Joseph Smith said, “We ought to have the building up of Zion as our greatest object.” Brigham Young laid the responsibility of Zion upon each of us, individually: “[Zion] commences in the heart of each person,” and Elder Matthew Cowley stated unequivocally that individually, we are Zion. We cannot read the scriptures, especially latter-day scriptures, [...]
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Posted in Gospel Definitions, Zion on Sep 11th, 2009
(NOTE: This article is adapted from The Three Pillars of Zion. You can download a free sample of this new Zion series at www.PillarsOfZion.com.) We speak of Zion, sing of Zion, covenant to promote the establishment of Zion, and long for Zion-but what is Zion? Latter-day Saints ought to know. We have more scriptures and prophets’ [...]
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(NOTE: This article is the first of two articles adapted from The Three Pillars of Zion. You can download a free sample of this new Zion series at www.PillarsOfZion.com.) In Part 1 of this two-part series, we that a foundational principle of the law of stewardship is “all things ultimately belong to the Lord, whether property, [...]
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(These articles are adapted from The Three Pillars of Zion. You can download a free sample of this new Zion series at www.PillarsOfZion.com. In the vocabulary of consecration, an agent is a steward. The trust extended to a steward is a stewardship, which, according to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, is a “responsibility given through the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, Zion on Jun 16th, 2009
I just finished the website for my new 5-book Zion series. Get a free Sampler at www.PillarsOfZion.com. And please help me spread the word by telling your friends to get the Sampler.
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Posted in Character of God, Faith, Miracles, Zion on Jun 11th, 2009
(This article was adapted from my soon-to-be-released series The Three Pillars of Zion. You may receive a free Sampler of this series at www.PillarsOfZion.com) Zion is built upon three covenants or pillars. The first of these pillars is the New and Everlasting Covenant. No doctrine has ever been revealed that is more glorious than is [...]
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When we think about the restoration of the priesthood, we often stop at John the Baptist and Peter, James and John. But, in fact, they were only the beginning. The priesthood is a much larger principle with powers that challenge the boundaries of our appreciation. Once we begin to comprehend the full extent of [...]
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(Note: This article has been adapted from a soon-to-be-released, 5-book doctrinal series, called, The Three Pillars of Zion.) Why was the man, Melchizedek, chosen to be a model of a Zionlike priesthood holder? A brief review of his life and example provide answers. Because we assume the name Melchizedek when we are ordained [...]
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(Note: This article is adapted from The Three Pillars of Zion, a series of books on becoming a Zion person. This series of books will be released in August.) The Book of Mormon truly contains the fulness of gospel truth. One truth concerns the priesthood-its purpose and its proper use. To teach us that truth, Mormon [...]
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(Note: This article is adapted from The Three Pillars of Zion, a series of books on becoming a Zion person. This series of books will be released in August.) Jesus said we cannot serve God and mammon. Mammon is “the standard Hebrew word for any kind of financial dealing.” Serving both God and [...]
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