This Used To Count As Home Teaching

In LDS theology Joseph Smith is the head of the seventh and final dispensation. A dispensation, by the way, is defined as “ a period of time in which the Lord has at least one authorized servant on the earth who bears the holy priesthood and the keys, and who has a divine commission to dispense the gospel to the inhabitants of the earth.” If this is the seventh then there have been 6 dispensations that’ve come and gone already – each headed by it’s own prophet: Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Joseph Smith. There are other minor – even simultaneous dispensations, but these are the big ones. I was wondering if the prophet-calls had anything in common with each other. They do, actually.   God calls each prophet personally, for instance. Though not in every instance – the devil does try to muck things up in several of them. Below is a list of each dispensation head, how they were as far as we know, and what their favorite meal was coming off a fast. The answer to ...

I know, I know. When you usually think of fish and money it’s a mental image of Charlie Tuna cruising in a golden submerged Lamborghini eating small spoons of human eggs. Because if he ate caviar it would be cannibalism and his species is most definitely out for revenge. Well scrub that image from your mind. We are talking about straight up miracles here – the first is pretty well known. According to the Holman Christian Standard Bible: Matthew 17: 24)   When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, "Doesn't your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?" 25)   "Yes," he said. When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?" 26) "From strangers," he said. "Then the sons are free," Jesus told him. 27)   "But, so we won't offend ...