Gospel Doctrine class, Skyview Ward

This page is designed to provide members of the Gospel Doctrine class we teach in Skyview Ward (and earlier the Metra Ward) with the class handouts as well as resources that may be useful in learning about the scriptures.

Handouts below are in rich-text format, which is compatible with almost any word processor including AbiWord and OpenOffice Writer, both of which are free and available for various operating systems. Skyview Ward handouts also are here in PDF format, which can be read by most computer systems but not necessarily edited.

2006 handouts

November 7 (Isaiah 50-53)
November 12 (Isaiah 54-65)
November 19 (Jeremiah)
November 26 (Ezekiel 18-37)
December 3 (Ezekiel 43-47)
December 10 (Daniel, Esther)
December 17 (Ezra, Nehemiah)
December 31 (Zechariah, Malachi)

2007 handouts

January 6 (introduction to the New Testament; Isaiah 61:1-3; JST Luke 3:4-11; John 1:1-14, 20:31)
January 13 (Matthew 1, Luke 1)
January 20 (Matthew 2, Luke 2)
January 27 (Matthew 3-4, John 1:35-51)
February 4 (John 3-4)
February 18 (Luke 4:14-32; 5; 6:12-16; Matthew 10)
March 4 (Mark 1-2; 4:35-41; 5; Luke 7:11-17)
March 11 (Matthew 5)
March 18 (Matthew 6-7) [1]
March 25 (Matthew 11:28-30; 12:1-3; Luke 7:36-50; 13:10-17)
April 8 (Matthew 13)
April 15 (John 5-6, Mark 6:30-44, Matthew 14:22-33)
April 22 (Matthew 15:21-17:9)
April 29 (Matthew 18, Luke 10)
May 6 (John 7-8)
May 13 (John 9-10)
May 20 (Mark 10:17-30; 12:41-44; Luke 12:31-21; 14; 16)
May 27 (Luke 15, 17)
June 3 (Luke 18:1-8, 35-43; 19:1-10; John 11) [2]
June 10 (Matthew 21-23; June 12:1-8) [3]
June 17 (Joseph Smith—Matthew (Matthew 24))
June 24 (Mathew 25)
July 1 (Luke 22:1-38, John 13-15)
July 8 (John 16-17)
July 15 (Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:29-46)
July 22 (Matthew 26:47-27:66; Mark 14:43-15:39; Luke 22:47-23:56; John 18-19
July 29 (Matthew 28; Luke 24; John 20-21)
August 5 (Acts 1-5)
August 12 (Acts 6-9)
August 19 (Acts 10-14; 15:1-35)
August 26 (Acts 15:36-18:12; 1 and 2 Thessalonians)
September 2 (Acts 18:32-20:38; Galatians) [4]
September 9 (1 Corinthians 1-6) [4]
September 23 (1 Corinthians 11-16) [4]
September 30 (2 Corinthians) [4]
October 14 (Romans) [4]
October 21 (Hebrews) [4]
October 28 (Acts 21-28)
November 4 (Ephesians) [4]
November 11(Philippians; Colossians; Philemon [4])
Novermber 18 (1 and 2 Timothy, Titus) [4]
November 25 (James) [4]
December 2 (1 and 2 Peter; Jude) [4]
December 9 (1, 2 and 3 John) [4]
December 16 (Revelation 1-3; 12) [5]
December 30 (Revelation 5-6; 12-22) [5]

2008 handouts

January 6 (Introduction to the Book of Mormon)
January 13 (1 Nephi 1-7)
January 20 (1 Nephi 8–11; 12:16–18; 15)
January 27 (1 Nephi 12–14) [6]
February 3 (1 Nephi 16–22)
February 10 (2 Nephi 1-2)
February 17 (2 Nephi 3-5)
March 2 (2 Nephi 6-10)
March 9 (2 Neph 11-25)
March 16 (2 Nephi 26-30)
March 23 (2 Nephi 31-33) [7]
March 30 (Jacob 1-4)
April 13 (Jacob 5-7)
April 20 (Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon)
April 27 (Mosiah 1-3)
May 4 (Mosiah 4-6)
May 11 (Mosiah 7-11)
May 18 (Mosiah 12-17) [8]
May 25 (Mosiah 18-24)
June 1 (Mosiah 25-28, Alma 36)
June 8 (Mosiah 29, Alma 1-4)
June 15 (Alma 5-7)
June 22 (Alma 8-12)
June 29 (Alma 13-16) [9]
July 6 (Alma 17-22)
July 13 (Alma 23-29)
July 20 (Alma 30-31)
July 27 (Alma 32-35)
August 3 (Alma 36-39)
August 10 (Alma 40-42) [10]
August 17 (Alma 43-52)
August 24 (Alma 53-63)
August 31 (Helaman 1-5)
September 7 (Helaman 6-12)
September 14 (Helaman 13-16)
September 21 (3 Nephi 1-7)
September 28 (3 Nephi 8-11)
October 19 (3 Nephi 12-15)
October 26 (3 Nephi 17-19)
November 2 (3 Nephi 16, 20-21)
November 16 (3 Nephi 22-26)
November 23 (3 Nephi 27-30, 4 Nephi)
November 30 (Mormon, Moroni 9)
December 7 (Ether)
December 14 (Moroni 1-6)
December 28 (Moroni 7-8; 10)

2009 handouts

January 4 (Lesson 1, introduction to Docrine & Covenants and church history) [11]
February 1 (Lesson 2, Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Atonement) (PDF)
February 8 (Lesson 3, the First Vision) (PDF)
February 15 (Lesson 4, translating the Book of Mormon) (PDF)
February 22 (Lessons 5-6, personal revelation and the Holy Ghost) (PDF)
March 1 (Lesson 7, first principles and ordinances of the Gospel) (PDF)
March 8 (Lesson 8, restoration of the priesthood) (PDF)
March 15 (Lesson 9, formal organization of the church) (PDF)
March 22 (Lesson 10, revelation to Emma Smith) (PDF)
March 29 (Lesson 11, early missionary efforts) (PDF)
April 12 (Lesson 12, the Saints gather in Kirtland, Ohio) (PDF)
April 26 (Lesson 13, scriptures revealed by Joseph Smith) (PDF)
May 3 (Lesson 14, the law of consecration) (PDF)
May 10 (Lesson 15, gifts of the Holy Spirit) (PDF)
May 17 (Lesson 16, keeping the Sabbath) (PDF)
May 24 (Lesson 17, fasting and tithing) (PDF)
May 31 (Lesson 18, building of the Kirtland temple) (PDF)
June 7 (Lesson 19, the atonement and the plan of salvation) (PDF)
June 14 (Lesson 20, the kingdoms of glory) (PDF)
June 21 (Lesson 21, the Second Coming) (PDF)
June 28 (Lesson 22, the Word of Wisdom) (PDF)
July 5 (Lesson 23, seeking learning) (PDF)
July 12 (Lesson 24, steadfastness) (PDF)
July 19 (Lesson 25, priesthood) (PDF)
July 26 (Lesson 26, missionary work) (PDF)
August 2 (Lesson 27, efforts to establish Zion in Missouri) (PDF)
August 9 (Lesson 28, facing adversity) (PDF)
August 16 (Lesson 29, Nauvoo) (PDF)
August 23 (Lesson 30, ordinances for the dead) (PDF)
August 30 (Lesson 31, eternal marriage) (PDF)
September 6 (Lesson 32, death of Joseph Smith) (PDF)
September 13 (Lesson 33, Brigham Young as the new church president) (PDF)
September 27 (Lesson 34, the Saints move West) (PDF)
October 11 (Lesson 35, Martin and Willie handcart companies) (PDF) [12]
October 18 (Lesson 36, early Saints in the Salt Lake Valley) (PDF)
October 25 (Lesson 37, the living prophet) (PDF)
November 1 (Lesson 38, spiritual and temporal welfare, self-reliance) (PDF)
November 8 (Lesson 39, ordinances for the dead) (PDF)
November 15 (Lesson 40, joy in temple and family history work) (PDF)
November 22 (Lesson 41, every member a missionary) (PDF)
November 29 (Lesson 42, continuing revelation to latter-day prophets) (PDF)
December 6 (Lesson 43, protection against evil) (PDF) [13]
December 13 (Lesson 44, good citizenship) (PDF)
December 20 (Lesson 45, Proclamation on the Family) (PDF)
December 27 (Lesson 46, establishing of Zion) (PDF)

2010 handouts

January 3 (Lesson 1, Book of Moses 1) (PDF) [14]

January 10 (Lesson 2, Abraham 3; Moses 4:1-4) (PDF) [15] [16]
January 17 (Lesson 3, Moses 1:27-42; 2-3) (PDF)
January 24 (Lesson 4, Moses 4; 5:1-15; 6:48-62) (PDF) [17]
January 31 (Lesson 5, Moses 5-7) (PDF)
February 7 (Lesson 6, Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6-9; 11:1-9) (PDF)
February 14 (Lesson 7, Abraham 1:1-4; 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; 17:1-9) (PDF)
February 21 (Lesson 8, Genesis 13-14; 18-19) (PDF)
March 7 (Lesson 9, Abraham 1; Genesis 15-17; 21-22) (PDF)
March 14 (Lesson 10, Genesis 24-29) (PDF)
March 21 (Lesson 11, Genesis 34; 37-39) (PDF)
March 28 (Lesson 12, Genesis 40-45) (PDF)
April 11 (Lesson 13, Exodus 1-3; 5-6; 11-14) (PDF)
April 18 (Lesson 14, Exodus 15-20; 32-34) (PDF)
April 25 (Lesson 15, Numbers 11-14; 21:1-9) (PDF)
May 2 (Lesson 16, Numbers 22-24; 31:1-16) (PDF)
May 9 (Lesson 17, Deuteronomy 6; 8; 11; 32) (PDF)
May 16 (Lesson 18, Joshua 1-6; 23-24) (PDF)
May 23 (Lesson 19, Judges 2; 4; 6-7; 13-16) (PDF)
May 30 (Lesson 20, Ruth; 1 Samuel 1) (PDF)
June 6 (Lesson 21, Ruth; 1 Samuel 1) (PDF)
June 13 (Lesson 22, 1 Samuel 9-11; 13; 15-17) (PDF)
June 20 (Lesson 23, 1 Samuel 18-20; 23-24) (PDF)
June 27 (Lesson 24, 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51) (PDF)
July 4 (Lesson 25, Psalms) (PDF)
July 11 (Lesson 26, 1 Kings 3; 5-11) (PDF)
July 18 (Lesson 27, 1 Kings 12-14; 2 Chronicles 17; 20) (PDF)
July 25 (Lesson 28, 1 Kings 17-19) (PDF) [18]
August 1 (Lesson 29, 2 Kings 2; 5-6) (PDF) [18]
August 8 (Lesson 30, 2 Chronicles 29-30; 32; 34) (PDF)
August 15 (Lesson 31, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes) (PDF)
August 22 (Lesson 32, Job 1-2; 13; 19; 27; 42) (PDF) [19]
August 29 (Lesson 33, Jonah 1-4; Micah 2; 4-7)
September 5 (Lesson 34, Hosea 1-3; 11; 13-14)
September 12 (Lesson 35, Amos 3; 7-9; Joel 2-3)
September 19 (Lesson 36, Isaiah 1-6)
September 26 (Lesson 37, Isaiah 22; 24-26; 28-30)
October 10 (Lesson 38, Isaiah 40-49)

Official LDS resources

The Scriptures: Internet Edition (online version of scriptures, including Bible Dictionary and other helps)
Gospel Library (includes Gospel Doctrine manuals)

Unofficial LDS resources

Feast Upon the Word (user-contributed commentaries, exegesis and analysis of the scriptures)
Meridian Magazine (look partway down the home page for current Gospel Doctrine lessons)
LDSLiving (thoughts on the lessons)
GospelDoctrine.com (site that offers perspectives of church leaders on the scriptures)

Non-LDS resources

Joseph Smith Translation (from the Community of Christ)
NET Bible (translation of the Bible that includes extensive explanation of the Greek and Hebrew text)
BibleGateway.com (provides various translations of the Bible)
1828 Webster's Dictionary (useful for understanding the language of Joseph Smith's time); also available from the University of Chicago
Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon (King James Version-based index of the the Greek and Hebrew vocabulary of the Bible)

Supplemental material

March 18, 2007, lesson: Forgiveness (talk by President Gordon B. Hinckley at General Conference, fall 2005)
March 18, 2007, lesson: Forgiveness will change bitterness to love (Elder David E. Sorensen of the Presidency of the Seventy, General Conference, April 2003)
March 18, 2007, lesson: Of you it is required to forgive (by President Gordon B. Hinckley, first counselor in the First Presidency, Ensign, June 1991)
June 3, 2007, lesson: Learning to recognize answers to prayer (by Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apopstles, General Conference, October 1989)
June 10, 2007, lesson: Matthew 24 and Matthew 24 JST side by side (from Feast Upon the Word)
Lessons from the epistles: Have you been saved? (by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apopstles, General Conference, April 1998)
The Revelation of John: Revelation: the plainest book ever written (by Reed C. Durham, New Era, May 1973)
January 27, 2008, lesson: Warring against the saints of God (by Stephen E. Robinson of the Brigham Young University faculty, Ensign, January 1998)
March 23, 2008, lesson: Looking beyond the mark (by Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Seventy, Ensign, March 2003)
May 18, 2008, lesson: Courage Counts (by President Thomas S. Monson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, Ensign, November 1986)
June 29, 2008 lesson: Synagogues in the Book of Mormon (by William J. Adams Jr. of the Maxwell Institute)
Aug. 10, 2008, lesson: Christians Wrong About Heaven, Says Bishop (interview with an Anglican bishop whose Bible-based views on where we go when we die have strong similarities to the LDS view)
Jan. 4, 2009, lesson: The Story of the Doctrine and Covenants (Robert J. Woodford, Ensign)
Oct. 11, 2009, lesson: Francis Webster: The Unique Story of One Handcart Pioneer's Faith and Sacrifice and The Martin Handcart Company at the Sweetwater: Another Look. These two articles from BYU Studies provide recent historical scholarship on the handcart companies and some of the differences between what happened and the traditional accounts and folklore.
Dec. 6, 2009, lesson: Participants in Black 14 incident share views. An account of reconciliation involving those who protested the Church's position on the priesthood for those of African descent.
Jan. 3, 2010, lesson: How we Got the Book of Moses. This account from Ensign describes the how the Book of Moses came to be in its present form.
Jan. 10, 2010, lesson: The Book of Abraham: A Most Remarkable book. From Ensign.
Jan. 10, 2010, lesson: Why doesn't the translation of the Egyptian papyri found in 1967 match the text of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price?. From Ensign.
Jan. 24, 2010, lesson: The Fortunate Fall. A radio show featuring two Brigham Young University professors discussing the Fall.
July 25 and Aug. 1, 2010, lessons: Elijah and Elisha: Foreshadowing the Latter-day Work. A perspective from Ensign on the symbolism of these two Old Testament prophets.
Aug. 22, 2010, lesson: The "Old Dead Book" of Job. An article from Ensign about how the book of Job helped the article's author at a time of personal crisis.