David Journal

Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

  • Scriptural fatherhood

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    Father’s are to teach their children and not provoke them. They are to provide for the needs of their family and are promised that in doing so they will not lose their eternal reward. Those who set their own house in order will be richly rewarded while those who fail at this will inherit the…

  • Cleave unto her and none else

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    I have two questions with this: How does this work with polygamy? Where is the line between exclusive “cleaving” and appropriate loving relationships with other females?

  • More on being friends with Christ

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    The apostles of this dispensation were eventually called friends by the Savior just as the original twelve had been. Interestingly, in the very same revelation where He called them friends He also chastened them. Clearly chastening isn’t a deterrent to friendship.

  • Parable of the unfruitful fig tree

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    I find this parable interesting as it does the same as Zeniff allegory with the servants of the Lord requesting that he forbear from leveling the tree while they go yet one more time to prune it and tend it in hopes that it will yet bear fruit.

  • Marion G. Romney

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    I remember wondering at one time how Mitt Romney was related to Marion G. Romney. The answer isn’t really important but it is that Mitt’s grandfather was Marion’s uncle. An interesting story from the life of Marion G. Romney is that while he was running for a seat in the legislature he was called to…

  • N. Eldon Tanner

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    President Tanner didn’t seem to have any particular advantages in his life such as being born to wealthy parents but he seemed to be favored by his peers to an unusual degree. He was drafted to run for the Canadian parliament and then as a become was elected to leadership. He was asked to serve…

  • Spencer W. Kimball

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    I have previously read President Kimball’s seminal work The Miracle of Forgiveness but I have a new appreciation for him now, probably because I’ve married in the decades since reading that book. Some people find The Miracle of Forgiveness to be harsh and uncompromising but I found it direct and comforting. It is only comforting…

  • Joseph F. Smith

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    The soon of Hyrum Smith was as faithful to the restored gospel as his father had been. His life was full of fascinating stories such as having his horse stolen out from under him by Indians when he was 8 or 9 years old. I had known that he received a revelation about the work…

  • Joseph Smith Jr.

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    It is easy for members of the church to practice hero worship of the property of the restoration but while I believe he had no material weakness as a man (meaning no fault that we should accuse him of being undone as pertaining to righteousness) I am also comfortable with the fact that he was…

  • Brigham Young

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    The more I read about the less orthodox teachings of Brigham Young the more I realize how much the early members of the church were still struggling to understand the fullness of what Joseph Smith had taught and the implications of those teachings. It serves as evidence of how the Lord continue to lead the…