Introduction
While I was on a mission Elder Nelson came and visited us; one of the things he spoke on was studying the scriptures by topic. He even said at the next General Conference, speaking on how we can achieve scriptural guidance:
One way is to read a book of scripture from the first page to the last. This method gives good overall perspective. But other approaches also have merit. Attention to a particular topic or a specific theme, supplemented by use of cross-referencing footnotes and study guides, can help to switch on the light of doctrinal understanding.1
I started keeping something of a study journal, collecting references on a topic. I learned tons, and use it. I may be outgrowing this style, however. The content, once created, is a little inflexible, and there are now too many topics to easily keep track of. So I thought I’d give the online medium a try.. copy-paste works so much better on the computer than with pen and paper. Like just about everything else here, this is primarily for me, but if anyone else gets anything out of it, so much the better. These are meant to be perpetual works-in-progress, continuing to evolve with time and experience.