GM1 Gospel Doctrine – Old Testament Lesson 8 [Sunday, 28 February 2010]

Living Righteously in a Wicked World

We are surrounded by unrighteous influences. This lesson is about the importance of being righteous even when wickedness is all around us.
OVERVIEW:

Abraham and his family settle in Hebron, and Lot and his family settle near Sodom.
Abraham rescues Lot, pays tithes to Melchizedek, and refuses to accept the spoils of war [...]

GM1 Gospel Doctrine – Old Testament Lesson 7 [Sunday, 21 February 2010]

The Abrahamic Covenant
Although we generally speak of the Abrahamic covenant beginning with Abraham, he was actually the inheritor of promises, passed down through the lineage of his fathers, that began with Adam. Abraham himself wrote: “And, finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the [...]

GM1 Gospel Doctrine – Old Testament Lesson 6 [Sunday, 14 February 2010]

“Noah … Prepared an Ark to the Saving of His House”
The biblical story of Noah and the Flood is likely one of our earliest remembered tales. Its scope and drama have fascinated artists and scriptural commentators for centuries.
Perhaps because many of the righteous were taken from the earth with Enoch, Genesis 6 reports that “God [...]

GM1 Gospel Doctrine – Old Testament Lesson 5 [Sunday, 7 February 2010]

“If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted”

Elder Thomas S. Monson: Each time we watch the news on television or pick up a newspaper, we learn of terrible human suffering as a result of tornadoes, floods, fires, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, conflicts of war. I ask the question: Do we have a responsibility to do something [...]