made harder series

The Doctrine and Covenants Made Harder is available again for sale on Amazon. The ebook has been available all along, of course, but in response to your requests we've issued another print run from the popular series. And this time we included a handy scripture index. (If you already own the book, here's a copy of the index just for you.)Place orders now, because it may take several weeks for books to appear in Amazon's stock.James E. Faulconer’s “Made Harder” books are a great resource for Sunday school teachers, Seminary and Institute instructors, missionaries, and other Latter-day Saints. Rather than interpreting the text for readers, these books are loaded with questions to inspire deeper and more personal thought. Faulconer's questions can improve your Sunday school lessons, sacrament meeting talks, family home evenings, or personal scripture study. Sample Chapters To get a sense for how these books might help your study and preparation, try a few sample chapters:LESSON 18→LESSON 23→Learn more about the 'Made Harder' series here.

The Book of Mormon is the focus of next year’s general Sunday school classes for adults. The Book of Mormon Made Harder is the perfect study aid for people who teach or attend Gospel Doctrine class. That’s because James E. Faulconer organized each “Made Harder” book according to the Church’s official Gospel Doctrine manuals. Faulconer’s guiding questions can easily be integrated into a Sunday school lesson or into your own personal or family study throughout the week.The downside to this organization, of course, is that some readers use the “Made Harder” books apart from the Gospel Doctrine lesson outlines. That’s why we compiled a handy Scripture Index for The Book of Mormon Made Harder, listing each chapter and its corresponding page number. This index makes the book more accessible to seminary and Institute teachers, youth teachers, sacrament meeting talk preparers, and anyone else hoping to enrich their scripture study. Download:Download a free Scripture Index for The Book of Mormon Made Harder HERE.P. S.—A scripture index is also available for The New Testament Made Harder. These have been integrated into the ebook editions, so update your digital file. New editions of the books will include indexes, which are forthcoming for the other two books in the “Made Harder” series.

The New Testament Made Harder is the perfect study aid for people who teach or attend Gospel Doctrine class each Sunday. That’s because James E. Faulconer organized each “Made Harder” book according to the LDS Church’s official Gospel Doctrine manuals. Faulconer’s guiding questions can easily be integrated into a Sunday school lesson or into your own personal or family study throughout the week.

Last week I lent a copy of The New Testament Made Harder to another Sunday school teacher in my ward. I pointed out that the book follows the lessons from the Gospel Doctrine Sunday school manual. He thumbed through the book for a second and said, “Hey, The New Testament Made Harder is going to make my lesson prep so much easier!”We both laughed, but I knew he was right. The quality of the lessons I teach depends largely on how well I prepare during my own personal scripture study. My lessons go even better when students come prepared having already spent time thinking about the scriptures assigned for the week. James E. Faulconer’s entire MADE HARDER series was written to spur deeper and more focused engagement with Latter-day Saint scriptures.

So much of modern life is geared toward finding faster and easier ways to do the same old things. The Made Harder series is proof that making things easier doesn’t always make them better—especially when it comes to our study of sacred scripture. This new series from Latter-day Saint philosopher James E. Faulconer raises many more questions than it answers…and that’s precisely the point!

James E. Faulconer is a professor of philosophy, a long-time devoted student of the scriptures, and author of the new “Made Harder” series from the Neal A. Maxwell Institute. —BHodges

The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship is pleased to announce the publication of James E. Faulconer's new MADE HARDER book series. Each book is available to order on Amazon. Ebook versions will be made available in the coming months. The Old Testament Made Harder: Scripture Study Questions