Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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1 Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel Volume 5 Number 3 Article Front Matter Religious Educator Follow this and additional works at: BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Educator, Religious. "Front Matter." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 5, no. 3 (2004). This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by the All 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 scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.

2 THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES ON THE RESTORED GOSPEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY VOL 5 NO Counsel and Correction Living a Life in Crescendo Literary Features of the Gospels VOL 5 NO Four Imperatives for Religious Educators President Gordon B. Hinckley You, my beloved associates, need to be constantly driking from the waters of knowledge and revelation. There is so much to learn and so little time in which to learn it.

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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

5 iv VOL 5 NO 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 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. The contributions to each issue are carefully reviewed and edited by experienced teachers, writers, and scholars. We anticipate that the articles published in the Religious Educator will appeal to anyone inter- ested in perspectives on the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Articles will be selected on the basis of their appeal to and appropriateness for religion professors at each of the Brigham Young University campuses, full-time seminary and institute teachers and administrators, volunteer early-morning and home-study seminary teachers, and volunteer institute of religion teachers. In every issue, we plan a selection of articles that will be helpful and appealing to this diverse audience. In each issue, we hope that each group will find one or more articles that meet the individual needs of members of the group. The beliefs of the respective authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be word processed in double-spaced format, including quotations. A minimum of embedded word-processing commands should be used. Authors should follow style conventions of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, and the Style Guide for Publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,, 3rd edition, as reflected in a recent issue of the Religious Educator. At the time an author submits an article for possible publication, the author should submit one copy of the prospective article, an electronic file of the article on an IBM-compatible diskette formatted in Microsoft Word, and photocopies of all source materials cited, arranged in order, numbered to coincide with endnotes, and highlighted to reflect the quotations or paraphrases. Photocopies of source material must include title page and source page with the quotations used highlighted. Complete author guidelines, including suitable topics, are provided at the Web site for the Religious Educator, tre.byu.edu. Send manuscripts to the Religious Educator, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 167 Heber J. Grant Building, Provo, UT Manuscripts received will be checked to see if they conform to style-guide requirements and will undergo a preliminary review. Those manuscripts that meet all criteria will be peer reviewed and will receive a friendly but careful review. Authors will then be notified of the decision about publication. Subscriptions to the Religious Educator are open to anyone interested in perspectives on the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. The subscription rate is $10 per year. Subscribers can place orders on-line at tre.byu.edu (preferred method) or by mail addressed to Creative Works, Brigham Young University, 3760 HBLL, Provo, UT Mail subscriptions must include the following information: name, mailing address, phone number, address (optional; for renewal purposes only), current CES responsibilities, an indication of the number of years of subscription desired (up to three), and a check or money order made out to Creative Works. Subscription questions should be sent via to catalog@byu.edu u and should include TRE Subscriptions on the subject line. Back issues are available online only. ISSN by Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. on acid-free paper

6 v VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 Religious Studies Center Director Andrew C. Skinner Dean, Religious Education Associate Director Richard D. Draper Advisory Board Andrew C. Skinner Dean, Religious Education Richard D. Draper Associate Dean, Religious Education Matthew O. Richardson Associate Dean, Religious Education Paul H. Peterson Chair, Department of Church History and Doctrine Terry B. Ball Chair, Department of Ancient Scripture Dennis A. Wright Associate Chair, Department of Church History and Doctrine Dennis L. Largey Associate Chair, Department of Ancient Scripture Editorial Advisory Board Gayle O. Brown Orem, Utah Tad R. Callister Glendale, California Jack R. Christianson Orem, Utah Kathy Clayton Buenos Aires, Argentina Milly Day Indianapolis, Indiana Randall L. Hall Orem, Utah Veneese C. Nelson Midvale, Utah Lindon J. Robison Okemos, Michigan Jolene E. Rockwood Batesville, Indiana Lynne K. Speierman Shawnee Mission, Kansas James A. Toronto Provo, Utah Thomas R. Valletta Pleasant View, Utah Victor L. Walch Wilsonville, Oregon Religious Studies Center Publications Managing Director Richard Neitzel Holzapfel Office Manager Charlotte A. Pollard Executive Editor R. Devan Jensen Student Editorial Interns Christian S. Bell Adrianne Gardner Jonathon R. Owen Caroline Pike Philip R. Webb Cindy White The Religious Educator Editor-in-Chief Richard Neitzel Holzapfel Executive Editor R. Devan Jensen Associate Editor Ted D. Stoddard Design Stephen A. Hales Jimmy Salazar Stephen Hales Creative, Inc. Subscription Management Mary Jo Tansy Creative Works

7 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 questions 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

8 vii Table of Contents Four Imperatives for Religious Educators President Gordon B. Hinckley 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 Sorting Out the Seven Marys in the New Testament Blair G. Van Dyke and Ray L. Huntington How to Ask Questions That Invite Revelation Alan R. Maynes Written, That Ye Might Believe : Literary Features of the Gospels Julie M. Smith A Viewpoint on the Supposedly Lost Gospel Q Thomas A. Wayment Teacher, Scholar, Administrator: A Conversation with Robert J. Matthews Alexander L. Baugh New Publications Joseph Smith s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts Prelude to the Restoration: From Apostasy to the Restored Church Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The New England States Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, Second Edition Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants A Mormon Bibliography, , Second Edition