Comments on: How We Taught This Lesson in the Past: Lesson 48: “The Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord” http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/05/how-we-taught-this-lesson-in-the-past-lesson-48-the-great-and-dreadful-day-of-the-lord/ Where our past is never very long ago Wed, 22 May 2013 00:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/05/how-we-taught-this-lesson-in-the-past-lesson-48-the-great-and-dreadful-day-of-the-lord/comment-page-1/#comment-37527 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:00:19 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=8407#comment-37527 Elizabeth, it seems to me that you are probably overthinking and overplanning this lesson, and that you — and certainly your class — would be better served by your having in mind a clear, well-defined, written, and specific goal, supported by at most two or three supporting ideas. Although potentially interesting in itself, knowing how a rabbi interprets a passage is not central to anything needed in an LDS Sunday School classroom; neither is anything — anything — written by Duane Crowther.

Seriously, I suggest you pick one of the three emphases suggested by Lesson 48′s purpose statement (EITHER developing qualities in our lives that will help us prepare for the Second Coming, OR tithing, OR the sealing powers of the priesthood, but not all three, and certainly nothing that tackles “end times” as a whole), compose a statement like “This lesson will help class members identify one action they can take now to [be a person who can look forward with hope to the coming day of the Lord OR pay an honest tithe with a cheerful heart OR more fully appreciate the sealing powers of the priesthood]” and limit preparation to that single goal, choosing two or three factual points to teach, or scriptural statements to discuss, or testimonies to elicit.

A lesson that requires setting forth a timeline of end times or interpreting Biblical prophecy beyond the level commonly taught from the General Conference pulpit is not going to be of any value whatsoever to your class members. Trust me on this.

]]> By: Elizabeth Jameson http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/12/05/how-we-taught-this-lesson-in-the-past-lesson-48-the-great-and-dreadful-day-of-the-lord/comment-page-1/#comment-37515 Elizabeth Jameson Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:22:58 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=8407#comment-37515 As I try to prepare for this lesson, I am inundated with outside material: Prophecy Key To The Future, The Millennium Messiah and many internet links such as this one. I really appreciated this entry and will also try and find a copy of the Sperry book mentioned In addition, I have tried to contact a local Rabbi to see how these passages in Malachi are interpreted
I suspect my Gospel Doctrine Class may not be quite as interested in eschatology as I am. I would also appreciate having a Gospel knowledgeable person with whom I could communicate.

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