A – Introduction
My project was an attempt to analyze and present the teaching techniques used by the prophets of the Book of Mormon that made them great teachers of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have studied most part of the Book of Mormon, the manual “Teaching no Greater Call” and the student manual. I know that the spirit is the real teacher but I think that we could do a much better job regarding teaching the gospel effectively. I strongly believe that the gospel should be presented in a way that will allow the Holy Ghost to do his job. That which seems to be proofed may not be embraced, but that which nobody cares about defending is promptly abandoned. Reasoning does not produce faith, but it creates and environment where faith can flourish. b – All the prophets of the Book of Mormon had an important characteristic that made them great teacher of the gospel: They desired it. Alma said, “I know that [God] granteth unto men according to their desire … I know that he allotteth unto men … according to their wills” (Alma 29:4). Desire is the key to become an effective teacher. It is more important than people probably realize. If I could look into your mind and heart and see the depth of your desire I could easily tell the progress you would make as a gospel teacher.
To arouse your desire think of the importance of becoming an effective teacher. Every time you are called to speak you represent the Savior Jesus Christ and everything you say should bring people close to him. Being careless about this calling is surely a way to take the name of God in vain. A lot of people in the audience are struggling with something; they may have had a hard week and barely made to church. It is the speaker’s duty to prepare himself in the...
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... won’t. Why call their attention to it? Why insult the audience by saying that you did not think them worth of preparing? Don’t, just don’t. Once the audience hears your apologies they zone out. They are there to be nourished and inspired, so begin with something interesting in the first phrase, not the second, not the third but the very first phrase. Furthermore, there are speakers who finish saying: “That is all I have to say on the matter; so I guess I will stop.” That is not an ending; that is a mistake. Don’t tell me what you are going to do, just do it. If it is all you have to say, why not round off your talk, and promptly take your seat and stop speaking without talking about stopping? Stop while the audience are still eager to have you go on. The speaker that has any common sense will practice his beginning and his ending to avoid situations like that.
On this evidence analysis paper about the speech “Leaders and Managers” by Hugh Nibley to the BYU graduated class of 1984, Nibley put all his efforts to motivate the graduated class of the necessity in the world of real leaders and not just merely managers. For this purpose, Nibley started by explaining the hidden history behind the shift of leaders for managers in the world through historical evidence. Also, Nibley explained the basic division between these two characters leaders and managers using clear and consistent explanations. Moreover, the author expressed the different nature of managers and leaders in society with evidence, through examples in the earthly Christian history, societies of The Book of Mormon, and the current society. Furthermore, Nibley used some opposing views to show the mistake of having pure management skills, but also the necessity of having some managerial skills as an essential factor of leadership. Also, in the speech of “Leader and Managers” by Nibley, it was difficult to find a concrete fallacy or to assume that the author used fallacies because of the clear
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Many years ago, a friend and pastor whom I dearly loved and respected told me that there are three areas of responsibility in sharing the gospel. They are ours, the Holy Spirits, and the one that hears the gospel. Our responsibility is to go where we are called. That is it, to go and allow our self to be used. The Holy Spirit’s
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Making a successful public presentation or speech to an audience was a very big task for me before I joined the public speaking class. I was always frightened and very nervous. Since then I now understand the process of making a speech or a presentation including coming up with a topic and from this topic develop the main points of the speech, research, organize my points, revise them, edit and make a magnificent presentation to any audience. People in the audience might sometimes agree or disagree with my opinion or points, it was therefore necessary to communicate my information clearly to the audience without making any judgments since every person was entitled to a different opinion and views about things.
While reading the book of Mormon I realized there are a lot of principles applicable to my everyday life. Even though the book of Mormon was written during ancient times, gospel principles have remained with us through the work of the prophets and God’s guidance. We have also being able to see how contention between brethren has stop us from following God’s plan, but we also learn through their mistakes how to create a better future and avoid vicious cycles. It is true that, sometimes, our pride blinds us by creating a fog around our friends and family. We are not able to take the right decisions, at least not by our own. That is why we always rely in the light or spirit of Christ to guide us towards finding salvation. During Helaman’s speech I remember having read how he exhorted his people to repent of their sins. We may need to take that first step towards repentance, which is not always easy. Our prayers may not be responded immediately and most likely if we don’t pray about what the Father wants us we won’t ever receive an answer. We must ponder the changes our lif...
Parents should teach their children to have a missionary spirit. They should mold their children’s mind to interest in the work of God. It is important for the parents to shape their children’s interest toward the spreading of the Gospel. Let us see the counsel: