Doctrinal Essays

Once in awhile the spirit leads me to a verse of scripture that is sometimes mis-characterized in culture. This usually happens when we take a catchy part of a verse and leave the rest alone, and then we pass it along through the telephone game, and we all know how that ends. When we do this we lose context, and can even miss out on important messages from the Lord. I have a close friend in the public eye who shares a gospel focused message and is often accused of priesthcraft, and of setting themselves up for a light . This frequently quoted and incomplete phrase comes from  2 Ne. 26: 29 which says: He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world , that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion. It then becomes important when we think someone has set themselves up for a light to consider the next three points in the verse before casting j...