Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel (REL聽A聽250)

Readings selected from publications of the Religious Studies Center

Introductory Material

Creation, Fall, and the Need for Redemption

  • Tyler J. Griffin and Donald B. Anderson, "The Great Plan of Happiness: A Christ-Centered Visual Approach," Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 12鈥31.
  • Amy B. Hardison, 鈥Theophany on Sinai,鈥 in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 218鈥31.
  • Andrew C. Skinner, 鈥Seeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel鈥檚 Psalms,鈥 in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 270鈥90.
  • Kent P. Jackson, "The Old Testament and Easter," in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (The 42nd Annual Sidney Sperry Symposium), ed. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Matthew J. Grey, and David Rolph Seely (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 1鈥11.
  • Alonzo L. Gaskill, 鈥Types, Shadows, and Symbols of Christ Seen by the Church Fathers,鈥 in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Dan Belnap, 鈥鈥楬ow Excellent is Thy Lovingkindness鈥: The Gospel Principle of Hesed,鈥 in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Jared T. Parker, 鈥Cutting Covenants,鈥 in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Jennifer C. Lane, 鈥The Whole Meaning of the Law: Christ鈥檚 Vicarious Sacrifice,鈥 in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament (The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium) (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, 鈥Ruth, Redemption, Covenant, and Christ,鈥 in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Terry B. Ball, 鈥Isaiah鈥檚 鈥極ther鈥 Servant Songs,鈥 in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, The 38th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
  • Jennifer C. Lane, 鈥Redemption鈥檚 Grand Design for Both the Living and the Dead,鈥 in The Doctrine and Covenants, Revelations in Context (The 37th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry), ed. Andrew H. Hedges, J. Spencer Fluhman, and Alonzo L. Gaskill (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, and Deseret Book, 2008), 188鈥211.
  • Michael A. Goodman, 鈥The Creation: An Introduction to Our Relationship to God,鈥 in Religious Educator 8, no. 3 (2007): 15鈥29.
  • Douglas S. Ladle, 鈥Teaching the Fall of Adam and Eve,鈥 in Religious Educator 5, no. 1 (2004): 41鈥55.

Abraham and the Covenant

Saving God鈥檚 People

Mothers and Sons, Prophetesses and Deliverers

Royal Psalms

Gospel Portraits

Miracles of Jesus

Sermon on the Mount

On the Road to Jerusalem: Transfiguration

  • Andrew C. Skinner, 鈥Peter鈥攖he Chief Apostle,鈥 in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 187鈥219.
  • Richard J. Clifford, 鈥The Temple and the Holy Mountain,鈥 in The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, ed. Truman G. Madsen (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 107鈥24.

Jesus as King

Jesus鈥 Final Night

Crucifixion and Burial

Resurrection

Apostolic Proclamations of Christ

  • Richard D. Draper, 鈥The Earliest 鈥楴ew Testament,鈥鈥 in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr., (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 260-291.

The Great High Priest

The Apocalyptic Jesus

  • Thomas A. Wayment, 鈥Apocalyptic Imagination and the New Testament,鈥 in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 305鈥318.