Don’t expect Old Testament writers to have written their histories the way we would have written them. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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Lesson Aids
What is the Old Testament?
The version of the Old Testament used by Protestants and Jews today contains 39 books. Catholic Bibles include 9 more books, as well as 2 additions to Daniel and 1 to Esther. At least some of those 9 additional books were used as scripture by Saints of the 1st century AD. For various reasons (mostly historical rather than doctrinal or revealed, I would guess) Latter-day Saints use the same version of the Bible as do the Protestants. The major difference between the Protestant and Jewish Bibles is that the order of the books in each is different. The Protestants... Read more »
An Overview of Genesis
It is daunting to be posting anything about scripture when Eric Huntsman is posting alongside. It ought to be daunting in any case, but it is easier to ignore the fact that I am a mere dabbler when my posts stand alone. In any case, I will be posting revised versions of my study questions for the Old Testament Sunday School lessons. I begin with several posts of background. These will all be cross-posted from Feast Upon the Word, a site you should become acquainted with if you aren’t already (and it is the blog daughter of its more... Read more »
The awesomest youth object lesson ever
Want to really knock the socks off of your youth with a fun and very different object lesson? Then try out miracle berries. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Faith and Healing
“And again, it shall come to pass that he that hath faith in me to be healed, and is not appointed unto death, shall be healed. He who hath faith to see shall see. He who hath faith to hear shall hear. The lame who hath faith to leap shall leap.” (D&C 42:48-51) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson Links
Owing to the fact that I am a moron, Jim F.’s excellent Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School lessons are inordinately hard to retrieve. Here are links to a few of them, and we’ll have the rest of them easy to get to by next week. Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 2 Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 3 Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 4 Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 5 Jim no longer posts at T&S, but he still reads here on occasion, so if you have nice things to say or helpful comments about any of these lessons, please feel free to post... Read more »
The Totality of Mortality
When I picked up my manual to prepare to teach Gospel Doctrine this Sunday, I figured it would be a lesson about the spirit of Elijah (second week = section 2 = turning hearts, etc). I was surprised and delighted to find that Lesson 2 is instead about the atonement, highlighting powerhouse passages in Doctrine & Covenants sections 19, 76, 88, and 93. While reading the material I was reminded of a favorite quote from Chieko Okazaki on the topic and had a hankering to share it. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Redux 2
The Joseph Smith manual had one of my favorite quotes in it this week: “I say to all those who are disposed to set up stakes for the Almighty, You will come short of the glory of God. To become a joint heir of the heirship of the Son, one must put away all his false traditions.†Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Family Home Evening Ideas
After almost three years, we’ve just about made it all the way through the Bible in felt. These have been great FHEs for us. Now I need something new. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Redux
Three excellent quotes from this week’s Sunday School lesson: Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
What We Didn’t Discuss
The gospel doctrine lesson on Alma 43-52 proposed four principles of war as waged by the righteous: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Inequality
This week I went to an excellent lecture on inequality. Clayne Pope, retiring economist, pointed out that while income inequality in the U.S. has been pretty close to the same for the last 200 years, leisure-time is now concentrated more heavily among the poor, while education inequality and lifespan inequality have both dropped like a rock. These are great things, wonderful even. Unfortunately, I fear that improvement in Sunday School comment inequality may well be stagnant. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson materials
Nothing exciting here, just an administrative note: I’ve been posting materials for studying the Sunday School lesson materials on Times and Seasons for a while. However, Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson – Between the Testaments
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Sunday School Lesson #48
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Sunday School Lesson #47
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Sunday School Lesson 46
Lesson 46: Daniel 2 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #45
Lesson 45: Daniel 1, 3, and 6; Esther 3-5, 7-8 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #44
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Sunday School Lesson #43
Lesson 43: Ezekiel 18, 34, and 37 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #42
Lesson 42: Jeremiah 16, 23, 29, 31 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #41
Lesson 41: Jeremiah 1-2, 15, 20, 26, 36-38 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #40
Lesson 40: Isaiah 54-56, 63-65 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #39
Lesson 39: Isaiah 50-53 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #38
Lesson 38: Isaiah 40-49 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #37
Lesson 37: Isaiah 22, 23, 24-26, 27, 28-30 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #36
Lesson 36: Isaiah 1-6 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #35
Lesson 35: Amos 3, 7-9; Joel 2-3 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #34
Lesson 34: Hosea 1-3; 11; 13-14 3 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
We Did It
We’ve finally read the entire Book of Mormon as a family, all of us (those that can read, anyway) taking turns verse by verse. It only took us four and a half years, and we’re ready to do it again. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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