Comments on: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson #21

By: Chet

Chet — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 21:06:02 +0000

Allow me to recommend the book “American Apocalypse” by Matthew Sutton.

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 21:58:38 +0000

Sarah, I think most of the point of Mark 13 is Jesus telling them _not_ to look for signs, since most signs would come from false prophets and messiahs. I think he’s mostly trying to talk them down from sign-seeking and prepare them instead for the rigors of discipleship. Having said that, when we read symbolically the signs which he does give, they point to the withering of earthly kingdoms.

By: Sariah Wilson

Sariah Wilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 21:42:24 +0000

Out of curiosity – so if it’s understood to be symbolic, then what are the signs of Christ’s coming, if we’re not to take His explanation here as literal?

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:10:40 +0000

“One girl who got an A gave her response in the form of a Greek tragedy with a chorus.”

Hahaha.

“Boyd Peterson’s book on his father-in-law, A Consecrated Life is worth taking the time to read.”

Yes!

By: Terry H

Terry H — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:01:50 +0000

Back in 1983, I thought I should take a course on the Pearl of Great Price from Hugh Nibley. My reasoning was that he wouldn’t live forever (shows what I know, he taught for several more years). It was a mind-blowing experience. He told us he typically began with the Book of Abraham, which had been the focus of his studies for many years. That semester, he began with the Joseph Smith–Matthew and we spent 6 weeks on it. Your analysis about symbols was similar to what we did.

Sidenotes: When the course began, we had about 300 people in a room that sat 150. He let anyone add the class who wanted and joked that in two weeks, there would be plenty of seats. He was right. By the end of the semester, there were about 20 of us and that included the “Nibley disciples”, who were the ancient studies and language students (about a dozen if I recall). The Final was to describe the 7 dispensations as presented in the Pearl of Great Price. My response was seven pages, type-written, single-spaced. I got a B with a note, “You gave me exactly what I asked for”. One girl who got an A gave her response in the form of a Greek tragedy with a chorus. I still feel we don’t talk about Nibley enough and Boyd Peterson’s book on his father-in-law, A Consecrated Life is worth taking the time to read.