This week in Sunday School we discussed the event in Luke 4:16-30 when Jesus read Isaiah 61:1-2 in the synagogue in Nazareth and announced that the scripture was fulfilled that day in him. Sunday School classes typically emphasize the “no prophet is accepted in his own country” (Matthew 4:24) part of the story and the … Read more
In 1995, the LDS Church issued a statement called “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” This Proclamation was recently the topic of study in LDS Sunday School classes. I believe many Latter-day Saints misuse this Proclamation to push a politically conservative agenda. What are LDS “Proclamations”? The Church has issued six Proclamations throughout its … Read more
The New Testament does not tell us much about the childhood of Jesus. His family left Bethlehem and moved to Egypt when he was a young child to avoid Herod’s slaughter of the innocents. They returned and settled in Nazareth after Herod died. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with … Read more