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Perspectives on the Restored Gospel Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel Volume 13 Number 3 Article 14 9-2012 Full Issue Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re BYU ScholarsArchive Citation "Full Issue." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 13, no. 3 (2012). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol13/iss3/14 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]. TH E R EL i vol. 13 no. 3 · 2012 G iou S A Century of Seminary E D u Sacred Learning cat o Breathing Life into a Dead Class R perspectives oN THE rest oRED GoSPEL InsIde ThIs Issue: • P erspect How to Survive in Enemy Territory President Boyd K. Packer i ves A Century of Seminary o N Casey Paul Griffiths THE Sacred Learning R est Elder Kevin J Worthen o RED Teaching the Four Gospels: Five Considerations Gaye Strathearn Go SPEL Jesus Christ and the Feast of Tabernacles Ryan S. Gardner RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER • BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY The Savior’s Teachings on Discipleship during His Final Trek to Jerusalem Casey W. Olson Paul and James on Faith and Works Mark D. Ellison Belief in a Promise: The Power of Faith Jeffrey W. Carter Religious Educator Articles Related to the New Testament Terry F. Calton Breathing Life into a Dead Class Lloyd D. Newell Covenants, Sacraments, and Vows: The Active Pathway to Mercy Peter B. Rawlins How to Survive in Enemy Territory vol. 13 no. 3 · 2012 president boyd k. packer religious studies center brigham young university perspectives on the restored gospel Provo, Utah volUme 13 NUmber 3 ISSN 1536-4720 © 2012 by Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA on acid-free paper. On the cover: The Fulmer Falls located in the Childs Recreation Area in the Poconos Mountains, Pennsylvania. photo by derek ramsey © 2006 editor’s note The Power of the Word When Alma faced a developing Zoramite situation, he decided to “try the virtue of the word of God,” knowing that “the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else” (Alma 31:5). At the centennial mark in the history of the sem- inary program, it is appropriate to consider the power of the word of God in the lives of young seminary students around the world. My personal experience with seminary was limited to one year of early- morning instruction when I was a senior in high school. Because my family lived twenty-two miles from the chapel where our seminary class met at 6:15 a.m., I was often groggy when we met. Our volunteer teacher instructed on the Book of Mormon that year. I think I read only to the end of 2 Nephi. But I went. And I felt the power of the word of God. Seminary was an impor- tant part of my spiritual development and of my commitment to the restored Church of Jesus Christ, as I am sure it has been in the lives of many others the past hundred years. A number of articles in this issue deal with the New Testament, the por- tion of scripture that recounts the saving ministry of the Word, Jesus Christ, and his emissaries. In that era as well as in ours, our Lord’s “gospel came not . in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assur- ance” (1 Thessalonians 1:5). Other articles herein focus on “sacred learning,” on reviving a “dead” class, and on the pathway provided to access the Lord’s mercy, all of which topics involve the word of God and its power. As always, we at the RSC invite you to thoroughly explore this issue of the Religious Educator, trusting that its contents will assist you in more fully learning, and teaching with power, the word of God. Dana M. Pike Editor iv Contents 1 How to Survive in Enemy Territory president boyd k. packer 13 A Century of Seminary casey paul griffiths 61 Sacred Learning elder kevin j worthen 79 Teaching the Four Gospels: Five Considerations gaye strathearn 109 Jesus Christ and the Feast of Tabernacles ryan s. gardner 129 The Savior’s Teachings on Discipleship during His Final Trek to Jerusalem casey w. olson 147 Paul and James on Faith and Works mark d. ellison v Religious Educator volUme 13 NUmber 3 · 2012 173 Belief in a Promise: The Power of Faith jeffrey w. carter 189 Religious Educator Articles Related to the New Testament terry f. calton 193 Breathing Life into a Dead Class lloyd d. newell 205 Covenants, Sacraments, and Vows: The Active Pathway to Mercy peter b. rawlins 220 New Publications 223 Upcoming Events 225 Staff Spotlight © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. © Intellectual Reserve, President Boyd K. Packer How to Survive in Enemy Territory president boyd k. packer President Boyd K. Packer is President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Address at the “Commemorating 100 Years of Seminary” broadcast on January 22, 2012, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. e celebrate 100 years of seminary in the Church. I hold on to a thread Wthat goes back to the early days when the resources for this program were very scarce. I traveled with President Spencer W. Kimball years ago. He held the office that I now hold as President of the Quorum of the Twelve. We were visiting seminaries for youth who attended Indian schools in Montana and South Dakota. We met in the one-room home of Sister Two Dogs. She was sitting on the bed, and about a dozen youngsters were gathered around her on the dirt floor. She was teaching a seminary lesson. From those humble beginnings, we now have 375,008 students in semi- nary classes in 143 countries with over 38,000 volunteer and full-time teachers worldwide. The system of seminary is maintained at enormous expense given © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. © Intellectual Reserve, willingly by the Brethren responsible for the funds of the Church. We invest much in our youth. We know of your worth and your potential. 1 2 Religious Educator · vol. 13 no. 3 · 2012 Wisdom Will Help You Combat the Enemy I speak as one who has seen the past and would prepare you for the future. I was trained by President Marion G. Romney, Counselor in the First Presidency. He once told me, “Do not just tell them so that they understand; teach them so that they cannot misunderstand!” He also taught me that I must have the courage of my convictions. You are growing up in enemy territory. When you become mature spiri- tually, you will understand how the adversary has infiltrated the world around you. He is in homes, entertainment, the media, language—everything around you. In most cases his presence is undetected. Pornography is just one example. I want to tell you that which will be of most worth and most desirable. The scriptures say, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom,” and I would add, “with all [your] getting, get [going]”!1 I do not have time to waste and neither do you. So listen up! Our Present Blessings Come from Past Sacrifices The moment I decided to be a teacher is very clear in my mind. During World War II, I was in my early 20s and a pilot in the Air Force. I was stationed on the little island of Ie Shima. This island, a small, lonely one about as big as a postage stamp, is just off the northern tip of Okinawa. One lonely summer evening I sat on a cliff to watch the sun go down. I remember looking at the moon and thinking, “That is the very same moon that shines down on my home in Utah.” I was pondering what I would do with my life after the war, if I was fortunate enough to survive. What did I want to be? It was on that night that I decided I wanted to be a teacher. I reasoned that teachers are always learning. Learning is a basic purpose of life. I first taught seminary in 1949 in Brigham City. I had been a student in that seminary in my high school days. There were three of us as teachers: the principal, Abel S. Rich; Brother A. Theodore Tuttle; and myself. Brother Rich had opened that seminary as the second released-time seminary in the Church. The first was established in 1912—the Granite Seminary in Salt Lake City. I learned much from Brother Rich. He was a prominent and success- ful community and Church leader. He was never hesitant. He taught me to consider a problem, determine what gospel principle was involved, and then make a decision. His philosophy was simply “Do what is right; let the conse- quence follow.”2 How to Survive in Enemy Territory 3 Brother Rich had lived through the history of seminary and talked freely about it. Through him I became acquainted with the old “warhorses,” as he called them. As I think back, a stream of memories comes forward. I recall William E. Berrett, who opened seminary in the Uintah Basin. During the summer, he walked from town to town recruiting students for his class.
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