Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel (REL A 250)

Readings selected from publications of the Religious Studies Center

Introductory Material

Creation, Fall, and the Need for Redemption

  • Tyler J. Griffin and Donald B. Anderson, "The Great Plan of Happiness: A Christ-Centered Visual Approach," Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 12–31.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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

Saving God’s People

Mothers and Sons, Prophetesses and Deliverers

Royal Psalms

Gospel Portraits

Miracles of Jesus

Sermon on the Mount

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, 31st 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

Jesus’ Final Night

Crucifixion and Burial

Resurrection

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

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, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 305–318.