October Apprentice Class

APPRENTICE: Having an Enduring Heart

Study/Learn

1 - Read chapter 12 in "Just Like Jesus" by Max Lucado.  

2 - Read "The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles"

Find principles as you read and record them in your commonplace book.

3 - Read Doctrine & Covenants 20:25

4 - Read at least one, or as many as you want, of the four gospels in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) about the life of Jesus Christ.

5 - Do a character T-chart on Jesus Christ.  Use your reading from the Bible as reference.  List at least 5 character traits in your chart.  Bring it to class to share.  (You can find out how to do a T-chart in the "tools" section of the blog.)

6 - Copy this month's memorization (scripture and part of "The Family") onto note cards and study them every day.  You can find this month's memorization on the main page of the blog.

Know/Understand

Choose 1 of the following:

• Read this article by Pres. James E. Faust.  In the article, Pres. Faust tells us 5 things that we can do to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  Evaluate yourself and set at least 2 goals to better live these 5 things.  Come to class prepared to teach us what you learned.

• Choose one of the following divine missions of Jesus Christ (email me so that I can put your name by the one you choose so we don't double up).  Do a word study on the word(s) and study how Jesus Christ fulfilled this mission and how it affects us today.  Prepare a presentation for the class on what you learned. (Hint: you can look to the visiting teaching messages in the Ensign for 2014 for details on each one to use as a starting place for your research.)

Advocate - MACK

Exemplar

Good Shepherd - ADRIANNA
 Light of the World

Savior & Redeemer

Minister - ISAAC

Messiah

Comforter

Bread of Life

Prince of Peace

•  Create a poem or piece of artwork depicting your relationship with the Savior.  Bring it to class to share.

• Study artistic depictions of the Savior throughout time.  Choose your favorite, make a copy/print of it to bring to class to show.  Be prepared to tell us who the artist is and why you love it so much.

• Choose your favorite story from the life of Jesus Christ.  Come to class with a creative way to present the story.  Tell the story and why you like it so much and the lesson that can be learned from it.

Become/Serve

In 1984, Pres. Ezra Taft Benson said:

"I testify to you that there is no greater, more thrilling, and more soul-enobling challenge than to try to learn of Christ.  “What would Jesus do?” or “What would He have me do?” are the paramount personal questions of this life. Walking in His way is the greatest achievement of life. That man or woman is most truly successful whose life most closely parallels that of the Master.

Using all that you have learned about the life and mission of Jesus Christ this week, how can you better "walk in His ways"?  Journal for 15 minutes about why you would want to walk in the ways of the Savior and how your life can better parallel that of the Master.

October Journeyman

 This course is an attempt to strike at the root.

--- The ten Boom Institute

Principles of Liberty - Natural Law

Study/Learn

1 - Watch Lecture 1 (from the CD) and take notes.

 Write down your thoughts and questions about the Tytler Cycle

2 - Read The 5000 Year Leap Principles 1 & 5

3 - Read “The Nature of Natural Law” by Mortimer Adler

Know/Understand

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO DO AND JOURNAL FOR 15 MINUTES AFTER YOU WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS:

COME TO CLASS PREPARED WITH A CREATIVE WAY TO DEMONSTRATE OR SHOW THE CLASS WHAT YOU LEARNED.

- Answer the following questions about Lecture 1:

      - How is history cyclical?

      -  How is history linear?

      -  Which is the right view of history?

      -  Why is the change in the meaning of happiness important?

      -  What is the most important thing you learned in this lecture?

- Compare the Forward (that you read last month) to "The 5000 Year Leap" to Lecture 1.  Write down your thoughts and questions as you consider the following:

      -  What similarities did you find between the lecture and the reading?

      -  Why are these similarities important?

- Choose an examples of natural law and come to class with an original, fun way to teach us about it.  What makes it a "natural law"?  How have people tried to violate this natural law?  What have been their results?

- Read an article on current events from one of the following news sources:
       - Imprimis newsletter (by Hillsdale College, conservative)
       - your local newspaper
       - The Economist (liberal)
       - The New American (conservative)
Come to class prepared to share the thoughts and insights you gained from the article you read.  How is natural law being respected and obeyed?  How is it not?  What things would be changed to better obey natural law?

October Master

Study/Learn

1 - Briefly research the life of John Winthrop.

2 - Read “On Liberty” by John Winthrop

3 - Think about the following questions and write your conclusions in your common place book:
- How is Winthrop’s definition of natural law different than
                the other author's you've read?
- Is Winthrop’s ‘civil law’ the same as natural law?


Know/Understand

Think about it for a while.  Write your conclusions in your commonplace book:

- Discus the characteristics of natural law. Discuss the relationship between natural law and Christian beliefs. What did Cicero warn against by passing laws that violate “the laws of nature”?