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July 2018

July 05, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25- Psalms

Psalms is one of the most-often quoted books in the New Testament. Psalm 110, in...

July 03, 2018

Old TestamentGospel Doctrine lesson 24- 2 Samuel 11-12, Psalm 51

As I gather most people are past these chapters, and I happen to be crazy...

July 03, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 23: 1 Samuel 18-24

Here's the podcast on these chapters, with some useful notes. The purpose of this lesson...

July 03, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22: 1 Samuel 9-17

First off, go listen to my old podcast here where I talk about David, Goliath, and the Philistines....

July 02, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 20- Ruth and Samuel 1

Today, we're focusing entirely on Ruth, and then just on a small section of Ruth....

July 02, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 21: 1Samuel 1-3, 8

First, here is my podcast for this lesson. Now, as we move into books like...

July 02, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 19- Judges

The Book of Judges begins with the death of Joshua, and is arranged in very distinct...

July 02, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 18- Joshua

We are now out of the Pentateuch, into what's called the Deuteronomistic History, or DH....

July 02, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 17: Deuteronomy

“Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt...

May 2018

May 05, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 16: Numbers 22-24, 31(updated)

These chapters are all about Balaam, Balaam's talking donkey, God's power, blessing and cursing. The manual...

May 05, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 15: Numbers 11-14, 21

The Book of Numbers takes its English name from the Greek Septuagint title, a description...

May 03, 2018

What Prophets Know: A Short Follow-up

I've had a bad bug for a week, but I'll have some Gospel Doctrine updates...

April 2018

April 07, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14- Exodus 15-20, 32-34.

Insert here my usual gripe about how we're trying to cover so much ground in...

April 07, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13: Exodus 1-3, 5-6, 11-14

As we move into Exodus, time passes suddenly. We move away from the individual novella...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12: Genesis 40 onwards

These chapters carry on the novella of Joseph in Egypt. It's over 10 chapters, which is a...

March 16, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11- Genesis 34, 37-39

Link to the lesson manual. Today, I've got a bit of writing about these chapters...

March 09, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 10: Genesis 24-29

One of the aspects of scripture study as commonly practiced by LDS is the idea...

March 03, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 09- Abraham 1:1, 5-20; Genesis 15-17; 21-22

This weeks's chapters are difficult and socially significant like last week's, which makes them difficult...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Lesson 08- Genesis 13; 14:1-2, 8-24; 18:16-33; 19:1-29

I suspect this lesson will be somewhat charged and sensitive, given the variety of experiences...

February 16, 2018

The Longer Abraham Drama, co-written by M. Night Shyamalan (Lessons 7-9)

I taught this Gospel Doctrine lesson after the scheduled teacher was informed that his son...

February 16, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7- Abraham 1:1-4; 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; 17:1-9

First, here's a Spotify playlist of mine to put you in mind to read the...

February 09, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6- Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10

Reading: Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10 Lesson manual (link) Since I first wrote this four years...

February 03, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5- Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69

Text: Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69 As always, time compels us to be selective in...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 04- Moses 4; 5:1-15; 6:48-62

Let's talk about origins. We seem to think origins are important; "where we came from"...

January 18, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3: Moses 1:27-42; 2:1-31; 3:1-25

This is the first of my Old Testament Gospel Doctrine posts. (Yes, it's Lesson 3. Mea...

January 18, 2018

Genesis 2-3, a New Kinda “Translation”

Several years ago, I was involved in the Mormon Theology Seminar on Genesis 2-3. The...

January 09, 2018

The Non-Clickbait Follow-up on Genesis 1

So, here's the background of my click-bait post. I address several of these in...

January 03, 2018

A Click-Bait Listicle: Seven Things You Didn’t Know about Genesis chapter 1!

I hate click-baity listicles, especially the ones that make you click for each new picture....

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 4: History and Culture

First, there's a Kindle sale on some John Walton books I recommend, including some I haven't...

December 21, 2017

A Christmas Plug

One of the best ways for laypeople to learn about the history, text, interpretation, archaeology,...