gospel doctrine list

A couple of weeks ago someone in my ward called and asked me for a list of lesson helps. This is the list I gave her. It’s not exhaustive by any means but has helped my lesson preparation immeasurably, not to mention my own personal scripture study.

But first, read this:
It’s excellent and a must read if you’re really serious about teaching.
http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2006/03/how-to-teach-a-scripture-passage/

Church’s sites:
http://scriptures.lds.org/
http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD
lds.org. Duh.

Scripture commentaries:
http://www.gospeldoctrine.com/
Really nice site.

Lesson plans/outlines:
http://beardall2000.com/gospdoct.shtml
http://www.neumanninstitute.org/
http://www.duanescrowther.com/
(click on the lesson helps section)
http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/
(click on the left under the year)
http://kevinhinckley.com/Gospel_Doctrine_Classes.html
(lessons are in powerpoint)
http://gospel-doctrine.com/
http://erichsen.home.bresnan.net/
http://www.ldslessonplans.com/
http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/bwc/bwc-gd.html
(lessons are in pdf form)

FAIR and FARMS
http://www.fairblog.org/
http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/
Note: Farms is no more. It’s now the Maxwell Institute

Collective/group blogs:
has a whole archive section of great lesson questions
http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/category/features/lessons-all/
http://www.nothingwavering.org/posts/tag/lesson/lds-blogs/
http://feastuponthewordblog.org/
http://feastuponthewordblog.org/category/lessonssun-school/
http://feastupontheword.org/The_Old_Testament

Individual blogs:
http://ideawarehouse.blogspot.com/
http://gospeldoctrineplus.blogspot.com/
http://www.keepapitchinin.org/topical-guide/
to find stories to replace old worn out ones

LDS Magazines (click on Gospel Doctrine section):
http://www.ldsliving.com/sunday-lessons.html
http://www.meridianmagazine.com/
http://mormonlife.com/section/lesson

BYU stuff:
http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
http://speeches.byu.edu/
http://byustudies.byu.edu/
http://www.lib.byu.edu/sites/mormonstudies/
http://web.byui.edu/DevotionalsandSpeeches/
http://scriptures.byu.edu/
(like it for finding talks related to a particular scripture theme, and also for seeing what verses are cited the most often in General Conference. Awesome site).
http://byustudies2.byu.edu/hc/hcpgs/hc.aspx
History of the Church. Complete volumes

Other sources:
(some good scholarly sites, not LDS, but a wealth of background into biblical times. Also, the other editions of the bible help clarify difficult passages)
http://www.israelrevealed.com/supplements/index.html
(Daniel Rona’s site. LDS guy, converted from Judaism)
http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm
http://www.biblegateway.com/
http://bible.org/netbible/index.htm
http://www.soniclight.com/constable/notes.htm