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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 13: &#8220;Obedience: &#8216;When the Lord Commands, Do It&#8217;&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/07/03/rsmp-lesson-13-obedience-when-the-lord-commands-do-it-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I will ignore the &#8220;From the Life of Joseph Smith&#8221; section of the lesson entirely this time and jump immediately into the actual teachings of Joseph Smith. By the way, this lesson quotes extensively from one source that is clearly not the words of Joseph Smith: the last two paragraphs of p. 163 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM #23 and #24, redux</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/28/practicing/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/28/practicing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mack Stirling&#8217;s Institute Class, 1995
Alma 8-16 (Lessons 23 and 24)

 
Historical Matrix:
 
A.    Alma commanded to return to Ammonihah, after having been cast out, and preach the gospel along with Amulek.

       Initial direction given to Alma by the same angel that had converted him many years earlier: Alma 8:14-16
       Amulek also directed by an angel in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why &#8220;Good&#8221; Questions are Often Bad (and how to ask good questions)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/27/why-good-questions-are-often-bad-and-how-to-ask-good-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/27/why-good-questions-are-often-bad-and-how-to-ask-good-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrianJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://feastuponthewordblog.wordpress.com/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Open any Church teaching manual and you&#8217;ll find instructions on how to ask students good questions. Unfortunately, following these instructions causes some teachers to ask lots of &#8220;good&#8221; questions that are actually really bad.
The section in &#8220;Teaching, No Greater Call&#8221; titled &#8220;Teaching with Questions&#8221; gives a lot of advice on asking different kinds of questions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GD BoM Lesson 23, Alma 9:5-6</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/24/gd-bom-lesson-23-alma-95-6/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/24/gd-bom-lesson-23-alma-95-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrianJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://feastuponthewordblog.wordpress.com/?p=531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re preparing a lesson or studying for one, there are already some very good notes available; I see no need to duplicate. For my notes, I&#8217;ll focus on just two verses.

When Alma goes to preach in Ammonihah, we hear again and again how awful, wicked, iniquitous, etc. the people there were. But we never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM #22</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/22/bom-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cherylem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are notes from Mack Stirling&#8217;s Institute class on these chapters.

Lesson 22: Alma 5-7
Next week: Alma 8-12
Alma the Younger, the Great Missionary
1. Alma converted after an appearance of an angel, about 100 BC
2. Alma chief judge  91-83 BC, resigns 83 BC to preach
3. Alma&#8217;s great missionary years  83-31 BC
• Zarahemla		many repent  Alma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 14th Article of Faith?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrianJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Article of Faith 14: The world sucks.
In both Sunday School and high priest group similar comments were made that got me thinking about how we as a church view &#8220;the world.&#8221; Here&#8217;s the relevant quote from the Joseph Smith manual (Lesson 12, emphasis added):
&#8220;&#8230; we behold that darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM Lesson #21</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/15/bom-lesson-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cherylem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I posted my lessons - sorry! Here is Lesson #21.

Mosiah 29
Changeof Nephite Government from Kingship to Judges
A. Mosiah questions the people who want a King (29:1-2)
B. Mosiah reasons against kingship (29:5-29). Examples of bad kings already given in the Book of Mormon: Noah (Mosiah 29:18, 23:9) and Jaredites (Mosiah 28:11-18)
• [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM Lesson 22 (Alma 5-7)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/12/bom-lesson-22-alma-5-7/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/12/bom-lesson-22-alma-5-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Karl was sadly released from his calling as Sunday school teacher a few months back, but he was asked to sub this week so I'm cross-posting his lesson notes here--thanks Karl! (The notes notes are also available at his blog here, or in the pdf file.]




  Gospel Doctrine 
Alma 5-7


 Karl Diether 
Next Lesson


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		<title>&#8220;If it weren&#8217;t for the Atonement, then we would have to be perfect,&#8221; I said.</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/07/if-it-werent-for-the-atonement-then-we-would-have-to-be-perfect-i-said/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/07/if-it-werent-for-the-atonement-then-we-would-have-to-be-perfect-i-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrianJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our scripture study, my daughter (7) told me that in Primary she learned that &#8220;we must be perfect to go to heaven.&#8221; Sparing you all the details, I found myself saying that, &#8220;If it weren&#8217;t for the Atonement, then we would have to be perfect.&#8221;
This wasn&#8217;t the first time I had said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More online study resources (annotated)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/07/more-online-study-resources-annotated/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/07/more-online-study-resources-annotated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Gregorio has kindly written in again with some helpful links and comments about other online scripture study resources. Thanks Gregorio!]
I have downloaded hundreds of Biblical PDF files from the resources that follow below. These include Hebrew and Greek lexicons, grammars, a large number of commentaries, including some that are quite rare, historical books, and so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 12: &#8220;Proclaim Glad Tidings to All the World&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/06/rsmp-lesson-12-proclaim-glad-tidings-to-all-the-world-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/06/rsmp-lesson-12-proclaim-glad-tidings-to-all-the-world-joseph-smith-manual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joespencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this fascinating collection of teachings, we get a sense for what Joseph understood to be happening in the event of preaching, what he took to be the essence of missionary work. And let me point out that I use the word &#8220;essence&#8221; here for a reason: Joseph&#8217;s teachings as gathered here are relatively abstract, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 11: &#8220;The Organization and Destiny of the True and Living Church&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/03/rsmp-lesson-11-the-organization-and-destiny-of-the-true-and-living-church-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/03/rsmp-lesson-11-the-organization-and-destiny-of-the-true-and-living-church-joseph-smith-manual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joespencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[I apologize that I'm a few days behind on this one---I spent all of last week at the Oregon Coast with extended family and spent the few precious hours I could get for study on Alma 30-31 for the Alma 32 seminar. But, late though it is, here are my notes on lesson 11 (I'll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Experiences and Generational Dissonance</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/02/spiritual-experiences-and-generational-dissonance/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/02/spiritual-experiences-and-generational-dissonance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrianJ</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Benjamin gave a powerful sermon that left his people &#8220;with no more disposition to do evil.&#8221; I&#8217;m sure that we&#8217;ve all had similar experiences&#8212;that we have felt at some time that we would never sin again for as long as we lived. I&#8217;m not sure whether this conviction endured with the Zarahemla Nephites, but several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alma 32 Seminar Is Under Way</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/02/the-alma-32-seminar-is-under-way/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/06/02/the-alma-32-seminar-is-under-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joespencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who might be interested in following the discussions there, the Alma 32 seminar (part of the same umbrella project as the Reading Abraham seminar of last year) is officially under way (the first post was put up yesterday). It seems worth mentioning here because (1) it will entail, in the end, a sustained, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM lessons 20-24: open thread</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/31/bom-lessons-20-24-open-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/31/bom-lessons-20-24-open-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 16:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, so that there is a timely thread open to share thoughts, questions, and suggestions for the up-coming lessons in June[*], I&#8217;m starting this post now while I&#8217;m thinking about it.
Here&#8217;s a link to some other resources at the wiki for these lessons (incl. links to Jim F.&#8217;s notes at T&#38;S): http://feastupontheword.org/Site:SS_lessons#Lesson_20:_.E2.80.9CMy_Soul_Is_Pained_No_More.E2.80.9D
Also, if anyone want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isaiah Commentaries</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/31/isaiah-commentaries/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/31/isaiah-commentaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 15:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Gregorio sent in the following review of some Isaiah commentaries—thanks Gregorio!]
Here are some of my favorite Isaiah commentaries. Many of these are available free through a number of services, such as those which provide free PDF downloads, e-Sword, and other. I also consult a number of books by LDS authors, but will post a list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 19 (Mosiah 18-24)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/25/bom-lesson-19-mosiah-18-24/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/25/bom-lesson-19-mosiah-18-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 23:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennywebb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I know Robert put up a general post for lessons for the month, but I was asked to teach unexpectedly so I thought I&#8217;d go ahead and post my notes as they were a bit long.

I found a lot of material on the wiki  and in Jim’s previous notes very helpful, especially for chapter 18. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM Lessons 16-19: Open thread</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/23/bom-lessons-16-19-open-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/23/bom-lessons-16-19-open-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 16:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been slacking this month regarding notes for the Sunday school lessons. So here&#8217;s an open thread to discuss anything from lessons 16-19 covering Mosiah 4-24. Hopefully others here will write posts on these lessons later, but until then, here&#8217;s a thread for sharing thoughts, insights, or questions from this lesson. (Again, if you&#8217;d like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Appeal for the Wiki</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/19/an-appeal-for-the-wiki/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/19/an-appeal-for-the-wiki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 01:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim F.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The blog portion of Feast Upon the Word is going nicely. We seem to have plenty of materials posted for various Sunday School and Priesthood/Relief Society lessons, and they keep coming (even if there are sometimes slow downs). 
However, there is insufficient activity on the wiki part of this site, though that is arguably the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 10: &#8220;Prayer and Personal Revelation&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/10/rsmp-lesson-10-prayer-and-personal-revelation-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 14:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll leave the &#8220;From the Life of Joseph Smith&#8221; section out of my comments this week: marvelous experiences, but they don&#8217;t seem to me to shed any light on the teachings in the lesson. So far as the &#8220;Teachings of Joseph Smith&#8221; section goes, in this chapter, I find it interesting that so much of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Road: A Grace/Works Analogy</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/04/thoughts-on-the-road-a-graceworks-analogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the middle of a cross-country move, which means that I have had plenty of &#8220;ponder time&#8221; driving through America&#8217;s heartland. I&#8217;ll share a little thought that came to me in Iowa as I thought about King Corn, food chains, ethanol fuel, housing costs, and the focus of many of my Gospel Doctrine lessons: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 9: &#8220;Gifts of the Spirit&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/05/04/rsmp-lesson-9-gifts-of-the-spirit-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great majority of this lesson comes from a single editorial published in the Church&#8217;s Nauvoo periodical, the Times and Seasons. I&#8217;ll confess I was disappointed to see this, because many of the editorials published while Joseph was editor of the paper were not written by Joseph. This one, however, I was pleased to discover, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 15 (Mosiah 1-3) Redux</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/27/bom-lesson-15-mosiah-1-3-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I taught this Gospel Doctrine lesson this week and we barely got out of the first two verses of Chapter 1!  I started by asking the class if anyone had any insights from reading these chapters this past week.  After a couple short responses, we launched in to the readings.  We started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 16: Mosiah 4-6, &#8220;Ye Shall Be Called the Children of Christ&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/26/bom-lesson-16-mosiah-4-6-ye-shall-be-called-the-children-of-christ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first, a word or two about how I read Benjamin&#8217;s speech as a whole.
It seems absolutely vital to me that Benjamin reports the words of an angel (ch. 3): this signals immediately to me that there is some kind of creation/fall/atonement/veil business afoot, since atonement (in this pattern) is, in the Book of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s an Ark?</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/25/whats-an-ark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the classic Bill Cosby sketch, after the LORD tells Noah to build an Ark, Noah responds with &#8220;Right.  What&#8217;s an ark?&#8221;
Recently, University of London professor Tudor Parfitt is challenging our own perceptions of another ark by claiming to have found the Ark of the Covenant in Africa.  Unlike the gold-plated weapon of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOM Lesson 15</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/22/bom-lesson-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOM Lesson 15: Mosiah 1-3
I&#8217;m on vacation writing this, so it&#8217;s going to be more of a collection of notes than a finished piece of writing. Mainly, I&#8217;m going to be summarizing and responding to what Joe Spencer has written about Mosiah 2:23-24 on the wiki. Enjoy.
Other links
* Mosiah 2:23-24 commentary on the wiki (written [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers: Called or Chosen?</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/21/teachers-called-or-chosen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, one of my Gospel Doctrine teachers was released unexpectedly, and as I sat in Sacrament Meeting pondering who might best replace her, I wondered if instead of calling a new teacher, I might take D&#38;C 50 to heart and, considering everyone a potential teacher, ask ward members to take turns leading the weekly Gospel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book of Mormon Lessons 12 and 13</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/20/book-of-mormon-lessons-12-and-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I am behind, I combined #12 and 13 into one lesson (not easy!) These notes are based on the work of Mack Sterling and Ben McGuire, mostly.
Jacob
Note: the BOM dates Jacob from 544-421 B.C. This date cannot possibly be accurate on the near end. 421 BC (assuming that Lehi leaves Jerusalem about 600 BC) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book of Mormon Lesson #11</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/20/book-of-mormon-lesson-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am behind in posting, but will post the last 3 lessons anyway. I hope to be caught up and with everyone else in about two-three weeks.  This outline is mostly from Mack Sterling&#8217;s class of a decade or so ago. The addition of commentary on righteousness is mine.

 

April 13, 2008
2 Nephi 31-33
&#8220;Press Forward with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 8: &#8220;The Everlasting Priesthood&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/13/rsmp-lesson-8-the-everlasting-priesthood-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The material in this lesson is so good that I worked through the whole thing in two days (it usually takes me a week or so!). And, though my wife and I had a baby yesterday (our third, a little boy), I have the time this morning (while Mommy and Baby sleep, and while Grandma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 14: Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/11/bom-lesson-14-enos-jarom-omni-words-of-mormon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gospel Doctrine lesson this week features, as usual, an embarrassment of riches.  There is more text here than can be covered in one class, and more than enough commentary available online to supply any teacher looking for topics to cover.  So why add more here now?  Read on and see!
I&#8217;ve already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 7: &#8220;Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/10/rsmp-lesson-7-baptism-and-the-gift-of-the-holy-ghost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me apologize twice in advance. First, I&#8217;m getting this lesson up a few days later than I would have liked to, something I can blame on my recent trip to Utah for the SMPT conference. (I&#8217;m hoping that this doesn&#8217;t put me too much further behind on next week&#8217;s lesson as well. I&#8217;ll try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mere teaching&#8221;: What are we really doing as teachers?</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/02/mere-teaching-what-are-we-really-doing-as-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at teachyediligently, Jeff Batt and I have just posted what seems to me to be the most fruitful discussion of teaching I have ever been a part of (or heard, for that matter, if I can get away with saying something so modest about a discussion I was a part of!). The podcast can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brokenhearted?</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/04/01/brokenhearted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been wondering about my own status with the Lord lately, and have been asking myself the questions found in Alma 5.  Have I been sufficiently humble?  Do I have a broken heart and a contrite spirit?  In researching these phrases, I just read an interesting article about the term brokenhearted:
Boyle, Marjorie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 13: Jacob 5-7</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/28/bom-lesson-13-jacob-5-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Jenny W. compiled the notes below on Jacob 1-7. Other links and resources for Lesson 13 can be found at the Feast wiki here. If anyone else is willing to share their notes with the larger Feast community, please email us at feastblog999@gmail.com (without the 999's), and we'll be happy to post your notes. Be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching with Questions</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/26/teaching-with-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in the MTC almost 20 years ago (ouch!), our large group meeting trainer was a guy named Elder Slaughter who had served his mission in Mexico.  Rumor was that he had baptized thousands of people like some latter day Ammon or something.  
One evening, we went to visit him (he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atonement, revisited</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/24/atonement-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my Easter lesson for 2008. I know we have talked about the atonement here before, and if anyone can find the link feel free to post it here:
It is interesting to think about how BOM writers, who certainly had never heard of any &#8220;atonement theories,&#8221; understood this concept.
THE FALL AND ATONEMENT AS TAUGHT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Mormon Discourses: A Series of Interviews</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/22/four-mormon-discourses-a-series-of-interviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joespencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://feastuponthewordblog.wordpress.com/?p=489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who have read my paper on the four Mormon discourses, you may find interesting a series of podcasted interviews Adam Miller and I are doing at teachyediligently. So that the paper and the subsequent mathemes I have developed are accessible to those listening, I have also posted both the paper and the mathemes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book of Mormon Lesson #10</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/20/book-of-mormon-lesson-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cherylem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesson #10: 2 Nephi 26-30						Next week: 2 Nephi 31-33
• How is the BOM a type of Christ?
• How much of 1 and 2 Nephi was available to the BOM peoples who came later? (Mormon finds them only after searching through the records he is working on)
• The alteration of the Isaiah text in these chapters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 12: Jacob 1-4</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/18/bom-lesson-12-jacob-1-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go to this Feast page for an index of Sunday School lesson posts, including Jim F&#8217;s notes from 2004.
I usually go to class with a lot of notes and a general idea in mind, often something that builds on the previous weeks&#8217; lesson. I start class with a brief reminder of what was discussed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary 4: Book of Mormon 10 (King Benjamin Teaches His People)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/16/primary-4-book-of-mormon-10-king-benjamin-teaches-his-people/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/16/primary-4-book-of-mormon-10-king-benjamin-teaches-his-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the official lesson materials, the purpose of this lesson is:
To strengthen the children’s commitment to keep their baptismal covenants and follow Jesus Christ.

After reading King Benjamin&#8217;s address several times this week, and reading some of Joe&#8217;s comments on the Feast Wiki, I had no idea how to work through this lesson with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the name of the Lord in Vain</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/11/taking-the-name-of-the-lord-in-vain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to take the name of the Lord in vain? We could look at lots of scriptures. Here&#8217;s 3: Ex 20:7, D&#38;C 63:60-65 &#38; D&#38;C 41:1. The first is the famous example&#8211;it is one of the ten commandments. The second says that we take the name of the Lord in vain when we speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary 4: Book of Mormon Lesson 9 (Enos Prays)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/09/primary-4-book-of-mormon-lesson-9-enos-prays/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/09/primary-4-book-of-mormon-lesson-9-enos-prays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the official lesson materials, the purpose of this lesson is: 
To encourage the children to seek the blessings that come through sincere prayer to Heavenly Father.

I substitute taught this lesson to 10 and 11 year old primary class today.  I started with a game of hangman, with the first part of Enos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book of Mormon Lesson #9</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/09/book-of-mormon-lesson-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cherylem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are my notes for BOM #9. The first two pages are my own redaction of others&#8217; thoughts (including some from on the blog - thanks Robert!) and some of my own; the bulk of the material following is comprised of the notes from Mack Stirling&#8217;s Institute class. I will be using his notes throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 6: &#8220;The Mission of John the Baptist&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/09/rsmp-lesson-6-the-mission-of-john-the-baptist-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/09/rsmp-lesson-6-the-mission-of-john-the-baptist-joseph-smith-manual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joespencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson is so interesting, but it almost seems as if it cannot ever quite get to the point. In one sense, I suppose one feels, while working through the material, that there is never an answer to the almost ridiculously demanding question &#8220;So what?&#8221; But more profoundly, it seems right to say that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 10: 2 Nephi 26-30</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/04/bom-lesson-10-2-nephi-26-30/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/04/bom-lesson-10-2-nephi-26-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For this week’s lesson I’m going to focus on two themes, both of which can be found in 2 Nephi 26:20: the tension between economic thinking and a more grace-based, divine way of thinking, and relying on our own understanding vs. coming to an understanding of God’s precepts.
But first some links that might be helpful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wiki Site Down</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/01/wiki-site-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The wiki site is down right now and has been for a good share of today. Sorry for the inconvenience. Just want to let people know that I have contacted the person who hosts the site for us and hope that things will be working by Sunday morning. Feel free to post questions here. I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book of Mormon Lesson #8</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/03/01/book-of-mormon-lesson-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cherylem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am teaching lesson #8 tomorrow.
I&#8217;m again attaching notes from Mack Sterling&#8217;s 1994 class on these chapters.
I&#8217;m going to be using Joe Spencer&#8217;s ideas on structure. I&#8217;m going to use Ben McGuire&#8217;s ideas on what the return to the promised land meant to the Lehites. I&#8217;ll do a brief outline of how I&#8217;ll use Joe&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RS/MP Lesson 5: &#8220;Repentance&#8221; (Joseph Smith Manual)</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/02/29/rsmp-lesson-5-repentance-joseph-smith-manual/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/02/29/rsmp-lesson-5-repentance-joseph-smith-manual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joespencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to take this lesson in something like reverse order. That is, I want to dwell first on the teachings of Joseph, and then I&#8217;d like to look at the &#8220;examples&#8221; drawn from his life. Hopefully the richness of taking the lesson this way will make clear, in the end, why I&#8217;ve chosen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoM Lesson 9: 2 Nephi 11-25</title>
		<link>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/02/25/bom-lesson-6-2-nephi-11-25/</link>
		<comments>http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/02/25/bom-lesson-6-2-nephi-11-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert C.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[“My Soul Delighteth in the Words of Isaiah”: 2 Nephi 11-25
I&#8217;m going to be focusing my comments on 2 Nephi 16 (Isaiah 6), which I will argue is the central chapter for understanding this week&#8217;s lesson (and possibly all of 1st and 2nd Nephi).  I will be lifting most of my ideas directly from [...]]]></description>
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