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Getting Answers from God
5/27/2025 After Nephi returned to the tent of his family after beholding many visions, he found his brothers complaining about how difficult it was to understand the words of their father. And so Nephi asked, “Have ye inquired of the Lord?” And they said, “We have not; for the Lord maketh no such thing known…
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How to Reduce Blood Pressure, Lose Weight, Increase Energy, etc.
5/21/2025 [This advice is entirely based on my own experience and understanding. I have not used AI to generate any of this content. I am not a healthcare professional. I am just a dude sharing what I think about how to reduce blood pressure, lose weight, increase energy, and be healthy. Read and apply this…
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I Have Labored in Vain
5/21/2025 1 Hear me, O isles; listen, you distant peoples: Jehovah called me before I was in the belly; before I was in my mother’s womb, he mentioned me by name. 2 He has made my mouth like a sharp sword—in the shadow of his hand he hid me. He has made me into a polished arrow—in his quiver he…
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The Meaning of Love
5/15/2025 Love is manifest by efforts calculated to stimulate, instigate, cause, or perpetuate goodness and improvement. We love others by making efforts calculated to stimulate, instigate, cause, or perpetuate goodness and improvement in their lives. We receive the love of others by accepting, receiving, and increasing the goodness and improvement offered. We love God by…
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Worshiping False Gods
5/11/2025 Men will worship gods after their own image, after their own likeness, after their own kind. Men will worship gods that look like them, talk like them, think like them, and align with what they think God should be. Men will worship gods that flatter them, entertain them, and who preach to them the…
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Love in Chastening
5/9/2025 A few days ago, I posted a YouTube video in which I discussed the concept of love in chastening. In this video, I discussed how God’s love often involves chastening, correction, and challenging emotions. It’s not easy being chastened and corrected, especially when it involves teachings that conflict with existing beliefs. Such teachings seldom…
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Greater Light and Truth
4/22/2025 So, I finally changed my website URL from PunitiveTruth.com to GreaterLightandTruth.com. There are many reasons for this, which I am not going to elaborate on. But I hope this new URL will invoke a more positive response than the previous one.
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The Institution of LDS Temple Worship
In order for adult members of the LDS Church to enjoy full benefits and status within the LDS Church, they must be endowed and hold current Temple Recommends. This status allows them to attend the temple and enjoy all normal temple attendance privileges, including participating in initiatory, endowment, and sealing ordinances. This also allows them…
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Righteous Men Fulfill God’s Purposes
The purpose of God is to facilitate the improvement and perfection of his children. He wants us to be better. He wants us to become perfect, even as he is perfect. This perfection includes many facets. Ultimately, our Father in Heaven, who is God, wants us to become like him. He wants us to become…
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The Office of Priesthood
Earlier this morning, I published a blog post entitled Concerning Baptism. Then, about an hour later, I received an email from the Living Scriptures people that quoted D&C 20 and gave some interesting perspectives. In this email, they pointed out that “all members of all priesthood offices should “warn, expound, exhort, and teach, and invite…
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Concerning Baptism
In Doctrine and Covenants 20:37 we read, “And again, by way of commandment to the church concerning the manner of baptism—All those who humble themselves before God, and desire to be baptized, and come forth with broken hearts and contrite spirits, and witness before the church that they have truly repented of all their sins,…
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Sovereign Citizen Property Rights
The laws of justice are immutable. They are always in force. We are always held accountable before God for the violation of the laws of justice. The laws of God, especially the laws of justice, are always accessible to our minds and hearts through the light of Christ, or through individual conscience. We are warned…
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How to be a Righteous Priesthood Holder
Today, I made a YouTube video on this topic. Here are my notes. To hold the priesthood is to hold before others an example of righteousness. You will have a very hard time doing these things if you are filled with guilt and if you are derelict in your faith and repentance. This should help…
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Lovest thou these more than me?
15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest…
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The Telestial Order
The use of punitive justice and arbitrary injustice characterizes the current earthly Telestial Order. Within this order, governments, churches, corporations, unions, councils, associations, executives, legislators, judges, bigwigs, and strongmen rule and reign with fear, force, and terror among the people. Within the Telestial Order, ruling bodies claim the virtues of justice, goodness, mercy, and love.…
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Book of Mormon Editions Updates
My Book of Mormon publications were previously printed with 8 pt. font. I decided that this was just too small and not comfortably readable. Therefore, I have republished all Book of Mormon editions with 9 pt. font on 12/24/2024. Personally, I find 9 pt. font to be quite readable. I have also just published The Book…
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Disciplining our Thoughts and Desires
How can we control our thoughts and desires? Controlling our thoughts and desires is like walking through the forest at night with a flashlight. Where you shine your flashlight is where you will go. Where you shine your flashlight is determined by what you focus on and by what you choose to do! What do…
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Proactively Doing Good
I’ve been teaching my family what it means to do good. To do good is to do what is best, by faith. To do what is best, by faith, is to proactively always be studying and doing that which brings the best value, best benefit, and best outcome. The workshop for learning to do good,…
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Nuclear War Prep – Part II
So, I just read 3 books on Nuclear War Preparedness. Frankly, they didn’t help much. But here are some of my notes, plus a little extra research. I’ve also listed some excellent YouTube video to watch at the end of this post. [click here to read Nuclear War Prep – Part I] Immediate Effects of…
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