Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
I am doing some work with Exodus 16-20 right now and will be posting some thoughts shortly. I find the parallels between the complainers that followed Moses to the events that are happening today to be striking. Even in the … Continue reading →
I wanted to put together some historical accounts that show that Joseph Smith used a seer stone in his translation of The Book of Mormon. This page shows accounts of some of the people close to Joseph (specifically Emma Smith, … Continue reading →
When I first read this story from Elder Burton, I first thought of the translation of the Book of Mormon. A simple stone in the hands of the an average person is just that – a stone. The Lord provided … Continue reading →
The following is an excerpt from Elder Nelson’s autobiography. He relates an experience where he saw President Harold B. Lee following his passing. I learned about his (President Harold B. Lee) passing while I was home playing games with the … Continue reading →
This simple glue-in shares how Joseph Smith generally received revelations recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants. Here Parley P. Pratt is expressing how he saw Joseph receive Section 50 of the Doctrine & Covenants. But you can use this when Parley is introduced in Section 32 or section 50 or any time you wish to give your students a better idea of how revelations were received. Before having a students…
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By LDS Scripture Teachings Sections 6,8, and 9 of the Doctrine and Covenants explain how revelation works. I find it worth noting that in the early days of the history of the church that the Lord outlined for the Saints how this delicate communication … Continue reading → Source:: Seminary Teacher – Mike Day
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/10/1-nephi-10-11-puzzles.html What does this mean?The class came up with some interesting meanings! They even tried to make up a sentence. Did they give up on trying to understand it?NO!They persevered. With a few questions to me, they slowly started to have their eyes opened!Soon they were quickly solving the puzzle.Nephi did not understand the meaning of his father Lehi’s dream. He needed to find out for himself what…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/revelation-1-3-we-shall-overcome/ I use Revelation 1-3 as an exercise in both identifying relevant and applicable principles, as well as understanding how to study the book of Revelation. We start off by reviewing the “EASY” steps/verbs in Revelation 1:3. Next we identified the blessing in Revelation 2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21 that following the pattern should help us to receive. We read (step […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/revelation-intro-and-overview/ Many members of the Church find the book of Revelation difficult, and the Christian world has been debating about what it means for centuries. I have found that the majority of my students already have a preconceived notion that the book of Revelation is going to be, “hard, long, and boring” (An actual response this year […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/183rd-annual-general-conference-april-2013/ Do you ever wish you had a copy of the latest Conference Report on a WORD document or PDF? What if it was already formatted and numbered by paragraph, would that help you when studying and teaching? Would it make it easier to use general conference talks in the classroom? Well today is your lucky […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/2-thessalonians-1-3-apostasy-and-restoration-dont-fall-away-today/ Students discovered some of the key elements of Christ’s true church by using the True to the Faith booklet to determine what was lost as a result of the Apostasy or what was revealed as part of the Restoration. To help visualize, we wrote down those elements on disposable cups. Students explained the necessity of each one. […]
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