BYU Religious Studies Center
June 28, 2022
This quote comes from an article called “Swine’s Blood and Broken Serpents: The Rejection and Rehabilitation of Worship in the Old Testament,’ by Jared M. Halverson.
Read it here: https://rsc.byu.edu/ascending-mountain-lord/swines-blood-broken-serpents-rejection-rehabilitation-worship-old-testament
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 21, 2022
To supplement your gospel study this week, our website is filled with enriching articles related to this week’s “Come, Follow Me” topic. Watch a video explaining these resources here: https://youtu.be/z7tBALQtzIE
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 14, 2022
This quote comes from our list of “Come, Follow Me” recommended readings, curated to help supplement your gospel study this week.
This reading, “Preparing Our Hearts,” by Thomas L. Tyler, comes from the Religious Educator 12, no. 3 (2011).
rsc.byu.edu/vol-12-no-3-2011/preparing-our-hearts
BYU Religious Studies Center
May 31, 2022
Watch our most recent video explaining our “Come, Follow Me” lesson resources by visiting youtu.be/CWoUOwxRg9A or jump right to the article for this week by visiting rsc.byu.edu/my-gospel-study/come-follow-me#this-weeks-lesson
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 27, 2022
Elijah contends against the priests of Baal in this week’s “Come, Follow Me” chapters, 1 Kings 17–19.
Our newest video explaining RSC “Come, Follow Me” gospel resources is available to watch now: https://youtu.be/fF8cKXEKvRs
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 16, 2022
The John A. Widtsoe Foundation is hosting another installment of their Interfaith Conversation Series this Sunday, June 19, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. PDT.
Special guest Dr. Kristine Garroway will be featured. The topic is Elijah.
Register for the event here: https://www.widtsoefoundation.org/events-1/elijah-1-kgs-18-2-kgs-2-come-follow-me-interfaith-conversations
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 13, 2022
Gain unique insights about this week’s “Come, Follow Me” lesson by watching Jared Ludlow discuss RSC lesson resources related to 1 Samuel 8–10; 13; 15–18.
https://youtu.be/8RPdvzDQY1k
BYU Religious Studies Center
May 24, 2022
This week’s “Come, Follow Me” focuses on Joshua 1–8; 23–24 in the Old Testament. Elder David A. Bednar shares insights about this topic in an article from the Religious Educator 7, no. 3.
Read it here: rsc.byu.edu/vol-7-no-3-2006/seek-learning-faith
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 23, 2022
This quote comes from an article in our “Come, Follow Me” recommended reading list this week. The article is titled “Old Testament Relevancy Reaffirmed by Restoration Scripture,” by Scott C. Esplin.
Read it here: rsc.byu.edu/vol-8-no-3-2007/old-testament-relevancy-reaffirmed-restoration-scripture
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 15, 2022
As this week in “Come, Follow Me” focuses on various books from 1 Samuel in the Old Testament, we spotlight an article from our website called “‘The Lord . . . Bringeth Low, and Lifteth Up’: Hannah, Eli, and the Temple,” by Julie M. Smith.
Read it here: rsc.byu.edu/ascending-mountain-lord/lord-bringeth-low-lifteth-hannah-eli-temple
Artwork: “Hannah Presenting Her Son Samuel to Eli,” by Robert T. Barrett.
BYU Religious Studies Center
June 06, 2022
Elder Gerrit W. Gong, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, spoke about Latter-day Saints and religious liberty at the BYU Church History Symposium on March 11, 2022. His full address can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/aXo4qmFTSpA
BYU Religious Studies Center
May 20, 2022
The Religious Freedom Annual Review, sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at the J. Reuben Clark School of Law at Brigham Young University and the Wheatley Institution, brings nationally recognized policymakers, scholars, and religious leaders together to discuss the role of religion and religious freedom in the United States.
Taking place on June 16, 2022, this year’s theme is “Living Peaceably: Religious Freedom as a Foundation for Civic Harmony.” Elder Quentin L. Cook from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will be presenting.
Visit religiousfreedom.byu.edu to register and learn more about this event.