Teaching is more than just delivering information—it’s about understanding hearts and helping students recognize their divine worth. In this episode, we discuss Doctrine and Covenants 18, focusing on how to help students take the “hops” needed to apply the gospel in their lives. We explore powerful learning activities, prophetic insights, and Doctrinal Mastery Practice #2 to ensure understanding.

📖 Doctrine & Covenants 18:10-16 – How Jesus Christ sees our worth and calls us to help others.

• The “Hop” Students Must Take – How do we help students recognize their divine worth? (01:17)
• PLA: "Christ Knows You" – A powerful learning activity to help students feel Christ’s love (05:14)
• Amplifying Prophetic Voices – Quotes from Elder Uchtdorf and Elder Holland on our worth to God (08:08)

📖 Doctrine & Covenants 18:21 – Speaking the truth in soberness and what that means for teaching and discipleship.

• Speaking Truth in Soberness – Teaching with self-control, love, and clarity (16:18)
• What Does Soberness Mean? – Insights from Webster’s 1828 Dictionary & President Nelson

📖 Doctrine & Covenants 18:26-47 – The Lord’s pattern for calling His representatives.

• Student-Designed Lessons – A method to help students engage with and teach scripture principles (12:16)
• How to Take Upon You the Name of Christ – What does it really mean?

📖 Mastering Key Doctrinal Passages

• How to Ensure Students Really Understand – Moving beyond surface-level answers (26:00)
• PLA: Social Media Challenge – Summarizing scripture in 125 or 280 characters
• Text-for-Answers – A practical application for engaging students in personal reflection

🗣 Elder Uchtdorf:"You are known and remembered by the most majestic, powerful, and glorious being in the universe. You are loved by the King of infinite space and everlasting time."

🗣 Elder Holland:"However late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed—the Lord’s arms are stretched out still."

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Lesson 1: “The Worth of Souls Is Great” (D&C 18:10-16)Lesson 2: “You Are Called to Declare My Gospel” (D&C 18:18-25)Lesson 3: “The Calling of the Twelve” (D&C 18:26-47)Doctrinal Mastery Practice #2: Ensuring UnderstandingKey Quotes from General Conference📌 Resources for Teachers

Chapters:0:00-1:01 – Introduction1:02-13:31 – D&C 1013:32-26:51 – D&C 1126:52-35:08 – Life Prep Lesson 188 and Conclusion📖 Doctrine & Covenants 10–11 | Coping with Trials & Letting God PrevailWelcome to another episode of Teach Ye Diligently! This week, Mark and Will dive into Doctrine & Covenants 10 and 11, exploring how God's wisdom always prevails over Satan’s cunning. We’ll discuss:🔹 How the Lord prepared for the loss of the 116 pages🔹 The power of obtaining the word of God before preaching (D&C11:21)🔹 Ways to let God prevail in our lives (President Nelson, October 2020)🔹 Coping with sadness and depression through faith in Christ🔥 Powerful Learning Activities (PLAs) & Teaching Ideas:✅ Remote Control Activity – Help students act out life scenarios & see how God provides escape routes.✅ Jesus vs. Satan Scripture Comparison – A contrast of Christ’s power & Satan’s deception.✅ Treasure the Gems – Invite students to find and treasure key verses from D&C 11.✅ Mission Power – Connect Hyrum Smith’s revelation to modern missionary work.🗣 Amplifying Prophetic Voices:🔹 President Nelson on Spiritual Survival (2019)🔹 Elder Glen Pace: Come, Follow Me as God’s Counter-Strategy🔹 Elder Holland on Overcoming Depression (2013)✨ Expect Miracles: How has God’s wisdom helped YOU overcome an obstacle? Share in the comments!🔗 Downloadable Resources:https://www.teachyediligently.org/pod...👀 Watch Next:🎥 Finding Truth in a World of Misinformation (Video)🎥 The Parable of the Gems (Video)💬 Like, subscribe, and share to help other seminary and institute teachers strengthen their lessons!#TeachYeDiligently#DoctrineAndCovenants#Seminary#JesusChrist#GospelTeaching#LetGodPrevail#ExpectMiraclesLink to "In Search of Truth" video -https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/m...Link to "Parable of the Gems" video -https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/m...

Chapters:

0:00-0:57 – Introduction Overview of the C.A.R.E. principles and focus on D&C 6 and 8, emphasizing revelation and the role of the Holy Ghost.

0:58-8:46 - D&C 6 Discussion on Oliver Cowdery’s experience receiving personal revelation and how students can recognize God’s guidance in their lives.

8:47-15:08 - Book of Mormon Translation Insights into how Oliver Cowdery was a witness to the translation process and how faith and the Spirit played a role.

15:09-21:23 - D&C 8 Exploring the "gift of Aaron" and how the Lord communicates through both spiritual and intellectual means.

21:22-26:13 - Doctrinal Mastery Practice Practical applications of Doctrinal Mastery to help students better understand receiving revelation.

26:14-32:54 - Life Prep lesson #186 and Wrap-up Applying principles of faith, revelation, and trust in God to life preparation and closing thoughts.

🎥 Additional Resource:
🔗 Doctrine & Covenants Central Video – Historical context for the "gift of Aaron" in D&C 8 with Scot Proctor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzRr5uiVM64

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In Episode 4 of the CARE podcast, Will Perez and Mark Mason unpack Doctrine and Covenants Sections 3–5, focusing on how to teach about trusting in God, developing Christlike attributes, and strengthening testimonies through personal revelation. Mark introduces a Powerful Learning Activity (PLA) where students rewrite scripture verses to reflect how God’s blessings apply in their own lives, fostering deep engagement and personal relevance. The episode also highlights connecting the Christlike attributes from Section 4 to real-life examples and the Savior's ministry. Finally, they explore the testimony of Martin Harris in Section 5, using insights to help students understand how spiritual witnesses are received. Packed with practical teaching strategies and inspiring examples, this episode equips you to create lessons that center on Jesus Christ and invite the Spirit into the learning process."

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction and Purpose of Episode 4

01:30 – Teaching Doctrine and Covenants 3: Trusting in God and Overcoming Fear

03:45 – PLA: Rewriting Scripture to Relate God’s Promises to Personal Experiences

07:05 – Connecting Doctrine and Covenants 4 to the Attributes of Christ

10:00 – Making Christlike Attributes Relevant to Teenagers

12:15 – Video Resource: Learning Service Through Guillermo’s Story

16:30 – Doctrine and Covenants 5: Martin Harris’s Testimony and Spiritual Witnesses

20:45 – Encouraging Students to Seek Personal Revelation

25:00 – Closing Reflections: Centering Lessons on Jesus Christ

Chapters: Introduction (0:00 - 0:51) JSH 1:27-50 (0:52 - 6:06) JSH 1:50-65 (6:07 - 13:41) D&C 2 & Conclusion (13:42 - 29:29)

Chapters: Introduction (0:00 - 0:47) JS-H 1:1-14 (0:48 - 10:50) Life Prep FSOY (10:51 - 15:05) JS-H 1:15-20 (15:05 - 25:48) JS-H 1:21-26 and Conclusion (25:49 - 31:43) Link to "The Apology" story from Friend Magazine - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s... Elder Maynes' list of truths we can learn from the first vision can be found in this devotional address - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s...

0:00 - 1:50 Chapters -Introduction

⁠1:51⁠-⁠8:57⁠ – Lesson 4—Doctrine and Covenants 1, Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants – Hear the Savior’s voice in the Doctrine and Covenants.

⁠8:58⁠-⁠12:11 – Lesson 164—Strengthening Your Spiritual Foundation, Life Prep Lessons – Introducing them.

Stick to the curriculum and show Elder Gilbert and Brother Webb’s video.

This page contains download links and descriptions to a video from Elder Gibert and Brother Webb (9 minutes) addressed to teachers. It also has a video addressing students (9 minutes). You may have to sign in with your LDS account to access the page. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/si/seminary/new-life-preparation-videos?lang=eng#d

12:12⁠-⁠20:59⁠ – Lesson 5—D&C 1:30-33 – The true and Living Church. Help our students overcome binary thinking.

Mauro Properzi, Learning about Other Religions: False Obstacles and Rich Opportunities, https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-16-no-1-2015/learning-about-other-religions-false-obstacles-rich-opportunities

Dale G. Renlund, “This is My Gospel”—“This is My Church”, General Conference, Oct 2024 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/10/15renlund?lang=eng

21:00⁠-⁠31:50 – Lesson 6—D&C 1:37-38 – “Whether by mine own voice or the voice of my servants it is the same.”

Help students practice looking for specific things in the scriptures to hear the Savior’s voice.

Have them practice again using president Nelson’s talk, “The lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again,” General Conference, Oct 2024.

⁠31:51⁠-⁠33:04⁠ - Wrap-up