529. What will it Take to Be “Stirred Up”? By Ted Gibbons in Meridian Magazine. GREAT ARTICLE!
SCRIPTURE STUDY What will it Take to Be “Stirred Up”? By Ted Gibbons · October 29, 2015 One of the things I have done in my scripture study is examine words and phrases that seem unexpected. This is one of the ways I apply Elder Holland’s counsel carefully. Speaking to teachers of the gospel he said, “Invite [your students] to read more slowly and more carefully and with more questions in mind. Help them to ponder, to examine every word, every scriptural gem. Teach them to hold it up to the light and turn it, look and see what’s reflected there. For some student, on a given day with a given need, such an examination may unearth a treasure hidden in a field, or a pearl of great price, a pearl beyond price” (Jeffrey R. Holland: CES Video Conference, 20 June 1982, videocassette). I found such a word in Doctrine and Covenants 18. “Behold, the world is ripening in iniquity; and it must needs be that the children of men are stirred up unto repentance, bot