Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/03/holy-week-activity.html At the beginning of this seminary year, our CES director told us to go over the final week of Chris’t life several times throughout the year. We had studied it earlier and I found a handout that the colored and put in their journals. Since Easter is on Sunday, and tomorrow is Good Friday, I thought it would be good to run through it again. This time,…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/spring-break-or-spring-keep-is-easter-your-hol-i-day-or-hol-y-day/ Today I helped my friend, Brother Day (Seminary Teacher’s Blog) with a couple classes. We discussed the importance of Easter and how to honor the Savior during the Easter Season. Unfortunately, many people use their vacation time around the Easter season in ways that dishonors the Living Christ. The term we use to describe that […]
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/2-corinthians-10-13-a-thorn-in-the-flesh-do-you-have-the-faith-not-to-be-healed/ Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. ELDER NEAL A. MAXWELL: “As we confront our own lesser trials and tribulations, we too can plead with the Father, just as Jesus did, that we “might not … shrink”—meaning to retreat or […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/scripture-march-madness-mastery-relevance-brackets/ “To help students treasure up eternal truths and to increase their confidence in the scriptures, S&I has selected a number of scripture mastery passages and prepared a list of Basic Doctrines. The study of the scripture mastery passages and these doctrines should be developed together so that students will learn to express these doctrines in their own words and use the scripture mastery passages to help them explain and testify of these truths.” (Gospel Teaching and Learning: A Handbook for Teachers and Leaders in Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, (2012), 10–37. Master Key Scripture Passages and Basic Doctrines [2.7]) This activity is a lot like the Verses VS Verses activity that I used for 2 Corinthians 3-6, but there are also some […]
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/03/nt-romans-1-defiled-temple.html Look closely at this picture…What do you see? What feelings come to you when you see it?Romans 1: 24 “God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own heart”God allows the wicked to seek after the desires of their hearts. He will always honor our freedom to choose BUT we know consequences will follow.After reading Romans 1: 21-31 we saw that Rome was not that different…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/2-corinthians-8-9-god-loveth-a-cheerful-giver/ What would happen if one student (or a group of four students) won a bunch of Tootsie Rolls and then tried to apply the principles taught by Paul in 2 Corinthians 8-9? Well, that is what we tried today, and the result was FANTASTIC! First we played a game to determine who would win the Tootsie […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/2-corinthians-7-repentance-is-possible-and-then-forgiveness-is-certain/ President Ezra Taft Benson, “Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.” […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/2-corinthians-3-6-verses-vs-verses-march-madness-scripture-bracketsthe-battle-for-relevance/ I have a student be the “REF.” and lead the Game Play portion of the activity. The classes really enjoyed the activity and they did a great job identifying principles that were RELEVANT to their lives. The scriptures that they chose to focus on where not necessarily the ones that I would have chosen, but […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/2-corinthians-1-2-like-two-peas-in-a-pod-consolation-and-forgiveness/ How are Consolation and ForGIVEness like “Two Peas in a Pod”? Watch the video below and see if it helps you with your answer… VIDEO: “Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light“ Forgiveness enables a man to survive the devastation of losing his wife and several children in a car accident—and allows the offending driver to […]
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://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 […]
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