Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel (REL A 250)

Introductory Material

• Kerry Muhlestein, “From Clay Tablets to Canon: The Story of the Formation of Scripture,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 43–61.
• Jennifer C. Lane, “Jews and Greeks: The Broader Context for Writing the New Testament,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 62–77.
• Alexander B. Morrison, “Plain and Precious Things: The Writing of the New Testament,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 1–26.
• Kent P. Jackson, “Asking Restoration Questions in New Testament Scholarship,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 27–42.
• Carol F. Ellertson, “New Testament Manuscripts, Textual Families, and Variants” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 93–108.
• Carl W. Griffin and Frank F. Judd Jr., “Principles of New Testament Textual Criticism” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 78–92.
• Eric D. Huntsman, “Teaching through Exegesis: Helping Students Ask Questions of the Text,” in Religious Educator 6, no. 1 (2005): 107–126.
• Neal A. Maxwell, “Living Scriptures from a Living God through Living Prophets and for a Living Church,” in Scriptures for the Modern World, ed. Paul R. Cheesman and C. Wilfred Griggs (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 1–12.

Creation, Fall, and the Need for Redemption

• Kent P. Jackson, "The Old Testament and Easter," in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 1–11.
• Amy B. Hardison, “Theophany on Sinai,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 218–31.
• Andrew C. Skinner, “Seeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel’s Psalms,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 270–90.
• Jennifer C. Lane, “The Whole Meaning of the Law: Christ’s Vicarious Sacrifice,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament (The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium) (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
• Jared T. Parker, “Cutting Covenants,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
• Dan Belnap, “‘How Excellent is Thy Lovingkindness’: The Gospel Principle of Hesed,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
• Kerry Muhlestein, “Ruth, Redemption, Covenant, and Christ,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
• Terry B. Ball, “Isaiah’s ‘Other’ Servant Songs,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
• Alonzo L. Gaskill, “Types, Shadows, and Symbols of Christ Seen by the Church Fathers,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
• Jennifer C. Lane, “Redemption’s Grand Design for Both the Living and the Dead,” in The Doctrine and Covenants, Revelations in Context (The 37th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry), ed. Andrew H. Hedges, J. Spencer Fluhman, and Alonzo L. Gaskill (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, and Deseret Book, 2008), 188–211.
• Michael A. Goodman, “The Creation: An Introduction to Our Relationship to God,” in Religious Educator 8, no. 3 (2007): 15–29.
• Douglas S. Ladle, “Teaching the Fall of Adam and Eve,” in Religious Educator 5, no. 1 (2004): 41–55.

Abraham and the Covenant

• Kerry Muhlestein, "Recognizing the Everlasting Covenant in the Scriptures," Religious Educator 21, no. 2 (2020): 41-71.
• Kerry Muhlestein, Joshua M. Sears, and Avram R. Shannon, "New and Everlasting: The Relationship between Gospel Covenants in History," Religious Educator 21, no. 2 (2020): 21-40.
• Jennifer C. Lane, “The Lord Will Redeem His People: Adoptive Covenant and Redemption in the Old Testament,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 298–310.
• David Rolph Seely, “The Restoration as Covenant Renewal,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 311–336.
• Brian K. Ray, “Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ,” in Religious Educator 6, no. 3 (2005): 129–136.
• Michael A. Goodman, “The Abrahamic Covenant: A Foundational Theme for the Old Testament,” in Religious Educator 4, no. 3 (2003): 43–53.
• W. D. Davies, “Israel, the Mormons and the Land,” in Reflections on Mormonism: Judaeo-Christian Parallels, ed. Truman G. Madsen (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1978), 79–97.

Saving God’s People

• Eric Wing, "'That Evil May Be Done Away': Wickedness and Christ's Power to Save," Religious Educator 24, no. 3 (2023): 27–43.
• S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 154–163.

Mothers and Sons, Prophetesses and Deliverers

• Lauren Ellison, “Mothers: Heroes, Then and Now,” in Religious Educator 8, no. 3 (2007): 65–74.
• Gaye Strathearn, “The Wife/Sister Experience: Pharaoh’s Introduction to Jehova h,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 100–116.

Royal Psalms

• Andrew C. Skinner, “Israel’s Ancient Psalms: Cornerstone of the Beatitudes,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 59–75.

Gospel Portraits

• Eric D. Huntsman, “The Petrine Kērygma and the Gospel according to Mark,” in The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr., Eric D. Huntsman, and Shon D. Hopkin (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014), 169–90.
• Eric D. Huntsman, “The Lamb of God: Unique Aspects of the Passion Narrative in John,” in Behold the Lamb of God: The Fourth Annual BYU Religious Education Easter Conference, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Frank F. Judd, Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2008), 49–70.
• Eric D. Huntsman, “The Bread of Life Sermon,” in Celebrating Easter: The 2006 BYU Easter Conference, ed. Thomas A. Wayment and Keith J. Wilson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2007), 87–111.
• Gaye Strathearn and Frank F. Judd Jr., “The Distinctive Testimonies of the Four Gospels,” Religious Educator 8, no. 2 (2007): 59–85.
• Frank F. Judd Jr., “Who Really Wrote the Gospels? A Study of Traditional Authorship,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 123–140.
• Gaye Strathearn, “Matthew as an Editor of the Life and Teachings of Jesus,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 141–156.
• Thomas A. Wayment, “First-Century Sources on the Life of Jesus,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 109–122.
• Thomas A. Wayment, “False Gospels: An Approach to Studying the New Testament Apocrypha,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 292–303.
• Kent S. Brown, “The Four Gospels as Testimonies,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 77–91.
• Richard Lloyd Anderson, “Paul’s Witness to the Historical Integrity of the Gospels,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 207–236.
• Roger R. Keller, “Mark and Luke: Two Facets of a Diamond,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 92–107.
• Julie M. Smith, “‘Written, That Ye Might Believe’: Literary Features of the Gospels,” in Religious Educator 5, no. 2 (2004): 95–104.
• Matthew J. Grey, “‘These Miracles That Thou Doest’: A Student’s Tribute to Gospel Teachers,” in Religious Educator 3, no. 1 (2002): 65–69.
• Ray L. Huntington, “The Meaning of the Word Gospel,” in The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, ed. Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. Ball (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2001), 45–56.
• Robert L. Millet, “The JST and the Synoptic Gospels: Literary Style,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1985), 147–62.

Miracles of Jesus

• Robert L. Millet, “How Miracles Are Wrought: Reflections on Faith, Prayer, and Priesthood,” Religious Educator 14, no. 2 (2013): 11–27.
• Blair G. Van Dyke, “Miracles of Jesus in the Gospel of John,” in Religious Educator 9, no. 3 (2008): 15–30

Sermon on the Mount

• Alan Taylor Farnes and John W. Welch, “The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple,” in Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 21–37, Alan Taylor Farnes and John W. Welch, “The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple,” in Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 21–37.
• David A. LeFevre, “The Sermon on the Mount in the Joseph Smith Translation,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 283–311.
• Valerie Triplet-Hitoto, “‘Audience Astonishment at the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 42–58.
• Daniel K Judd, “‘Resist Not Evil’: The Supreme Test of Christian Discipleship,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 1–23.
• Amy B. Hardison, “The Sociocultural Context of the Sermon on the Mount,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 24–41.
• Matthew O. Richardson, “Salt and Light: Being in the World but Not of the World,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 76–92.
• Eric D. Huntsman, “The Six Antitheses: Attaining the Purpose of the Law through the Teachings of Jesus,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 93–109.
• Jared W. Ludlow, “The Father in the Sermon on the Mount,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 140–56.
• Jennifer C. Lane, “The Kingdom of God: God’s Vision for Society in the Sermon on the Mount,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 157–72.
• Robert L. Millet, “‘By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them,’” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 215–29.
• Nicholas J. Frederick, “‘As Your Father Also Is Merciful’: The Sermon on the Plain and the Development of Mercy,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 249–67.
• David A. LeFevre, “The Sermon on the Mount in the Joseph Smith Translation,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 283–311.
• Thomas A. Wayment, “How New Testament Variants Contribute to the Meaning of the Sermon on the Mount,” in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010), 298–311.

On the Road to Jerusalem: Transfiguration

• Andrew C. Skinner, “Peter—the Chief Apostle,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31^st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 187–219.
• Richard J. Clifford, “The Temple and the Holy Mountain,” in The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, ed. Truman G. Madsen (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 107–24.

Jesus as King

• Roger R. Keller, “Jesus Christ: Priest, King, and Prophet,” in Salvation in Christ: Comparative Christian Views, ed. Roger R. Keller and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2005), 345–364.

Jesus’ Final Night

• John S. Tanner, "Reflections on Sin, Sinfulness, and Homecoming on the Day of the Atonement," Religious Educator 24, no. 1 (2023): 12–15.
• Eric D. Huntsman, “The Accounts of Peter’s Denial: Understanding the Texts and Motifs,” in The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr., Eric D. Huntsman, and Shon D. Hopkin (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014), 127–49.
• Gerald N. Lund, “What the Atoning Sacrifice Meant for Jesus,” in My Redeemer Lives!, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2011).
• Rick B. Jorgensen, “The Savior’s Questions: Teachings from the Last Week of His Life,” Religious Educator 10, no. 2 (2009): 31–46.

Crucifixion and Burial

• John Hilton III, Megan Cutler, and Emily K. Hyde, "Teachings of Church Leaders on Christ's Final Seven Statements," Religious Educator 22, no. 1 (2021): 79-99.
• John Hilton III, "Teaching the Scriptural Emphasis on the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ," Religious Educator 20, no. 3 (2019): 133-153.
• Gaye Strathern, “Christ’s Crucifixion: Reclamation of the Cross,” in With Healing in His Wings, ed. Camille Fronk Olson and Thomas A. Wayment (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 55–79.
• Andrew C. Skinner, “The Savior’s Ministry to the Spirit World” in With Healing in His Wings, ed. Camille Fronk Olson and Thomas A. Wayment (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 81–107.
• John H. Groberg, “It Is Finished,” in My Redeemer Lives!, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, 2011), 1–26.
• Sandra Rogers, “To Proclaim Liberty to the Captives,” in My Redeemer Lives!, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2011).
• Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, “The Passion of Jesus Christ,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 176–189.
• M. Catherine Thomas, “Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 354–372.
• Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Why Is Abba in the New Testament?,” Religious Educator 6, no. 1 (2005): 43–49.
• Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “Revisiting Golgotha and the Garden Tomb,” Religious Educator 4, no. 1 (2003): 13–48.
• Bruce Satterfield, “Gethsemane and Golgotha: Why and What the Savior Suffered,” in The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, ed. Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. Ball (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2001), 173–99.

Resurrection

• William Perez, "Raised unto Eternal Life: The Principle of Ascension in the Revelations of the Restoration," Religious Educator 22, no. 1 (2021): 59-77.
• Mark A. Mathews, "“Between the Time of Death and the Resurrection”: A Doctrinal Examination of the Spirit World," Religious Educator 21, no. 1 (2020): 105-127.
• D. Todd Christofferson, “The Atonement and the Resurrection,” in By Study and by Faith: Selections from the Religious Educator, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2009), 13–24.
• Richard D. Draper, “He Has Risen: The Resurrection Narratives as a Witness of Corporeal Regeneration,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 190–206.
• L. Aldin Porter, “He is Risen,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 36–45.
• Keith J. Wilson, “The Resurrection: An Embattled Keystone,” in The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, ed. Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. Ball (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2001), 219–33.
• Andrew C. Skinner, “Autumn, Olives, and the Atonement,” Religious Educator 1, no. 1 (2000): 107–121.

Apostolic Proclamations of Christ

• Richard D. Draper, “The Earliest ‘New Testament,’” in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr., (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 260-291.

The Great High Priest

• John S. Tanner, “Christ, Our Advocate and High Priest,” Religious Educator 8, no. 2 (2007): 26–34.

The Apocalyptic Jesus

• Thomas A. Wayment, “Apocalyptic Imagination and the New Testament,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31^st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 305–318.