Make-up Work

01/24/12

Read Samuel 3

This is kind of a comical story about what happens when the Lord tries to get Samuel's attention. What happens when the Lord calls out to Samuel? How can we recognize the Lord's voice in our own lives? What choices should we make to be prepared for revelation? How can we receive revelation for ourselves?

01/23/12

Read Samuel 1

This is a beautiful story about Hannah and her faith. What is it that she prays for? What does she vow to the Lord? Does she keep her promise? What is the lesson that we can learn from Hannah and her faith?


December Make-up work:

Please read in Numbers 6. What does the Lord mean when he says "separate" yourself from the world? What does this mean for you, and how can you "separate" yourself from the wickedness of the world?

Also {for another makeup day from Chapter 6}

Read this quote:

"We are different. We are a peculiar people. We hope we shall always be unusual and peculiar." -In the World but Not of It

Make a plan to strengthen yourself so that you can remain pure from the world's temptations and you can remain part of his peculiar people. One of the ways you can do that is to read your scriptures. Write down your plan to get your reading done each day.


11/15/11

Read Exodus 21-23 to understand better the law of Moses. After, read Matt 5:38-48 {This is spoken by Jesus, and we referred to it as "Christ's law" in class}. How is the new law given by Christ in the book of Matthew different from the law of Moses? Does following Christ's law require more faith, why?


11/14/11

The 10 commandments:  This one is very easy :) Read through Exodus 19:3-17, and fill out the chart below. You can just copy the image and paste it into a word document. Once it is filled out you can hand it in as make-up work!

Commandment	Definition	Ways people break commandment	Positive applications to my life

11/08/11

Read through Chapter 16. The Lord blessed the children of Israel with manna, with instructions to only gather and Omer (2 quarts) of manna per person, and no extra, except on the 6th day. Write down and bring to me: What happened to the manna of those who did not listen to the Lord's instructions? What was the Lord trying to teach the children of Israel through these specific instructions?

10/31/11 and 11/01/11 {this counts for 2 days worth of makeup work}

Read Exodus chapters 7-10. These chapters are about the plagues that Pharaoh brought on himself and his people because he would not let the Children of Israel leave Egypt. Please record why Pharaoh would not let the people go? Do we sometimes hold onto our sins for the same reason? After, please look at the chart below. After the looking at the knowledge this chart provides, do you think that the Lord chose those plagues for a reason? What affect would these plagues have on the people of Egypt who believed in multiple gods at the time of Moses? {If you have a hard time understanding these instructions feel free to talk to me after class and I will help you understand them better :) Or your parents might be able to help also!}

Plagues	Egyptian Gods	Parallels in Latter-day Prophecies
1. Water to blood (see Exodus 7:17-25)	Hapi (or Hopi)—controlled the waters of the Nile, which was itself considered sacred	See Revelation 8:8
2.  Frogs (see Exodus 8: 2-6)	Heqt (or Heket) – goddess with a frog’s head	See Revelation 16:12-14
3.  Lice, or gnats (see Exodus 8:16-17)	Seth – god of the earth; the earth was turned into lice, or gnats
4.  Files (see Exodus 8: 21-24)	Possibly Uachit – represented by a fly	See Doctrine and Covenants 29:18-20
5.  Cattle dying (see Exodus 9:2-7)	Apis and Mnevis – bull gods; Hathor – goddess with a cow head; Khnum – a ram god
6.  Boils and blains (see Exodus 9: 8-11)	Sekhmet – a goddess with power over disease; Sunu – the pestilence god; Isis – a goddess of healing
7.  Hail and fire (see Exodus 9:22-26)	Nut – the sky goddess; Osiris – the god of crops and fertility	See Revelation 8:7
8.  Locusts (see Exodus 10:21-23)	Osiris – god of crops and fertility	See Revelation 9:3
9.  Darkness (see Exodus 10:21-23)	Khepri, Re (or Ra) and Amun – sun gods	See Revelation 6:12 D&C 45:42
10.  Death of the firstborn (see Exodus 12:12-30)	Pharaoh – considered a god, but had no power to save his own son from death; Isis – goddess who protected children

10/10/11

Read Genesis 22 and 33. Pay attention to the story of Jacob and Esau's reunion and write down what Esau's reaction was, and what you can learn from that in your life.


10/04/11

Tell me why it is that you come to Seminary. Right down on a sheet of paper that reason, then find some corresponding scriptures and write them under your reason for coming. (i.e. "putting on the armor of God").


10/03/11

Right down a talk that you liked from conference weekend, or a series of subjects that appeared a lot that stuck out to you (i.e. charity, faith, service). Come show me in class or talk to me about that talk.



09/26/11

Please copy this image into a Word document and print it out. Then use Genesis 22 to help fill out the similarities between God's asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, and the sacrifice of Christ during the atonement (ex. both were only begotten sons). Please then show me the complete work before or after class.

Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac	Sacrifice of Christ for all mankind
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.	1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.