Teach Ye Diligently

Regarding an Upcoming Conference on Alma 32

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:08:00 +0000

Joe Spencer interviews Jim Faulconer and Adam Miller about "An Experiment on the Word: Reading Alma 32," a conference at BYU on September 19th jointly hosted by the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding (namely, Faulconer) and the Mormon Theology Seminar (the director of which: Miller; see http://www.mormontheologyseminar.org ). For more information about the conference see: http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2008/08/11/a-conference-on-alma-32-at-byu/

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 6

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:40:36 +0000

The sixth of a series of six "lectures" on faith, hope, and charity, which Joe worked out while on the road. This sixth one deals with faith, hope, charity, and teaching.

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 5

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:52:10 +0000

The fifth of a series of six "lectures" on faith, hope, and charity, which Joe worked out while on the road. This fifth one deals with the interrelationship of faith, hope, and charity.

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 4

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:03:28 +0000

The fourth of a series of six "lectures" on faith, hope, and charity, which Joe worked out while on the road. This fourth one deals primarily with a preliminary theology of angels.

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 3

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:57:37 +0000

The third of a series of six "lectures" on faith, hope, and charity, which Joe worked out while on the road. This third one deals primarily with charity.

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 2

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:48:47 +0000

The second a series of six "lectures" on faith, hope, and charity, which Joe worked out while on the road. This second one deals primarily with hope.

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 1

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:32:52 +0000

The first a series of six "lectures" on faith, hope, and charity, which Joe worked out while on the road. This first one deals primarily with faith.

On Scripture Study

Wed, 21 May 2008 10:56:14 +0000

Joe speaks to the ward Relief Society during an enrichment activity about how to study the scriptures.

(The Matheme) Of the Four Discourses: An Interview, Part 4

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:32:33 +0000

Adam Miller at last finishes interviewing Joe Spencer about his work on the four discourses of Mormonism. Still under discussion are Joe's mathemes of the discourses. The mathemes discussed may be seen at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Mathemes The paper under discussion can be accessed at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Four_Discourses

(The Matheme) Of the Four Discourses: An Interview, Part 3

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:59:00 +0000

Adam Miller continues to interview Joe Spencer about his work on the four discourses of Mormonism, to be delivered at the Mormon Scholars in the Humanities conference in May. Now under discussion are Joe's mathemes of the discourses. The mathemes discussed may be seen at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Mathemes The paper under discussion can be accessed at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Four_Discourses

Teaching in it's Purest Form

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:19:00 +0000

Jeff and Joe finally get down to what teaching really amounts to, why it is so often not accomplished, and how it can actually be done. A marvelous discussion.

Of Missionary Work ~ Part 6

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:40:49 +0000

v. 37 - gratification of pride and vain ambition

Of the Four Discourses: An Interview, Part 2

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:08:00 +0000

Adam Miller continues to interview Joe Spencer about his paper on the four discourses of Mormonism, to be delivered at the Mormon Scholars in the Humanities conference in May. The paper under discussion can be accessed at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Four_Discourses The mathemes discussed may be seen at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Mathemes

Of the Four Discourses: An Interview, Part 1

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:24:00 +0000

Adam Miller interviews Joe Spencer about his paper on the four discourses of Mormonism, to be delivered at the Mormon Scholars in the Humanities conference in May. The paper under discussion can be accessed at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Four_Discourses The mathemes discussed may be seen at this link: http://feastupontheword.org/User:Joe_Spencer/Mathemes

A Fireside: On the Godhead

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:01:43 +0000

Joe delivers a fireside to a single adult group on the relationship between the Father and the Son.

Of Missionary Work, Part 5

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:26:20 +0000

D&C 121:36-37. Too much fun.

Of Missionary Work, Part 4

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:43:25 +0000

Mike and Joe cover the rest of verse 36, this time dwelling on the phrase "principles of righteousness." They find an interesting chiastic structure in the verse and also draw some connections between this verse and verse 41.

Of Missionary Work, Part 3

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:44:50 +0000

Mike and Joe discuss D&C 121:36, dwelling on the phrase "rights of the priesthood". They are left quite stumped.

Of Missionary Work, Part 2

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:30:22 +0000

Mike and Joe discuss D&C 121:35, fleshing out what it means to "aspire to the honors of men," and to have one's heart set upon the things of this world. The discussion goes in a rather different direction than expected.

Of Missionary Work, Part 2

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:37:12 +0000

Of Missionary Work, Part 1

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:57:46 +0000

Mike and Joe discuss D&C 121:34 as the first part of a series on missionary work (Mike will be leaving in April to serve in Australia).

Live in the name of Christ

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:45:00 +0000

Jeff and Joe discuss a single verse from Mosiah 5. The discussion centers around two major topics: first, what it means to live in the name of Christ; second, what boredom is and how a teacher can disrupt it. A very powerful discussion!

D&C 4

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:21:33 +0000

Joe discusses D&C 4 with two missionaries serving in the Kennewick Washington Mission.

A dozen youth discussing Abraham 3

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:27:59 +0000

More than anything, this podcast catches the spirit of Zion: a group of youth discussing the scriptures together in real friendship, learning, teaching, and laughing while children come in and out of the room, etc. A good time was had by all.

Relating Mosiah 5 to Ether 12:4 (Part 5)

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:39:00 +0000

A Christmas Fireside

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:38:11 +0000

Joe delivers a Christmas fireside to about twenty-five youth. A lengthy discussion of the difference between symbols and types/shadows is followed by a radically Mormon reading of Luke 1-2.

Relating Mosiah 5 to Ether 12:4 (Part 4)

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Relating King Benjamin's discourse to Ether 12:4 (Part 3)

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:33:00 +0000

Joe and Jeff discuss how King Benjamin's speech relates to Ether 12:4

Dissecting Ether 12:4 (Part 2)

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:47:00 +0000

Listen as Joe and Jeff discuss Ether 12:4.

Alma 32d

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:15:21 +0000

Joe and a group of youth continue the discussion of Alma 32, looking at the first seven verses from a Marxist perspective.