{"id":32088,"date":"2014-11-17T07:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=32088"},"modified":"2014-11-16T22:13:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T03:13:01","slug":"the-teachings-and-doctrine-of-the-book-of-mormon-take-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/the-teachings-and-doctrine-of-the-book-of-mormon-take-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Teachings and Doctrine of the Book of Mormon, Take Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our next entry comes from Matt W. (see the first post and explanation here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Teachings and Doctrine of the Book of Mormon<\/p>\n

Books:
\n–The Book of Mormon
\n–By the Hand of Mormon (Terryl Givens)
\n–The Book of Mormon (Skousen)
\n–Understanding the Book of Mormon (Hardy)<\/p>\n

 
\nThere is a limited reason for having these books be required, but I just like the idea of more people having them in their personal libraries.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 
\n1.Doctrine we have because the Book exists
\na.There is a God; He loves us; He is involved in our lives today and can give us wisdom through the Holy Ghost (Joseph receives the Book)
\nb.He has a Son Jesus Christ who is very important (the Title Page)
\nc.He has a Church with Priesthood Authority to lead it (the Book infers the primacy of the Church)
\nd.We are meant to walk by faith (the debate of authenticity)<\/p>\n

 
\n2.What the Book Says: Jesus is the Christ (Doxa)
\na.The Affirming Teachings (Teachings that affirm the Biblical Record)
\ni.Jesus is the Messiah (An Affirmation of his Divinity and Sonship)
\nii.Christ\u2019s life purpose was to bring forth the Atonement (The Infinite Atonement, its universal nature for male, female, bond or free, etc.)
\niii.the Resurrection (The Reality and Realness of the Resurrection)
\niv. the Miraculous Birth (Mary, Lehi\/Nephi\u2019s Vision)
\nv. the Sermon on the Mount (The Affirmation of the Beatitudes and Commandments here)<\/p>\n

 
\nb.The Shocking Teachings (Teachings that go beyond the Biblical Record)
\ni.Christ known pre-mortally (The Delta between prophecies of Christ in the Bible and the Old Testament, the difference between prophecies being fulfilled and filled full of meaning)
\nii.The Theology of the Fall and It\u2019s Relationship to the Atonement (Opposition in all things, the fortunate fall, Sin and Death)
\niii.The Gethsemane Event & the Compassionate Atonement (The Bleeding from Every Pore, the Taking on of all afflictions to enable succoring of the people)
\niv.Christ in America (The Visit and how this locks up any debate of Christ\u2019s divinity)
\nv.Christ as founder of the Church, Ordinances, and Priesthood Authority (Revisiting the Sermon at the Temple in the Book of Mormon and examining Deltas)<\/p>\n

 
\n3.The Way (Praxis)
\na.Non-Doctrines- The Gospel of Prosperity, Racial Division, The hopelessness of sexual sin, the evil of socialism, anything about feminism or sexual orientation (A review of commonly held misconceptions from the book of Mormon)
\nb.Faith = Power unto Deliverance (How Faith calls us to live a certain way examples from Nephi to Mormon of how people were given divine aid as they exercised faith in the Lord)
\nc.Repentance and Forgiveness and the Mormon teaching of Charity (A review of Moroni 7 with a discussion of how Paul could be quoted in the Book of Mormon and differences to Paul\u2019s teachings)
\nd.God and the Problem of Evil (A revisit of 2nd Nephi 2 and the Alma\/Amulek witness of the burning faithful)
\ne.Dialogic Revelation (Moroni 10, Moroni 7, A discussion on Terryl Givens concept of Dialogic Revelation)
\nf.Our Duty of Service to the Poor and Needy (The Book of Mormon\u2019s explicit call to people of Faith to care to those in need, even going so far as to say their own answers to prayer are dependent on their care of others. Tie into blessed are the merciful\u2026)
\ng.Children, Accountability and Parenting (The Doctrine of the Small Children not needing Baptism, the importance of Mothers and Fathers in the Book of Mormon. )
\nh.Being Zion and Covenant Living (The Attributes of Zion in the Book of Mormon, particularly 4th Nephi, The theme of Covenant making in the Book of Mormon)
\ni.Conversion and Missionary Work (The Multiple stories of Personal Conversion in the Book of Mormon as a pattern\/archetype for us.)<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

My thoughts: If you are going to go topically, this is an interesting way to do it. I like it. But as much as I like Matt’s approach here, it also points to why I don’t like a topical approach: Matt’s highlighted the doctrines and ideas that he thinks are important and showcased them. The students don’t approach the text de novo, but rather with Matt already telling them what it is supposed to mean. Again, we can’t fault Matt (or anyone else) who writes a topical approach; the problem has been baked in to the class\u00a0at a higher pay grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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