These articles touch on the historical past of the LDS Church, both socially, and doctrinally.
In every temple is a baptistry. The baptismal font sits on the backs of twelve oxen, three each facing symbolically north, south, east, and west. As I stood looking at the oxen in the baptistry one day it occurred to [...]
These chapters are all about the stakes of Zion (Isaiah 54-56; 63-65). It is important to know what Isaiah is talking about when he makes reference to the stakes. In the last days the Lord is going to bring his [...]
Isaiah speaks of many things in chapters 50-53, but the messages all revolve around the atonement of Christ. The lesson points out that messages in Isaiah's day were delivered by messengers who ran from place to place to deliver [...]
Hosea must have had the patience of Job. He lived in Israel when the whole nation had completely turned away from the Lord and had turned to other gods, reveling in the practices of the world. This lesson uses [...]
Servants of the Lord come in all flavors. Jonah was a reluctant and resentful one. The Lord told him to go to Nineveh and preach repentance. Jonah didn't want to share the gospel message with them. He wanted them to [...]
The History King Hezekiah followed on the heels of Ahab, who was the most wicked king Israel had ever had. Ahab had desecrated the temple, the House of the Lord, then shut the doors. One of Hezekiah’s first acts as [...]
There are a number of directions this lesson could go (1 Kings 17-19). I would like to look at it from the standpoint of how important sacrifice is for us to be able to put God first in our lives. [...]
What is a leader, but one who sets an example? This lesson gives us multiple examples of bad leaders and the results of their leadership, as well as good leaders and the blessings that flow from good leadership. Each person [...]
Purpose of the Lesson: To encourage class members to be chaste in thought and action and to repent of their sins. There are many points that can be made in this lesson, but having a clean heart is the answer to [...]
Isaiah is well known to be the most difficult prophet to understand, mainly because if you do not read his words by the Spirit, the text just sort of floats in one ear and out the other. Isaiah chapter [...]