The Wonders of Eternity

After almost 50 years as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I am still amazed at the depth and simplicity of the doctrines of the Church. The Church is not a new religion, it is a reestablishment of the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In 1830 the Church was organized, new scripture was introduced with the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon and the gospel was preached under the guidance of apostolic authority. This is a restoration of the work of Jesus Christ in the earth. It is a restoration of God’s authority to prophet servants in the earth.  Men and women that were chosen before they were born. (Jeremiah 1:15).  They were chosen to to stand as “watchmen on the tower” and organize the kingdom among all the people of the earth.  With this authority and direct connection with the God of Heaven, we now have greater understanding than ever before of the wonders of eternity and the mysteries of an endless cosmos.   God has g...

Is there such a thing as an ideal family?  Yes, the family of God is the ideal family.  What was the home environment in "God's house"?  What is the purpose of our earthly families.  Why did God ordain marriage and family as a foundation for creating and nurturing life in our mortal environment?  Don't we call God our Eternal Father? Did God have a "gospel" in mind for his family before the earth was created? Yes, we know the gospel of Jesus Christ was to send Jesus to the earth to save God's children? See Ephesians 3:15) How did the fact that we are part of God's family become lost to the Christian community following the Savior's death? It is a matter of history that the nature of God became a mystery after the death of Jesus Christ. Rather than God being a Father to his Son, the existence of divine order in the heavens became known as a mystical force. Holy beings became an incorporeal essence, a non-created presence in the universe outside of...

I have been married 42 years at this writing and have made many observations based on personal experience. I have also regularly studied scholarly works, the opinions, and the teachings of living prophets as well as the theological conclusions of mainstream Christianity. Each of us as individuals and those that are married has uniqueness in our relationships, and yet generally speaking our commonalities are much greater than our individual situations. We do see many patterns in creation. Are they eternal or temporary? As we look at the narrative in Genesis some questions come up.  Many Christian scholars, philosophers, and apologists conclude that that man (and woman) being created in the image of God has nothing to do with how we look. Yet, they say a man is the "image bearer" of God in their effort to maintain scriptural continuity. The reason the concept of an incorporeal, and therefore genderless triune deity exists, stems from the acceptance of ancient creeds formulated...

Some time ago I became interested in the similarities and differences as to how the modern Christian faith is taught and what I understood as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I started reading online the information provided by biblical professors churches and clergy on their websites and youtube channels. I also started to participate in discussion forums on Facebook, Youtube and others to learn from conversations about Christian and biblical theology. The discussions I have followed and the reading has been interesting and informative.  One topic in particular that distinguishes Latter-day Saint theology from the theology of traditional or mainstream Christianity is how we, Latter-day Saints, understand the Fall of Adam and Eve and the eternal nature of the doctrine of Christ.  Latter-day Saints believe that Adam and Eve and all the prophets of God that followed them believed that Jesus Christ would be their Savior.  Errors and amon...