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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel Volume 5 Number 3 Article 15 9-1-2004 Vol. 05 No. 3 Religious Educator Religious Educator Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Educator, Religious. "Vol. 05 No. 3 Religious Educator." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 5, no. 3 (2004). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol5/iss3/15 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATOR • PERSPECTIVES ON THE RESTORED GOSPEL Counsel and Correction INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Living a Life in Crescendo Literary Features of the Gospels Four Imperatives for Religious Educators President Gordon B. Hinckley VOL 5 NO 3 • 2004 Counsel and Correction Paul V. Johnson Roles of Support L. Jill Johnson Living a Life in Crescendo Grant C. Anderson Our Legacy of Religious Education Stephen K. Iba Simon and the Woman Who Anointed Jesus’s Feet Gaye Strathearn RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER • BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Sorting Out the Seven Marys in the New Testament Blair G. Van Dyke and Ray L. Huntington How to Ask Questions That Invite Revelation Four Imperatives for Alan R. Maynes “Written, That Ye Might Believe”: Religious Educators Literary Features of the Gospels Julie M. Smith President Gordon B. Hinckley A Viewpoint on the Supposedly Lost Gospel Q Thomas A. Wayment Teacher, Scholar, Administrator: A Conversation with Robert J. Matthews Alexander L. Baugh “You, my beloved associates, need to be constantly VOL 5 NO 3 • 2004 driking from the waters of knowledge and revelation. There is so much to learn and so little RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY time in which to learn it.” PROVO, UTAH VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 2 0 0 4 “The gospel is good news. Be happy! Let that happiness shine through your faces and speak through your testimonies.” President Gordon B. Hinckley ON THE COVER: A mountain stream symbolizes Christ’s promise that those who drink of His living water “shall never thirst” (John 4:14). PHOTO COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES iv VOL 5 NO 3 2004 The Religious Educator is published two to three times a year by the Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 167 Heber J. Grant Building, Provo, UT 84602-2701. The Religious Educator is designed to serve the interests and needs of those who study and teach the gospel on a regular basis. The distinct focuses of the Religious Educator are on teaching the gospel; publishing studies on scripture, doctrine, and Church history; and sharing the messages of outstanding devotional essays. 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ISSN 1536-4720 © 2004 by Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. on acid-free paper v VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 Religious Studies Center Editorial Advisory Board Religious Studies Center——Publications—Publications Director Gayle O. Brown Andrew C. Skinner Orem, Utah Managing Director Richard Neitzel Holzapfel Dean, Religious Education Tad R. Callister Associate Director Glendale, California Office Manager Charlotte A. Pollard Richard D. Draper Jack R. Christianson Orem, Utah Executive Editor R. Devan Jensen Advisory Board Kathy Clayton Student Editorial Interns Andrew C. Skinner Buenos Aires, Argentina Christian S. Bell Dean, Religious Education Milly Day Adrianne Gardner Indianapolis, Indiana Richard D. Draper Jonathon R. Owen Associate Dean, Randall L. Hall Caroline Pike Religious Education Orem, Utah Philip R. Webb Matthew O. Richardson Veneese C. Nelson Cindy White Associate Dean, Midvale, Utah Religious Education Lindon J. Robison The Religious Educator Paul H. Peterson Okemos, Michigan Editor-in-Chief Chair, Department of Jolene E. Rockwood Richard Neitzel Holzapfel Church History and Batesville, Indiana Executive Editor Doctrine Lynne K. Speierman R. Devan Jensen Terry B. Ball Shawnee Mission, Kansas Associate Editor Chair, Department of Ted D. Stoddard Ancient Scripture James A. Toronto Provo, Utah Design Dennis A. Wright Stephen A. Hales Associate Chair, Depart- Thomas R. Valletta Jimmy Salazar ment of Church History Pleasant View, Utah Stephen Hales Creative, Inc. and Doctrine Victor L. Walch Subscription Dennis L. Largey Wilsonville, Oregon Management Associate Chair, Mary Jo Tansy Department of Creative Works Ancient Scripture vi Editors’ Introduction Keep on growing. Grow with balance. Let love be your lodestar. These are a few of the positive, inspiring messages President Gordon B. Hinckley provides in “Four Imperatives for Religious Educators.” With his permission, we have reprinted this classic address that offers positive and specific reminders on what matters most. From the early days of the Church, the Lord has instructed us to seek learning out of the best books. In “Our Legacy of Religious Education,” Stephen K. Iba, assistant administra- tor in the Church Educational System, offers a montage of scenes from Church history, showing vignettes of teaching settings from Ohio to Salt Lake City that emphasize our commitment to education. The woman who anointed Jesus’s feet is an enigma. What lessons can we learn from her devotion? In a thoughtful piece, Gaye Strathearn, assistant professor of ancient scripture at BYU, draws powerful lessons from this account on love, faith in Christ, and forgiveness. Seven women in the New Testament are named Mary, so teachers may have difficulty telling them apart. Blair G. Van Dyke, principal at the Highland Utah Lone Peak Seminary, and Ray L. Huntington, associate professor of ancient scripture at BYU, offer insights into each Mary and how each differed in her discipleship. What power does a good question have in teaching? Certainly the Master Teacher used ques- tions effectively in His teachings, and we also will benefit by following His example. Alan R. Maynes, a CES area director, describes the motivational power of good questions and illustrates how they can invite the spirit of revelation in our lives. Biblical scholarship and popular media outlets often discuss a lost Gospel called Q. What is this supposedly lost Gospel, and what should religious educators know about it? Thomas A. Wayment, assistant professor of ancient scripture at BYU, offers guidance based on current research. These are a few of the fine articles in this special Church Educational System issue. We want to thank Thomas R. Valletta and Melinda Shaha for their assistance. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Editor-in-Chief R. Devan Jensen, Executive Editor Ted D. Stoddard, Associate Editor vii Table of Contents 1 Four Imperatives for Religious Educators President Gordon B. Hinckley 9 Counsel and Correction Paul V.