Matthew Watkins
@ATrueMillennial
Child of God. Child of the Covenant. Disciple of Christ. Author (http://powerinthebook.com). Podcaster (http://conferencetalk.org). I #ThinkCelestial.
The only potential "reasons" the Church itself offers for the old policy of racial Temple and priesthood restrictions includ: * culture * racial prejudice, and * disavowed theories of premortal valiance and cursed biblical ancestry. To my knowledge, no other potential "reasons"…
I think it's the only thing that's important. You're talking about a temporal limitation on very few individuals. There were reasons for it.
The term "priesthood ban" always bugs me. Yes, black men were barred from priesthood office and callings. But they were also denied access to the House of the Lord to be sealed to their families during that time. Those Temple blessings are FAR more important than giving blessings…
I'll be at @ldsfair conference Aug 6-8. Who else is coming? Let me know so I can say hi!
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Thousands of young men (1,000 in the Provo MTC alone!) joined the Lord's army to go out and conquer Satan's forces. This deserves fireworks 🎆
There were 1000 missionaries set-apart… yesterday.
"Take two of these and call me in the morning." 👨⚕️ churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-… churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-…
What do you guys do to figure out next steps to level up your life? I don’t just mean spiritually I mean across the board? How do you figure out where to start?
I often hear people disparage unauthoritative scriptural commentary using this quote from Elder Marion G. Romney: "I don’t know much about the gospel other than what I’ve learned from the standard works. When I drink from a spring I like to get the water where it comes out of…
There is absolutely no reason, ever, under any circumstance, on any level, to take authoritative, doctrinal guidance from anyone, on any gospel subject, who doesn’t hold the title of Apostle. I can’t make this more clear.
Looks like @Lew541207 wants to grab ALL the third rails at the same time 😁
I want to avoid getting into unnecessary theological debates with fellow Latter-day Saints, so with regards to the topic of "Mother in Heaven," it's in the Gospel Topics in the Library app. Read it and discuss from there without contention, if possible: Mother in Heaven…
My first (and perhaps only) post about Joseph Smith's polygamy controversy. There is ABUNDANT evidence that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy, including many contemporaneous, firsthand accounts. You are hard-pressed to find any credentialed, professional historian who has examined…
Your great grand-aunt left no journal or reminiscence of her own, let alone any documentation or evidence to speak of. She signed an affidavit written by Joseph F. Smith, 26 years later, without specifying a date of the alleged nuptials, saying not that she was married to Joseph…
Story time: We knocked a door on my mission. The guy answered the door and said, "Yeah I can't believe in Joseph Smith since he had multiple wives." My trainee jumped in and said: "That's a common misconception. Joseph was only married to Emma. Polygamy was introduced by Brigham…
2nd Cousin through a marriage