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“Written, That Ye Might Believe”: Literary Features of the Gospels
The Meaning of the Word Gospel
The JST and the Synoptic Gospels: Literary Style
Illuminating the Text of the Doctrine and Covenants through the Gospel of John
Who Really Wrote the Gospels? A Study of Traditional Authorship
The Distinctive Testimonies of the Four Gospels
Mark and Luke: Two Facets of a Diamond
Matthew as an Editor of the Life and Teachings of Jesus
The Earliest “New Testament”
New Testament Manuscripts, Textual Families, and Variants
Asking Restoration Questions in New Testament Scholarship
Teaching the Four Gospels: Five Considerations
 
Jews and Greeks: The Broader Context for Writing the New Testament
“Plain and Precious Things“: The Writing of the New Testament
What the Bible Means to Latter-day Saints
 
Sorting Out the Seven Marys in the New Testament
The Four Gospels as Testimonies
 
Special Witnesses of the Birth of Christ
 
John the Beloved: Special Witness of the Atonement
 
John the Baptist: The Miracle and the Mission
Baptism
The Doctrine of Baptism: Immersions at Qumran and the Baptisms of John, the Earliest Christians, and Book of Mormon Peoples
Simon Peter in Capernaum: An Archaeological Survey of the First-Century Village
 
Jesus’ Use of the Psalms in Matthew
 
The Message of Nicodemus
 
Israel’s Ancient Psalms: Cornerstone of the Beatitudes
A Scriptural Comparison Concerning Anger: 3 Nephi 12:22 and Matthew 5:22
Salt and Light: Being in the World but Not of the World
“What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let No Man Put Asunder”
“Resist Not Evil”: The Supreme Test of Christian Discipleship
“Be Ye Therefore Perfect:” The Elusive Quest for Perfection
"As Your Father Also Is Merciful": The Sermon on the Plain and the Development of Mercy
“A Wise Man . . . Built His House upon a Rock”: The Doctrine of Discernment
The Sermon on the Mount in the Joseph Smith Translation
The Sermon on the Mount in the JST and the Book of Mormon
The Six Antitheses: Attaining the Purpose of the Law through the Teachings of Jesus
How New Testament Variants Contribute to the Meaning of the Sermon on the Mount
 
The Kingdom of God: God’s Vision for Society in the Sermon on the Mount
The Father in the Sermon on the Mount
The Sociocultural Context of the Sermon on the Mount
Audience Astonishment at the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon at the Temple
Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount
 
 
“Those Who Receive You Not”: The Rite of Wiping Dust Off the Feet
Simon and the Woman Who Anointed Jesus’s Feet
 
Of Soils and Souls: The Parable of the Sower
Names of the Parables
 
The Bread of Life Sermon
The Bread of Life Discourse as Dialogue
 
“Whom Say Ye That I Am?”: Peter’s Witness of Christ
Peter, Stones, and Seers
Peter’s Keys
The Savior’s Teachings on Discipleship during His Final Trek to Jerusalem
 
What the Atoning Sacrifice Meant for Jesus
Jesus Christ: Priest, King, and Prophet
The Passion of Jesus Christ
To Proclaim Liberty to the Captives
“It Is Finished”
The Atonement and the Resurrection
“He Is Risen”
He Has Risen: The Resurrection Narratives as a Witness of Corporeal Regeneration
The Resurrection: An Embattled Keystone
The Book of Mormon as an Interpretive Guide to the New Testament
Christ, Our Advocate and High Priest
 
Choosing the “Good Part”
 
Jesus Christ and the Feast of Tabernacles
Nicodemus: Coward or Convert?
 
The Parable of the Two Sons: A Revelation about God
Names of the Parables
 
 
Names of the Parables
Jesus’ Use of the Psalms in Matthew
The Great Commandment: Principle or Platitude?
The Savior’s Questions: Teachings from the Last Week of His Life
The Confusing Case of Zacharias
 
Prophecies and Promises of Joseph Smith—Matthew
 
The Lamb of God: Unique Aspects of the Passion Narrative in John
 
Fallible but Faithful: How Simon the Fisherman Became Peter the Rock
The Accounts of Peter’s Denial: Understanding the Texts and Motifs
The Passion of Jesus Christ
Why Is Abba in the New Testament?
Revisiting Golgotha and the Garden Tomb
Gethsemane and Golgotha: Why and What the Savior Suffered
 
Christ’s Crucifixion: Reclamation of the Cross
The Savior’s Ministry to the Spirit World
Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed
 
The Endings of Mark and Revelation
Paul’s Witness to the Historical Integrity of the Gospels
 
Healing, Wholeness, and Repentance in Acts 3
The Book of Acts: A Pattern for Modern Church Growth
 
“He Is Risen”
The Setting and Sacrament of the Christian Community
 
Paul the Apostle: Champion of the Doctrine of the Resurrection
Peter, Cornelius, and Cultural Boundaries
The Jerusalem Council
The Jerusalem Conference: The First Council of the Christian Church
 
“The Wisdom of Men”: Greek Philosophy, Corinthian Behavior, and the Teachings of Paul
 
“An Hebrew of the Hebrews”: Paul’s Language and Thought
The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ
 
William Tyndale and the Language of At-one-ment
“We Have Now Received the Atonement”
 
Paul’s Use of Old Testament Scripture
 
Paul’s Teachings in 1 Corinthians on Women
The Stumbling Blocks of First Corinthians
The “I’s” of Corinth: Modern Problems Not New
Paul’s Inspired Teachings on Marriage
 
The Unifying Power of Spiritual Gifts
Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ
Saved and Enabled by the Grace of Jesus Christ
Walking in Newness of Life: Doctrinal Themes of the Apostle Paul
 
The Unifying Power of Spiritual Gifts
Baptism for the Dead
Paul the Apostle: Champion of the Doctrine of the Resurrection
 
 
 
Law and Liberty in Galatians 5–6
Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ
The Faith of Christ
Peter and Paul in Antioch
 
Saved and Enabled by the Grace of Jesus Christ
Ephesians: Unfolding the Mysteries through Revelation
Submit Yourselves . . . as unto the Lord
Unity and Atonement in Ephesians
The “Same” Organization That Existed in the Primitive Church
Internal Divisions: Ephesians in Historical Context
 
Suffering for the Savior’s Sake
 
The Process of Apostasy in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon
The Occasional Nature, Composition, and Structure of Paul’s Letters
Scribes and Ancient Letters: Implications for the Pauline Epistles
Paul’s Use of Old Testament Scripture
 
New Testament Prophecies of Apostasy
 
Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews
 
Seek Learning by Faith
 
Paul and James on Faith and Works
“As the Body without the Spirit”: James’s Epistle on Faith and Work
“The Tongue Is a Fire”: The Symbolic Language of James 3
“If Any of You Lack Wisdom”: James’s Imperative to Israel
Agency and Self-Deception in the Writings of James and 1 John
 
The Case for Petrine Authorship of 1 Peter
Peter, the Chief Apostle
Peter, My Brother
Think It Not Strange Concerning the Fiery Trial
Peter’s Principles: An Approach to the First Epistle of Peter
Make Your Calling and Election Sure
Joseph Smith’s Inspired Commentary on the Doctrine of Calling and Election
“Honor the King”: Submission to Civil Authority
Wondering at His Words: Peter’s Influence on the Knowledge of Salvation for the Dead
Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed
Reading 2 Peter as a Farewell Text
 
Twilight in the Early Church
The Overlooked Epistle of Jude
 
Teaching the Book of Revelation: Five Considerations
Understanding Images and Symbols in the Book of Revelation
Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision as Apocalyptic Literature
What Nephi’s Vision Teaches about the Bible and the Book of Mormon
The Exalted Lord
The Apocalyptic Witness of the Messiah
Apocalyptic Imagination and the New Testament
Insights from the JST into the Book of Revelation
 
 
The War in Heaven and Satan’s Continuing Battle for Power
The Endings of Mark and Revelation