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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel Volume 12 Number 3 Article 18 9-1-2011 Vol. 12 No. 3 Religious Educator Religious Educator Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Educator, Religious. "Vol. 12 No. 3 Religious Educator." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 12, no. 3 (2011). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol12/iss3/18 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]. VOL. 12 NO. 3 · 2011 Preparing Our Hearts Learn to Teach, Teach to Learn How Institute Affected My Life PERSPECTIVES ON THE RESTORED GOSPEL A Teacher of God’s Children president dieter f. uchtdorf perspectives on the restored gospel Provo, Utah volUme 12 NUmber 3 ISSN 1536-4720 © 2011 by Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA on acid-free paper. On the cover: Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. photo by tobias alt editor’s note Sharpening Our Edge as Teachers While the ability to teach the gospel is in fact a spiritual gift (see Moroni 10:9–10), an endowment of the Holy Ghost, surely each one of us can become more effective as gospel teachers. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a layman’s church administered by farmers and plumbers and medi- cal doctors, and the gospel is taught regularly by clerks and college presidents and homemakers; there is no formal training for the ministry. This, however, is no excuse for spiritual laziness or thoughtlessness in our presentations at the pulpit or in the classroom. The tenets of the restored gospel are powerful and soul-transforming, and so how we present them to others matters very much to our Lord and Savior, who is the Master Teacher. God expects his messengers to do their very best to match the Message. A profound truth can be presented poorly and have little impact on listeners. And so it is that the Church encourages its instructors to avail themselves of inservice opportuni- ties, to visit and observe classes and ponder on what constitutes inspired and inspiring teaching. A serious study of the scriptures, fasting, and prayer will always be prereq- uisites to teaching “with power and authority of God” (Alma 17:3). On the other hand, attending to methodology, to the means of delivery, is important as well. Theses and dissertations and whole books have sought to identify some of the Savior’s techniques for teaching, and so wise teachers of the gos- pel (and that includes all of us), though focused principally on content and personal spirituality, will always devote serious reflection to how and in what manner a message is to be delivered. I testify that as we attend to both sides of this equation—both content and technique—our classrooms will become a learning environment filled with moments that matter. Truly, in such a sacred setting, “he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one another, and both are edified and rejoice together” (D&C 50:22). Robert L. Millet Editor iv Contents 1 A Teacher of God’s Children president dieter f. uchtdorf 15 Preparing Our Hearts thomas l. tyler 37 “Be Ye Therefore Perfect”: Beyond the Perfectionist Paradigm allan d. rau 59 “Serious Reflection” for Religious Educators ryan s. gardner and michael k. freeman 83 “A Liar from the Beginning” casey w. olson and matt crawford 109 “A Prophet . Like unto Thee” roseann benson and joseph fielding mcconkie 129 The Very Best Teaching: Reaching Out to Individuals john r. hilton iii 139 “No More Strangers”: LDS Scholars in Women’s Studies rachel cope, amy easton-flake, brett c. mcinelly, jennifer c. lane, guinevere thomas woolstenhulme, and janiece l. johnson v Religious Educator volUme 12 NUmber 3 · 2011 163 Learn to Teach, Teach to Learn peter b. rawlins 177 The Peter Whitmer Log Home: Cradle of Mormonism larry c. porter 203 Scriptural Principles for Visual Media jason k. mcdonald and david c. nielson 221 How Institute Affected My Life larry w. tippetts 229 The Gospel for Graduates noel b. reynolds 233 Religious Educator Articles Related to the Old Testament terry f. calton 236 New Publications 239 Upcoming Events 241 Staff Spotlight © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. © Intellectual Reserve, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf A Teacher of God’s Children president dieter f. uchtdorf President Dieter F. Uchtdorf is Second Counselor in the First Presidency. Address to Church Educational System Religious Educators, January 28, 2011, Salt Lake Tabernacle. hat a pleasure it is to be with you today. I love and honor you. I am most Wgrateful to President Monson for this assignment. I express the love and gratitude of the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles for your righ- teous influence on the youth of the Church throughout the world. I pray that the Holy Ghost will bless and edify us as we share this special time together. In addition to those who are here in this beautiful, historic Tabernacle, we are joined by more than 42,000 seminary and institute teachers in more than 150 countries, with translation in twenty-three languages. Many of you are seeing this broadcast live; some will watch it on DVD at a later time. All this is a modern miracle. But above all, it is our faith in the Lord our God and the miracle of His restored gospel that draw us together across all kinds of boundaries to be edified, uplifted, and united by the power of the Spirit. My heart reaches out in gratitude to you who have chosen teaching as your profession and to all who teach in response to a call from your priesthood 1 2 Religious Educator · vol. 12 no. 3 · 2011 leaders. President David O. McKay once said, “No greater responsibility can rest upon any man [or woman], than to be a teacher of God’s children.”1 Some years ago I was privileged to accompany President Boyd K. Packer on a trip through Europe. As we checked in at our hotel and filled out the usual forms, I was curious to see what President Packer would choose to list as his occupation. At the time he was the Acting President of the Twelve, he had a doctorate degree, he had served as a board member in multiple corpora- tions, and he had been a pilot. There were so many occupations he could have listed. I was deeply touched, but not surprised, when President Packer signed in as “Teacher”! Each of us, at some time during our membership in the Church, will be a teacher. That is one of the beauties of this Church. The call to teach is an opportunity to follow Jesus Christ, the Master Teacher. Brothers and sisters, as teachers in seminary or institute, you are privi- leged to help the rising generation walk toward eternity in the footsteps of the Savior. I wish to congratulate you on the tremendously effective work you are doing. Perhaps you do not always realize how far your influence reaches into the lives of those you teach. The positive impact of seminary and insti- tute might not be readily apparent to those involved in the day-to-day work. Nevertheless, don’t ever underestimate what the Lord is doing through you. When one stands back and looks across a longer period of time, it is obvious that much has been accomplished, and that alone is very gratifying. I had to grow up in the Church without seminary or institute, and I remember very well the gradual process of implementing these programs in my native country. There is no doubt in my mind that young members today who have the privilege to participate in seminary and institute are far better educated in the history, doctrine, and practices of the Church than any other generation in Church history. I am confident that the seminary and institute programs have been among the most significant contributors to the stability and strength of the growing worldwide Church. I commend and thank you warmly for what you are doing to establish the Church among every nation, tongue, and people. I know that it has taken great faith and prayers and tremendous effort, but I know also that you receive sweet satisfaction as those who have been under your guidance flourish. Many become effective missionaries and then go on to become faithful and active members of the Church and strong and able citizens who carry responsibilities of leadership in many parts of the earth. A Teacher of God’s Children 3 Your continued guidance will help many young people to get the best educa- tion and vocational training possible and excel in their chosen fields in life. Unto the Ends of the Earth Isn’t it interesting that from the very beginning of this dispensation—even when the Church was still small and obscure—the Prophet Joseph Smith and his successors have spoken of this work in universal terms? For example, the modern revelations contain this grand, global declaration: “Hearken ye people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of the sea, listen together. For verily the voice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none to escape; and there is no eye that shall not see, neither ear that shall not hear, neither heart that shall not be penetrated. Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all [who want to] hear may hear” (D&C 1:1–2, 11; emphasis added).
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