Joel's Monastery

Joel's monastery was initially founded in the 1970s in Missoula Montana by Joel and other returned LDS missionaries, like me, Gerald Smith. Please return all of your overdue library books.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Indications of Multiple Authorship of the 5 Books of Moses

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I'm part of a very awesome FB group, Mormons Talk | OT Bible Scholarship (Old Testament / LDS / Mormon) In it, we are using college le...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Thoughts on N.T. Wright's "How God Became King"

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I'm currently reading N.T. Wright's book, "How God Became King". In the first few chapters, he discusses the problems he...
Saturday, February 20, 2016

Scapegoats in the Book of Mormon

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Recently, scholar Andrei Orlov* uploaded a paper to Academia.edu, entitled "The Curses of Azazel" .  In this paper, Orlov uses the...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

Reading Nephi Discussing John's Revelation

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Coming up in the next few weeks in LDS Sunday School classes, we will be discussing the Book of Revelation. As a new member back in Decembe...
Friday, May 30, 2014

LDS Public Affairs posts statement on criticism and Women's Issues

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Great article and letter by Michael Otterson, Managing Director of LDS Public Affairs regarding the Church's stance on women's issue...
Monday, March 31, 2014

OT#13 Bondage, Passover and Exodus

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson #13:  Bondage, Passover and the Exodus Exodus 1-14 You can read my previous post on this lesson here...

OT #12 Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction

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Gospel Doctrine lesson #12, Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction Genesis 40-45 My previous post on this lesson can be found here. Pr...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

OT #11 How Can I Do This Great Wickedness?

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson #11:   How Can I Do This Great Wickedness? Genesis 34, 37-39 (32-39) See my previous post on this le...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

OT #10: Birthright Blessings; Marriage in the Covenant

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson #10:  Birthright Blessings; Marriage in the Covenant You can read my previous blog post regarding thi...
Wednesday, March 05, 2014

OT #9: God will provide himself a Lamb

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson #9: "God will provide Himself a Lamb". My previous lesson on this is found here . God com...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

OT #8 Living Righteously in a Wicked World

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Gospel Doctrine lesson #8: Living Righteously in a Wicked World Genesis 13-14; 18-19 My previous 2010 post on this lesson may be found h...
Monday, February 10, 2014

OT #7: The Abrahamic Covenant

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Gospel Doctrine Old Testament lesson #7: The Abrahamic Covenant I've written to previous articles on this at these two posts: http://...
Saturday, February 01, 2014

OT #6: Noah Prepared an Ark to the Saving of His House

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson #6: "Noah Prepared an Ark to the Saving of His House" You may read my 2010 post on this les...
Monday, January 27, 2014

OT #5: If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson #5, "If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted"   My 2010 lesson #5 is available for readi...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

OT#4 "Because of My Transgressions, My Eyes are Open"

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Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson #4, "Because of my transgressions, my eyes are open" The 2010 version of this lesson, which...
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Grew up in Missoula, MT. Retired after 20 years in the USAF. Working as Classification Specialist for Indiana DoC. ---- Degrees: AS in Computers, BS in Resource Mgmt, MA in Teaching/History --- Great wife, 3 grown kids, 7 grandkids.
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