,14 The Lord does not need or want us to become demonstrative or performative or to be anxious…

The early saints were frequently instructed to do things that they had no idea how to do. It’s no wonder that Joseph was seeking direction constantly. Picking up and moving from their established homes was a daunting task but preparing a place to receive a large number of families while having free resources to call…

Elders of the church are allowed to conduct all meetings as they feel guided by the Spirit but the Lord sets out some ground rules for various types of meetings. If a leader feels the spirit is telling them to do something contradictory to those rules it isn’t the Spirit of God. Also, do all…

The work of purchasing lands for the building of Zion is still in progress and the work of assigning inheritances is largely on hold for now until the time that the Lord shall appoint through his prophet.

16 Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for your riches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!17 Wo unto…

And it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking forth for the great day of the Lord to come, even for the signs of the coming of the Son of Man. Doctrine & Covenants 45:39 The modern connotations of “fear” would not lead someone to look forward to the return…

And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, and they shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end of the earth. Doctrine & Coverage 45:26 If we ever feel like the second coming is…