[Printable pdf copy] Open enrollment is a term familiar to most people with health insurance policies. During a specified window of time, the insured are given an opportunity to select their coverage plan for the coming term. By analogy, it may be said that we are living in an open enrollment period, one in which[…]
Author: Dwight Burford
Why We Must Believe on the Given Name of Jesus Christ
[pdf version] What is the name of our Savior, the Anointed One spoken of by the prophets and apostles?[1] Does it matter what we call Him? When calling upon the Father, does it matter what name we use for Him? The Lord answered all such questions when restoring His latter-day church. He said our heavenly[…]
A Warning to America from a Man Abraham Lincoln Defended in a Court of Law
[pdf copy of post] During the late 1800s, Charles Chiniquy authored a book titled, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome. Here are a couple of Internet links to his book. The first link is to one of several sites on the Internet where an electronic copy of a full version (FV) of his book[…]
Why the Spirit of Truth Teaches Redeeming Love: Part 2 – My Reward is With Me
From an essay on why all those who are led by the Comforter are led to teach redeeming love. [pdf copy] My Reward is With Me to Give Every Man According as His Work Shall Be In the closing verses of the Bible, we read of the culmination of Jesus’ work of salvation for mankind[…]
Why the Spirit of Truth Teaches Redeeming Love: Part 1 – By the Obedience of One
From an essay on why all those who are led by the Comforter are led to teach redeeming love. [pdf copy] By the Obedience of One Shall Many Be Made Righteous Therefore, as by the offense of one [Adam] judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [Christ] the[…]
Linking Hebrew and Egyptian written languages in Jubilee year presentations
[printable copy] Dear family and friends, Three talks presented by Dr. Douglas Petrovich at a 2017 Is Genesis History? conference have recently been posted online. As their individual titles indicate, this collection of presentations highlight various aspects of the author’s research into evidence that the house of Israel resided in Egypt during the lifetime of[…]
Why Adultery is of a Far Greater Concern than Polygamy
[pdf copy] D&C 111 4a All legal contracts of marriage made before a person is baptized into this church, should be held sacred and fulfilled. 4b Inasmuch as this Church of Christ has been reproached with the crime of fornication, and polygamy: we declare that we believe that one man should have one wife; and[…]
Why Micah’s Prophecy About Horses and Chariots Matters Today
Introduction [pdf version] When teaching the people of the Book of Mormon about His covenant with them as a remnant of the house of Israel (Jacob), Jesus Christ quoted from a number of prophecies, including Micah 5:8-15.[1] According to our Lord, Micah’s prophecy pertains directly to Mormon’s people. It also pertains, Jesus said, to the[…]
Why be thankful?
[printable version] Why should we be thankful to God? And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work; (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor; his righteousness remaineth forever. Now he[…]
Why the Call to Pray for Healing at the Uttermost Part of the Rivers of Egypt
On Friday, July 27, 2018, the Lord greatly increased my understanding and appreciation of why He had called for prayers of healing on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, Africa, at the start of 2017. Earlier in the week I had been writing further on why the Book of Mormon is the new[…]
