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What is the relevance for young people to study the 22 year old prophet giving into peer pressure and losing a part of the Book of Mormon? We discuss. Also, is D&C 4 a missionary-only revelation?
We discuss how to approach teaching this week's Come Follow Me Block.
Brother Mickelson and Brother Anderson try something new, we hope it's helpful.
Brother Mickelson and Brother Anderson discuss the first Gospel Topics Essay, originally written in 2013 just after the Presidential Campaign of Mitt Romney, which put a bit of a spotlight on the Church, including the much-asked question this essay addresses.
We introduce ourselves and why we are doing an institute podcast, and why we wanted to discuss the Gospel Topics Essays.
We discuss assumptions and a closer, more nuanced reading of scripture and scientific evidence. Like everything, this is complicated and takes some humility and open-mindedness as we do our homework to discover truth.
Brian and I share ideas for how to tackle these important stories.
Brian and I discuss how teaching parables allows us to train study skills in the scriptures.
This is a 3 lesson week with a Doctrinal Mastery Review, and an Assessment (our second). Brian and I process through the week and discuss possible approaches along the way.
Brian and I discuss engaging students through the more hands-on, workshop style lessons provided this week.
Brian and I discuss how to get our students talking, and how the curriculum can help us lead our students to the Savior. Also, I raise a little beef on the DM lesson. Just a tiny beef.
Brian and I discuss how to motivate application in our lessons. Also we review the curriculum for the week to see where best to try to motivate application.
Another diverse week within a limited block. Are you loving this curriculum yet? I am.
We go over the weekly overview, and the individual lessons with their helpful call out boxes to get our minds around this upcoming week of seminary.
Brian and I discuss adopting and adapting the curriculum, using the weekly overviews, and the call out boxes when trying to provide the best learning experience for our students.