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The Divine Nature and Destiny of Women

… or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of …

The Divine Nature of Jesus Christ during Mortality

… grandeur and marvel of a God born into a fallen world? The nature of mortality for the Savior poses many questions. The … His response to such temptations was consistent with His divine character. In the midst of misunderstanding, He was …

The "Nature" of Revelation

… The natural world was something that brought Joseph Smith closer … a mindset where he could commune with God. In addition, nature became the backdrop for visions and spiritual … God. Moses, for example, had several encounters with the divine in the natural world, including seeing “the angel of …

The Natural Man

… that bear upon and amplify this timeless truth—that the natural man is an enemy to God and a foe to all … to sin because we inherited Adam and Eve’s fallen nature. “We know that thou art holy,” the brother of Jared … the natural man—the person who lives without this divine refinement—“is the ‘earthy man’ who has allowed rude …

Objectifying Divine Power

… The general topic of “deity and the divine” is indeed an enormous one, whose thorough exploration … subject, especially man’s special relationship to God. Nature is merely the backdrop—unless it is actually man’s …

Divine Indebtedness and the Atonement

… you what I have learned about the relationship between divine indebtedness and the Atonement. I shall examine the … earth in countless billions. Those who try to duplicate nature in the laboratory stand in awe as they see how short …

The Witness and Promise of Nature

… miracles should be so familiar. —Samuel Alexander, “Natural Piety” In the book of John we read, “Then said Jesus … lets us know that his descent below all things is the nature and condition of everyday life: “Inasmuch as ye have … lifted up, if we repent, to share in his exaltation. The divine splendor of that saving moment springs from the depth …

Seeking Divine Interaction

… circles, [7] protective swords, [8] animal sacrifices, [9] divining rods, [10] fortune-telling, [11] and close attention … conflict. Joseph’s methods of interacting with the divine may seem strange to us, but this is largely because we … again, the earliest versions call it “this thing of nature.” [71] It would seem that Oliver had been using some …

The Divine Principle of Friendship

… explore, through Latter-day Saint lenses, friendship as a divinely established doctrine undergirded by such traits as … of pettiness cause us to think more deeply about the divine concept of friendship. Because all we do as Latter-day … links Mormon’s discussion with the essence and fundamental nature of genuine friendship. After quoting Moroni 7:45–47, …

The Ancient Nature of the Gospel

… the book of Genesis. In restoring ancient scripture, this divinely aided translation revealed additional information … deeper into this concept of restoration and the ancient nature of the gospel. As observed in the previous chapters, … of peoplehood, Smith’s narrative history of human and divine interaction was ultimately oriented to a future time …