Prophets Speak on the Need for Physical Exercise “Take responsibility for your own physical well-being. Your soul consists of your body and spirit (see D&C 88:15). Feeding the spirit while neglecting the body, which is a temple, usually leads to spiritual dissonance and lowered self-esteem. If you are out of shape, if you are uncomfortableRead more

Grow Where You Are Planted   Elder Stanley G Ellis spoke of this in a conference report not long ago, suggesting that wherever we are, we should grow, rather than be always looking to leave and live somewhere else, living reserving ourselves to give more fully in some more comfortable location or something.   IRead more

The Anti-Socialist: Applied Fields   Parenting Labor Religion “Reality is the only escape from reality” (You must work your way out of your problems rather than averting the responsibility for your success somewhere else) Parenting: Is it a reflection of the socialist  trend to have children with no duties? To not require them to perform,Read more

Priesthood: To heal. To help. To persuade. To reveal the future in such clarity in all it’s brightness so as to gain the confidence of your friends and lead them along to it in the bravery if sacrifice. To show them self-care in the midst of care of others. To initiate them in all thingsRead more

The Way of The True Man   There is a way of manhood, of the true man, even God our father, and we becoming like him, shed various things which are not compliant with the standard of his character (and there is a female counterpart hidden presently from view for sacred protection which pertains toRead more

OBEDIENCE TO GOD CAN BRING UNRELATED BLESSINGS: to say only nature can reward us, i.e. not getting punishment for breaking laws of the land, is atheist. Obey God in, per se, writing in your journal, and God can bless you with finding a 5$ bill on the street. What does finding random currency have toRead more

  Brigham Young said of the kingdom of heaven, how each person there is as breathtakingly beautiful as the next. That one would gasp and per adventure faith upon each sight if persons there. He taught they would be as beautiful as the angels that surround the throne of God if they merit the greatRead more

How Children Benefit From Having Many Siblings Note: These are generalizations. Follow the spirit regarding your family size and know that you can create a Zion environment for your children no matter how many of them there are as you turn to God for guidance. I believe, generally speaking, child development is more wholesome whenRead more

Eliminating Health Excuses   -you’ll never have more time, God will always give you plenty of assignments all through your life, and your mental obsession with doing tasks won’t suddenly end just because you graduate college or get some promotion, or a kid grows up or you get more money or something   -you don’tRead more

Can Heaven Be Better Than Marriage?   One country singer speaks of how the he cannot think of how heaven could be better than being with his wife. He wonders why people look forward to heaven since he seems to have reached the sum felicity of existence when with his wife. The answer is this:Read more

Questions about The Church, including qualifying for salvation, and the role of sexual intimacy     List of questions: Why would you go to heaven and not me? I’m a good religious person. What about those who never got a passport but were good people? Can they enter God’s city? If I am a goodRead more

Moral Philosophy in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand note: audio of the complete text can be found at archive.org in the public domain at this link: https://archive.org/details/AynRandAtlasShrugged_1957 A pdf of the text can similarly be found here: https://ia800305.us.archive.org/19/items/AtlasShrugged/atlas%20shrugged.pdf Atlas Shrugged is about industrialists who uphold society, and the evil of socialism, or getting unearned goods via governmentRead more

The Ideal Classroom, Why we don’t Give Graded Homework, and Gospel Analogies By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com The following link is to a summary recent educational research supporting my claim of the minimally helpful or even hindering role graded homework can play is found here https://www.alfiekohn.org/homework-improve-learning/ Note though graded homework can be negative, feedback on assignments isRead more

The Condemnation of Modern Mental Health Science, & a Gospel Based Family Oriented Alternative to Our Perpetually Broken System By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com First, I acknowledge that much good can come of mental health treatment, and mental issues are often real and needing serious attention like we would give to physical illness (as taught byRead more

Video games and screen time in theory and application A favorable view of video games for children. I pooled some opinions on several groups on Facebook including homeschooling groups and groups of primarily large families, and found these main ideas about screen time and gaming. Outline: -Summary of theory of screen time: pros and consRead more

How Beautiful are the Feet of them who publish good tidings. This refers to messengers of the gospel. Possible meanings for the use of this analogy are as follows: -When a messenger from afar comes running with good news, you’re happy to see him, even his dirty feet are beautiful to you. Their message isRead more

They Sold Their Soul for Rock & Roll & Hollywood’s War Against God: Documentaries by Good Fight Ministries (from GoodFight.org) Here we have a documentary on the evils of rock music historically and today. We also have short films about the same. Finally we have a documentary about Hollywood’s use of Gnostic undertones to teach rebellionRead more

Joseph Smith in the Bible By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -On my mission in the bible belt, one of the questions we were often asked was “if Joseph Smith is so important, which bible prophets prophesied of his coming and the work he would do?” This document helps answer that question, though it is far fromRead more

Skate Vert Tricks and Tips Be Safe: Skating vert is a good time to wear knee pads and a helmet, even elbow pads, and if you’re like me and use your hands to catch yourself in falls, palm pads. Skating vert is a quick way to mess up your knees so have a long skatingRead more

Unlocking the Mystery of the 2 Prophets: Revelation 11 Part 1 Documentary By the Joseph Smith Foundation Notes by Nate Richardson for more visit JosephSmithFoundation.org/2prophets Overview: Joseph and Hyrum Smith are the 2 prophets spoken of in the book of Revelation which would prophecy in the last days before the coming of the Lord. JosephRead more

Revoked Parenthood in the Hereafter If Abusive How we use procreative powers here determines what powers we will have in the hereafter: “Our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son are, by nature, creators. As the sons and daughters of God, we have the potential to become like Them. The Father and the Son have entrustedRead more

Suggested Podcasts & YouTube Channels (See also my suggested Facebook groups, and suggested websites). -The Richardson Studies podcast &  Richardson Studies on YouTube -ldshe.org LDS Home Educators podcast free https://ldshe.org/podcasts/home-education-talks-parents-and-youth-ldshe -infowars.com free podcast & YouTube channel -castlereport.com free podcast – Constitution Party Affiliate -Joel Skousen at worldaffairsbrief.com – 40$/year, weekly podcast reading of weekly briefing -Maxwell InstituteRead more

Selected Quotes from “what they’re not telling you about astronomy – vol 3 the universe” by Creation Astronomy Use this Link for the PDF: Selected Quotes from astronomy universe what theyre not telling you

Jordan Peterson ———- Jordan Peterson: Why not just be childless and happy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z6k81PNySM ——————– Jordan Peterson – best comebacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ0ln8gKvDI -the politically correct left brings race into everything -when people call you names, don’t be hurt like a victim, be appalled. -the left occupies the social sciences ——— 7 times Jordan Peterson went unhinged geniusRead more

Ice Shall Flow Down at Their Presence: Possible Interpretations compiled by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com Here are the ideas I’ve heard for “The ice shall flow down at their presence” from D&C 133 ———————————————————————– First, here is the passage from D&C 133:22-34, esp. 26: “22 And it shall be a voice as the voice of many waters, and asRead more

If Ads Were Honest – Video Series I suggest only the following in this series: -if political campaign debates were honest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7kQSxfc_JQ -If gym ads were honest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61iKnKtwpUM football https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_pboioWf0   -if junk food were honest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lgZxYxpC8   -if cell phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75gwlQlMLbk   -coffee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ovhbT-Iulc   -antidepressants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0v0jUeFGQ0   -meat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvjhdaWZ3hA   -fast food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q78QXpSL2MRead more

Core Skate Tricks After Ollie Ollie is the 1st trick to learn, an entire article has been dedicated to that trick at “Ollie Higher”. The 6 tricks I recommend learning after ollie are Frontside 180, Backside 180, Pop Shove it, Front Shove, Kick flip, Heel flip These tricks are some basic ones to get youRead more

Sleep hours: by Nate Richardson editor@richardsonstudies.com This article shows what one can expect based on how many hours of sleep they get, ranging from 11 hours to 0 hours. For a similar and lengthier article of compiled quotes and examples from prophets and other inspired individuals on sleep, see this link.) “My life like myRead more

Questions for the 1 Verse per Day Scripture Enthusiasts: By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com ———————————————————————————————————————— Have you heard it said that we should “read at least a verse a day in the scriptures”? In this article, I will teach why such an idea is not consistent with the gospel plan by posing a series of questions,Read more

4 Excuses People Use To Claim The Second Coming of Christ Is Distant by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com “The World is Not Bad Enough Yet” “The Lord’s People aren’t ready yet” “Much Prophecy Needs to Be Fulfilled Before He Comes (“wars, gatherings, meetings and stuff”)” “Past Prophets Thought It Was Soon, but We’re Still Waiting” Note: ForRead more

Nate’s Fitness Group This is a Facebook group where we account to eachother daily on weather we exersized, or other health matters. Go to this link and ask to join the group if you like us need more motivation to be fit.    

Universal Tolerance Debunked: Earning Respect & God’s Universal Standards -an excerpt from Joel Skousen’s World Affair Brief From the World Affairs Brief by Joel Skousen, November 9, 2018 (worldaffairsbrief.com)   “Utah replaced compromising Republican Orrin Hatch with former presidential contender Mitt Romney, who is already showing signs of playing up to the establishment. In his postRead more

Adoption To The Household of the Gods By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com —————————————————————————————– PERPETUAL PARENTHOOD AS A PERPETUAL JOY: —-it’s one of my daughters’ 1st birthday. It brings joy and sorrow, joy at her progress, sorry at the days slipping away. I’ve concluded that life would be depressing were it not for the assurance that weRead more

The Plan of Salvation Told in Holidays by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com Note: this is just a fun study of comparing and contrasting holidays in the order they occur, and relating that to the plan of salvation in the order of eternal events, or the choosing of a higher or lower kingdom. In reality, anytime peopleRead more

To Obey is Better than Sacrifice: The Secret Code for Valiant Service by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com To serve God valiantly is to do all that he commands, not just good hobbies, not just what I think is tolerable. its to do the boots on the ground hard work that needs to get done. Do youRead more

The Forgotten Dream of Family Life By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com Fight for Your Dreams, But Dream Righteously It’s been said that you can accomplish about anything you put your mind to. Oft is heard the rallying cry toward students, salesmen with lofty monetary goals, and others, that you can win if you really focus, ifRead more

Man is Become As God: Spiritual Capitalism & Why Life is Hard (Man is become as God echos Genesis 3:5, 22; Alma 42:3; Alma 12:34, 21 & other scriptures) I ask “God why is life so hard?” I hear no answer. I think to myself: ‘I sort of make it hard on myself, but the difficultyRead more

Creation Fall & Atonement Narrative by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com Elder McConkie taught that there are 3 pillars of eternity, as follows: 1. creation of the world, 2. the fall of Adam & Eve, and 3. the atonement of Jesus Christ. Here are various scenes where we find these 3 pillars to be of use. TheseRead more

Calorie Counting by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -If you have interest in calorie counting, you probably already have an understanding of the use and importance of BMI, so we will not cover that here. -A healthy body must have good sleep, good nutrition, and good exersize. To neglect any of these pillars of health is toRead more

Cherokee Herbal & The Witch Hunt for Naturopathic Medicine  by Nate & Meg Richardson Introduction The way the Cherokee obtained and maintained their knowledge about health has become most fascinating to me. Our processes today are limited to empirical process, but the Cherokee remind us that there is more than one way to skin aRead more

Forgiveness & Tolerance: Compiled by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -“Bless our enemies. Help us to understand them, and them to understand us.” This was an oft repeated phrase in President Kimball’s prayers. (“Spencer W. Kimball: A True Disciple of Jesus Christ” by Elder Marvin J Ashton, Gen. Conf. April 1985) -Holding a grudge is rejecting Christ, and bringsRead more

Prayer: Doctrine & Example Compiled by Nate Richardson editor@richardsonstudies.com -After President Kimball became President of the church he said “I thought I knew how to pray before, but now I am really learning how to pray.” (“Spencer W. Kimball: A True Disciple of Jesus Christ” by Elder Marvin J Ashton, Gen. Conf. April 1985) -“BlessRead more

Immodesty & Pornography as Satan’s Counterfeit for Exaltation by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -what is immodesty? It is the prequel, the gateway drug, to get us into pornography. It is all of the Devil. -what is the Devil counterfeiting with showing the female body and the union of bodies? He is displaying the eternal order ofRead more

The Doctrine of Opportune Moments: Priorities of a Successful Saint by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -“If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it!” -Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean It seems to me that there are certain ideal or opportune moments wherein if we act, we will succeed. Consider the following evidences:Read more

Thyroid & Hashimoto Disease If you don’t address hormone needs, diet and exercise won’t loose weight. Hashimotos disease may be part of your thyroid issue, it often is. If this is the case you would need a different dietary regimen. Run a TPA test to rule out Hashimotos. TPA is thyroid producing antibodies, this test tellsRead more

Weight Loss Keys by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -1500 cal/day of bad food loses weight slower than 2500/day good food. -stop eating before 3 hours of inactivity or that will factually turn into fat -likely get protein in diet not need it after a workout, esp. if such was before close to time of rest. -theRead more

Book Notes: Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card Notes by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -Ender was never very happy, he was helping, he worried about things, he felt it his duty to help, seek the quote says it better – loving enough to inflict suffering when it was needed -The man who has riskedRead more