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Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #7: Do Not Treat Us as Our Wickedness Deserves

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

Here’s a cool story. Simon Maccabeus, the last of the Maccabee family who fought to protect the Jews’ lands and religious rights, was different from his brothers and his father. While his predecessors had no problem mowing down their enemies whether in occupied Jewish cities or ones they just wanted to conquer, Simon took a less aggressive approach.

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #6: Today Is Not Like Yesterday or the Day Before

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

“Let us get up now and fight for our lives, for today is not like yesterday or the day before,

For here is the battle in front of us and behind us, and on one side the water of the Jordan, and on the other marsh and thicket, and there is no room to retreat.

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7 Ways to Produce a Totally Invincible Political Argument

1. Always Generalize

When it comes to winning political debates—particularly on the internet—there’s no better way to assert your rhetorical dominance than to open by grouping your opponents into one homogenous bubble.

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Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #5: By the Crown of the Head

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

This one’s pretty fun and awesome, but it requires a bit of context first, so bear with me:

In “The Story of Bel and the Dragon,” we see a sort of alternate version (or maybe additional tale?) of Daniel in the Lion’s Den. The Persian King Cyrus, who with the Babylonians worships idols, commands Daniel to worship statues.

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Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #4: All Will Prove Good in Their Season

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

“Therefore from the beginning I have become assured,

And have reached this conclusion and left it in writing:

The works of the Lord are all good,

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Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #3: Contend for the Truth to the Death

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

“Show regard for no one at the expense of your soul,

And respect no one, to your own downfall….

Contend for the truth to the death,

And the Lord will fight for you.”

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Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #2: Heavier Than the Darkness Were They to Themselves

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

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“For those who claimed to drive away fears and troubles from sick souls

Were sick themselves with ridiculous fear

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Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #1: Wisdom—More Mobile Than Any Motion

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

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“All that was secret or manifest I learned,

For wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. . . .

For wisdom is more mobile than any motion,

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Why Toy Story 4 Has the Superior Ending

It’s been long enough since Toy Story 4 released that I feel comfortable openly discussing its somewhat controversial ending. And now I am here to explain my somewhat unpopular opinion:

Toy Story 4‘s ending is BETTER than Toy Story 3‘s.

In Praise of Fear

Many of us have been taught for most of our lives that fear is a sign of human weakness, an instrument of the Adversary to be avoided at all costs. After all, fear is the opposite of faith; therefore, it is not of God and has no place in the hearts of His people.

Today, however, I wish to speak in praise of fear.

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