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Teach One Another Words of Wisdom

… Jeffrey R. Holland, then dean of Religious Instruction at Brigham Young University (BYU), … Religious Studies Center (RSC) in 1975 with the mission of encouraging and supporting the pursuit of truth through … from the "Religious Educator" … Teach One Another Words of Wisdom …

"Health in Their Navel and Marrow to Their Bones"

… In section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants, the Word of Wisdom promises, “All saints who remember to keep and do …

The Sanctity of Food: A Latter-day Saint Perspective

… to diet includes an elaborate, highly detailed web of regulations that comprise a complete, ethical system. For … substances or foods and drinks should be avoided. The Word of Wisdom, a revelation given to Joseph Smith, serves as a …

Words from the Wise

… Mormon, the compiler and redactor of the Book of Mormon, records that during the days of Alma … the Old Testament falls in the genre of ancient Israelite wisdom literature. The first nine chapters employ the trope … Even if this may explain the frequent appearance [of the word ‘son’] in Proverbs 1–9, it stands to reason that parents …

"The Sanctity of Food: A Latter-day Saint Perspective"

“If Any of You Lack Wisdom”: James’s Imperative to Israel

… that ye may be perfect” (James 1:4). Perfect is a favored word with James. Besides its repeated use in this verse, it … Here James urges that his readers set before them the goal of becoming perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. There … followed up with this imperative: [1] “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, …

July, 1847

… Duties of the Saints after Baptism “THE officials should have a … to obey the gospel, yet we must endeavor to do this in wisdom, clarity, soberness, and discretion, lest they not … not to spread it throughout the district, or to utter a word about anyone before going to the one who caused offense, …

No. 19 May 20, 1854

… THE WORD OF WISDOM. BY PRESIDENT S. W. RICHARDS. [Continued from …

The Doctrine and Covenants: A Roundtable Discussion

… Cowdery , 2003 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. The lesson of repentance and forgiveness is repeated numerous times … the future the establishment of Zion would take place. The word Zion is mentioned 210 times in the Doctrine and … erred it might be made known; and inasmuch as they sought wisdom they might be instructed” (vv. 25–26). So that it is …

Expulsion from Zion, 1833

… life and in Church history. First we will go to February of 1833 and examine the Word of Wisdom, a revelation that has been as influential as any in …