Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://ldsseminary.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/1-corinthians-13-what-charity-looks-like/ In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul discusses charity, what it is and what it is not. I had my students work in groups to come up with a definition of charity before we went to the text. This is a great … Continue reading →
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/03/nt-acts-22-23-paul.html Who is Paul? What was his occupation? What did he look like? What kind of a voice did he have? Where was he born? These and many more questions were answered. We took our journals and looked up scriptures to find out: His Occupation Acts 18:3 Ability with languages Acts 21:37-40Birthplace Acts 21:39His teacher Acts 22:3Citizenship Acts 22: 25-29Religious Training Acts 26: 4-5 We learned some of his…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/03/nt-acts-21-26-scripture-football.html Are you ready for some FOOTBALL??(insert the Monday night football TV announcer voice)I played this game with my primary kids YEARS ago:Scripture Football Today, using Acts 21-26, I wrote out some questions. The class was divided into two teams, they sat in two circles with their scriptures. I gave the scripture passage, read the question and gave them 15 seconds to find the answer. If they got…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/03/nt-acts-19-21.html Years ago, when I taught in Primary, I made a roller box. It has been years since I thought about it. It seems I have been in the youth programs for ever. There is no better calling and I would simply cry if ever taken out of it! However, the more I teach seminary, the more I find the simpler things I did in primary, can be…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/03/nt-acts-16-18-idols.html They busily set about making an idol. (I brought all my play-doh tools/toys and let them create for about 10 min.) Then they were to place the idols around the room, in random places..This was Paul’s second missionary journey. As he was in Athen’s he was upset to see “the city wholly given to idolatry” (Acts 17:16) He came across an alter that had a sign on it “TO…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/1-corinthians-15-if-then-resurrection-reasoning/ Death Be Not Proud John Donne (~1610) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from […]
Downloaded from: http://littleldsideas.blogspot.com/2013/03/because-jesus-christ-was-resurrected-i.html IDENTIFY THE DOCTRINE (hearing a story): Use the illustration from page 123 in the nursery manual (see instructions on page 121) to tell the story of the Resurrection (see John 19:41–42; 20:1, 11–18). Explain that when Jesus Christ was resurrected, His body and spirit were reunited; this made it possible for everyone to be resurrected. Have the children say, “Because Jesus Christ was resurrected, I will be too.”ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING (discussing…
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Ocassionally I get a comment or email from a teacher lamenting that I’m behind them on the lesson schedule. It may be rough for the three or four people that read this blog, but for me, it’s fantastic. I get to see everyone else’s ideas before I need to give my lesson. But last year and this, I start to catch up with other teachers in March — just in…
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I made a set of quiz questions for my Seminary class to use during our March Madness playoffs tomorrow. We are just wrapping up 1 Corinthians, so our quiz covers Matthew to that book. Printable version at the bottom of the page. March Madness New Testament Quiz Questions(Matthew- 1 Corinthians) Each correctly answered question is worth 10 points. The day of Pentecost, like the Passover, is was…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/1-corinthians-12-14-gifts-of-the-spirit-bee-a-blessing-to-others-bless-dont-just-impress/ ELDER M. RUSSELL BALLARD “The Spirit will guide you, and you will be able to discern those in need of a particular service that only you may be able to give. You will be prompted by the Spirit and magnificently motivated to help pollinate the world with the pure love of Christ and His gospel…. “This is God’s work. May we be about it as faithfully as the dedicated little honeybees go about theirs” (“Be Anxiously Engaged”, Ensign, Nov. 2012) Filed under: New Testament, Seminary Tagged: 1 Corinthians, Bee, Bible, Bless, Charity, Gifts of the Spirit, Honey, Impress, Jesus Christ, M. Russell Ballard, New Testament, Paul, Pollinate, Prophesy, Seminary, Testimony, The Gift of the Holy Ghost
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/1-corinthians-7-11-cool-answers-for-hot-topics/ The Corinthian Saints had written to Paul and asked him many questions. We learn what those questions were by his answers to them. Look for Paul’s counsel on these issues and think about how they relate to you. Each group gets a whiteboard. Groups take turns being the answer group. The other groups are trying to […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/1-corinthians-4-6-chews-purity/ ELDER JEFFREY R. HOLLAND: “On your wedding day the very best gift you can give your eternal companion is your very best self–clean and pure and worthy of such purity in return.” (“Personal Purity”, Ensign, Nov. 1998) PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY: “You cannot give to your companion a greater gift than that of marriage in […]
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