Tuesday, May 31, 2011

42w A Follow-up Post to the Three Part Series on the "Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation." However, This Post is a Very Fitting Follow-Up to a Scripture Used in the Just Previous Post: MORMON, CHAPTER EIGHT, VERSE 22 "FOR THE ETERNAL PURPOSES OF THE LORD SHALL ROLL ON, UNTIL ALL PROMISES SHALL BE FULFILLED!"

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Doctrine and Covenants 27:1(The Lord, Jesus Christ is speaking through and to Joseph Smith, the Prophet) LISTEN to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Lord, your God, and your Redeemer, whose word is quick and powerful.
Jesus the Christ -by Del Parson
2 For, behold, I say unto you, that it mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory—remembering unto the Father my body which was laid down for you, and my blood which was shed for the remission of your sins.
3 Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, that you shall not purchase wine neither strong drink of your enemies;
4 Wherefore, you shall partake of none except it is made new among you; yea, in this my Father's kingdom which shall be built up on the earth.
5 Behold, this is wisdom in me; wherefore, marvel not, for the hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, containing the fulness of my everlasting gospel, to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim;
Moroni Delivering the Golden Plates to Joseph Smith on the Hill Cumorah -By Kenneth Riley

6 And also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to pass the restoration of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began, concerning the last days; unto whom I have committed the keys of the power of turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers, that the whole earth may not be smitten with a curse;
A Temple Baptismal Font for Performing Proxy Baptisms for Our Dead Loved Ones (The Twelve Oxen surrounding the Baptismal Font Represent the Twelve Tribes of Israel.)

(For those of you who may not know, the Lord is referring in the highlighted portion of verse 6 above, to the temple ordinances (baptisms, etc.)which can be done for our dead by proxy who did not have the privilege of being taught the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ during their life-times).
Therefore, if they accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is taught them in the Spirit World by those who represent the Lord there after they have left this mortal life, that necessary ordinance, along with other needed ordinances can be done vicariously here on earth for them (by proxy). - I especially enjoy doing the Baptism for the Dead Ordinance.
7 And also John the son of Zacharias, which Zacharias he (Elias) visited and gave promise that he should have a son, and his name should be John, and he should be filled with the spirit of Elias;
The Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood -By Del Parson

8 Which John (often referred to as, John the Baptist) I have sent unto you, my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, to ordain you unto the first priesthood which you have received, that you might be called and ordained even as Aaron;
9 And also Elijah,
Elijah Appears in the Kirtland Temple -By Dan Lewis
unto whom I have committed the keys of the power of turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and hearts of children to the fathers, that the whole earth may not be smitten with a curse; 
 10 And also with Joseph and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, your fathers, by whom the promises remain;
Jacob Blessing Joseph -By Harry Anderson


11 And also with Michael, or Adam, the father of all, the prince of all, the ancient of days; (In this painting Adam and Eve are Shown teaching their children.


The Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood -By Kenneth Riley

12 And also with Peter, and James, and John, whom I have sent unto you, by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles, and especial witnesses of my name, and bear the keys of your ministry and of the same things which I revealed unto them;
13 Unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom, and a dispensation of the gospel for the last times; and for the fulness of times, in the which I will gather together in one all things, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth;
14 And also with all those whom my Father hath given me out of the world.
15 Wherefore, lift up your hearts and rejoice, and gird up your loins, and take upon you my whole armor, that ye may be able to withstand the evil day, having done all, that ye may be able to stand.
16 Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, which I have sent mine angels to commit unto you;
17 Taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked;
18 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of my Spirit, which I will pour out upon you, and my word which I reveal unto you, and be agreed as touching all things whatsoever ye ask of me, and be faithful until I come, and ye shall be caught up, that where I am ye shall be also. Amen. (clarification and emphasis added)

Passing the Sacrament (the water portion)
(Those of you viewers who may not be members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at this point in your lives, may not know that later on the Lord Jesus Christ instructed Joseph Smith through revelation to use water instead of wine along with the bread of the Sacrament.)
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In the just previous post I was privileged to emphasize the great role the Nephite Prophet, Moroni (during his life in Ancient Central America) in hiding up his father, Mormon's Golden Plates and then taking the assignment from Jesus Christ as a resurrected Human Being, to prepare, many centuries later, the seventeen year old Joseph Smith for the role he was to play in bringing about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by so devotedly and perfectly playing his very key role in that Restoration.

Without Moroni's, having fully filled his assignment given him by our Savior, Jesus Christ  the Great Latter-day Work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would have never come about.

Through the divine wisdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, Moroni and Joseph Smith were the key figures in the great and true drama of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. From that true life drama has come or will have come, to each of us if we seek such; Eternal Blessings, for which we can always be grateful.

In today's post Joseph Smith is to be featured. I will do that
by giving you the opportunity to view a VIDEO.

You should be advised that the video lasts for one hour. I just finished viewing it for the very first time and know that it is something you will be glad you took the time to view and experience!

I was planning to feature a number of articles on the Welfare Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which very recently celebrated its 75th Anniversary!  I most likely will begin a short series on that next Tuesday, June 7th.

I assure you that you will be glad you were able to view and experience this video soon after having just viewed my previous post in particular!
I recommend that you begin right away viewing it.

You can put it on hold part way through it, if necessary, but you probably would enjoy it more by viewing it straight through. I have seen other videos and movies about the Prophet Joseph Smith, but this is the best of all of them in my humble opinion! I didn't take a single break while viewing it!

Please prepare to have an enjoyable and spiritual experience! (Please don't forget to click out of the video to return here when you have finished viewing it!)


Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Each of us may desire to even view that video again. I will! Any comments you care to make about your experience viewing it would be appreciated. Please use the Comments section that Google provides below.

Thank you having experienced this post along with me! I'll look forward to being with you again next week!


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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

42v The Final Post in a Series of Three Regarding the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation.

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A Model of the Golden Plates -Made by Steven Pratt

I show a photo of a facsimile of the golden plates, on which most of a sacred record was inscribed "By the hand of Mormon," anciently. From those Golden Plates came the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. That record was engraved in a Hebraic language using Egyptian characters. In the early nineteenth century it was translated into the English language by the young Prophet Joseph Smith in the state of New York (U.S.A) by the power of God given him.

The facsimile pictured above was made for an exhibit at the Museum of Church History and Art (of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) located on West Temple Street just West of the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah (U.S.A.),

In an attempt to be as accurate as possible, all known statements about the plates were compiled and compared before Steven Pratt made his model.
I now quote from the book entitled Moroni, which is the final book of the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. This quote is an exhortation to each of us by Moroni, the son of Mormon, who earlier turned over to Moroni his inspired abridgement (brought about by the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation) which record spanned all of their nation's approximate 1,000 year sacred history.


The Prophet and General, Mormon, Father of Moroni, Soon Before Dying in Battle -Painting by Arnold Friberg

Moroni 10:3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.
7 And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; (through whom the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation is facilitated) wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever. (clarification added)
I'm aware that a good number of devoted expert students of the Book of Mormon suggest that Mormon, Chapter 8 is one of the most relevant chapters in the entire Book of Mormon to those of us who live at this time in this world's history. It certainly is filled with accurate prophecy regarding our day and time as you will soon realize which makes reading it very compelling!

I have accessed for you below one of my previous posts (41q) which has been rated by Google Analytics as the most read of all of my previous posts, at least at the present time. In it I have quoted and illustrated Mormon, Chapter Eight (which you can access through a link I've provided below) which I feel will help each of you feel the full impact of this very inspired and prophetic Book of Mormon chapter! I also just before publishing this Post 42v, I increased the number of illustrations in Post 41q.

Please access Mormon, Chapter Eight along with several  additional matters by clicking on the title below:

With the Golden Plates Safely Secured!

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

42u The Second in a Series of Three Posts on the Subject of: The Spirit of Prophecy & Revelation.

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Nephi Rebuking His Rebellious Brothers -By Arnold Friberg
 Although all three of Nephi's older brothers are also depicted in this painting, I want you to focus on Nephi. He has extended his right arm toward, either Laman or Lemuel, his two rebellious brothers. All four of them (including Sam who was loyal to Nephi) were working together at their improvised forging site preparing fittings for the ship the Lord commanded Nephi to build!

In this beginning portion of Post (42u) we will focus on Nephi's amazing use of the power of the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation. (I remind you that in the first post in this series of three posts, 42t, that same subject was addressed through words of the Prophet Nephi found in some of his earlier scriptural writings (in the book of 1Nephi, Chapter 11). Soon you will read more about that main focus of this series in Nephi's final words recorded in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ (in the Book of 2Nephi, Chapter 33).

I now refer you to my past post, 35g to help you begin more intensely focusing on the subject I highlighted just above. Please, do not overlook viewing the video whose link you will be invited to click on near the end of that post (35g).

Post 35g

Next I invite each of you readers to review another of my past posts, 36g from which we will be assisted to become assured through the potent power of the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation of our own certain future resurrections and those of our dear loved ones!
This next Post 36g, has been viewed much, according to Google's Blogspot Analytics, especially during the recent 2011 Easter Season. Then there were 421 page views of that single post (which could have come from about 101 countries/territories throughout the world), during a period of just thirty days.
After you finish reading this next past post of mine which is on the subject of the Resurrection From the Dead, I invite you to click out of it which will automatically return you here to view the Tissot painting you will notice is located directly below my Post 36g link.

Then from that painting on please proceed through the final and perhaps, the most special portion of this post 42u because it deals with an important event in our Savior, Jesus Christ's life.  I promise that you won't regret doing so even though this post has been somewhat long. I believe each of you will find this next portion of this post to be very interesting and and hopefully especially meaningful!


Post 36g Alma the Younger Tells Us What We Need to Know!
 

Jesus Raising Lazarus From the Dead -by James Tissot
   In the painting above, the artist accurately (according to authorities on the subject) depicts a typical Jewish tomb from the Jerusalem area during Jesus' time on earth.

I've always been touched spiritually and emotionally each time I've read John 11:11-44. Having read through it just now I know it fits this post perfectly! You may desire to scroll back up to view again the painting of Lazarus' tomb when you get to those verses below in that scripture which particularly deal with the scene depicted in that painting.

Please Look again, right now, at that painting! Lazarus's sisters, Mary and Martha are wearing white shawls and are looking on as our Savior, Jesus Christ is in the act of commanding Lazarus to come forth from death! You can see Lazarus's grave clothes unraveling and his legs and arms being extended and his face coming to life again!

You may also notice others, just outside of that tomb (or cave) who may be  Jesus' disciples and/or other Jews that were said to have come with them, looking on in amazement!

Examining that painting makes me feel as if I were right there with all of them, looking on in amazement! It must make you feel that way too as you examine it!

Now we turn to this very special scripture from the New Testament:

John 11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. (This is clear evidence that He, Jesus, knew of Lazarus's death by the Power of the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation, which originates with Him and with His and our Heavenly Father and, as you know is the main subject of this post of mine.)
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. (Again, He knew that would happen, by the Spirit of Prophesy and Revelation)
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave (we call it a tomb), and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
(Jesus knew exactly by His Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation that which would happen next.)
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. (explanations and emphasis added)
A painting, if there were one representing the resurrection of someone or of his or her  loved ones or of of any us at the time of or their or our resurrections, would be much different than depicted in that painting because our burials are most often in graves not in tombs as was the case with the Jews. But still those experiences we or our loved ones could have, would have much in common with the restoration of life described in that choice passage of scripture!
(By the way, I am always deeply touched when reading those choice forty four verses of scripture! Aren't you also?)
However, in this marvelous painting we are not only shown the realities of Lazarus's initial raising from the dead. (I say initial, because it was not his eternal lasting resurrection because the very first actual Resurrection of all resurrections, was that of our Savior, Jesus Christ and it had not yet occurred. It is my understanding that a resurrected body will be eternally perfect and incapable of dying.

The scriptures don't tell of Lazurus' eventual death from which, I would suppose, Lazarus has many centuries ago experienced his eternal resurrection!

Nonetheless, I thought showing this marvelous painting of Jesus raising Lazarus from  death would allow you and I to stretch our imaginations to more easily visualize with more sure faith, our sure future resurrections and those of whom we love so much!
Those Resurrections will come about because we have been informed of them happening in their own due time through the Power of the Spirit of Prophesy and Revelation! We will not be disappointed!
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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog:

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

42t The First in a Series of Three Posts on the Critically Important Subject of the "Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation," by Which Truth is Taught in All of the Holy Scriptures and Utilized By All Those who are Authorized by God to Personally be Instructed and Inspired, and also by Which They Can Teach What That Spirit Whispers to Them They Should Teach Others!

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There is a special Thank You Note Issued to the presently (Self -Listed) Forty-seven Followers of this Blog. Please Scroll Down to the Sixth Paragraph From the End of This Post To Read It!
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The Apostle, Paul Writing, Perhaps, an Epistle Whch Would Eventually Become Scripture -By Rembrandt

 I Corinthians 13:8 ". . . whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."

Dr. Hugh W. Nibley of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (U.S.A.) (Photo at mid-career. He is now deceased)

"Paul had prophesied that. Here the so-called original text uses the identical word for the failing of prophecies and the vanishing of knowledge, (katargethesontai - "to be taken out of circulation, to be made inoperative,") used both times in the future indicative. There is no sense of contingency here; the whole statement is simple and emphatic: "Such prophecies as there are shall be stopped; such tongues as there are shall be made to cease (pausontai) such gnosis as there is shall be done away with." These gifts were not simply to fade away; they were going to be taken away." (emphasis added)
I have inserted the preceding information (obtained from Dr. Nibley's book, "The World and the Prophets" as a means of helping you to understand that the subject of this post of mine, The Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation was a crucially important part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as taught and practiced by our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ and His chosen apostles; but as Professor Nibley helped us understand:
That crucial gift, The Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation, along with other spiritual gifts were going to be taken away by God because with the passing of the apostles on to the next life, there were no more authorized representatives of Jesus Christ to authorize the use these sacred gifts that only they or future true apostles could authorize!
Therefore! Only through a restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by Heavenly authorities, representing Jesus Christ, to authorized servants of God on the earth in our day the necessary spiritual gifts such as the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation could once again become functional and a great source of spiritual blessings, among believing and obedient human beings. This took place with the forming by Heavenly Authority, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 1830 in Fayette township, New York (U.S.A.).

In a number of my past blog posts I have stressed the importance of the spiritual gift I highlighted in the just previous paragraph.  I will address this subject in this and in several more posts (most likely two more) by linking you good readers to those posts each of the two coming Tuesdays at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Coast Time). I have chosen one of my past posts, -Post35f to serve as the first of these:

After you have finished studying the post I have linked you to just below, please return to this post by clicking out of that one as I have a recent Mormon Times article for you to read.

Post 35f


Now, Please Experience This:

Ancient Golden Plates Found in Mesoamerica!


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

42s (Science and Religion) Although There are Some Atheistic Scientists in Our World Today, There are a Good Number of Religious and Believing Scientists Who Are Faithful Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Surely of Some Other Religions as Well!

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Saturday, April 30, 2011 while reading the LDS Church News I read six articles which support the truth that there are many faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint who are very accomplished scientists.

Your reading these six articles, judging from my experience in doing so, may allow you to become confirmed in the belief that true religion and true science support and sustain one another.

Below I will link you to each of these articles. However, first I invite you to read a post of mine that I published several months ago in which I may have mistakenly connected scientists who believe in some true forms of evolution with scientists who hold to atheistic notions of evolution.

True scientists, in my recently clarified viewpoint, can believe in True Religion and at the same time believe that true evolutionary forces exist in nature.  In that previous post of my mine I failed to make that clear! There are faithful LDS scientists among those true scientists who believe that way!

Before inviting you to read those articles written by faithful Latter-day Saint Scientists, I first invite you to skim quickly (unless you have the time to review that post more completely) through my previous post referred to above.

As you find places in that post where I mention evolution with negative connotations, please recognize that I accept that there are true evolutionary forces in Nature, but not such that would indicate that our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, in any way support the false ideas a number of modern scientists support, especially those regarding human beings, children of God, who exist throughout the Universes, being anything other than God's offspring and that they use "valid evolutionary forces" as a part of Their eternal creations.

After you have finished reading my previous post looking for the word, evolution and coming to the conclusion which many accept, that there is both true evolution and also false concepts of evolution, I invite you to begin reading the articles from the LDS Church News mentioned above!

Below these next two pictures is the link to my previous post you may want to just skim through. If you notice anything that you would like to review in that post, please feel free to take the time to do so, but be sure to look for the word, evolution and note the untrue connotations I implied are applied by some scientists to the word, evolution.


The Lord Created All Things

The Lord Created Our Earth
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The following are links that will connect you to information provided about, and also by, believing Latter-day Saint Scientists:

In the eighth paragraph of this first article you will find a statement by scientist Angela-Berg-Robertson regarding there being no conflict between LDS Church beliefs regarding true scientific evolution principles. I'm sure she would agree that some scientists have misunderstood these true principles of evolution, or perhaps the public has often misinterpreted that which they have explained about evolution!

Angela Berg Robertson, Ph.D
Angela Berg Robertson's Article


Henry Eyring, Ph.D



Daniel Peterson, Ph.D

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw,  Ph.D



J. Ward Moody

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I deeply appreciate your readership and hope you found very beneficial, that which was presented to you in this blog post.

If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog:
Neil Birch