Ensign

January 1986

Volume 16 Number 1

Contents

• Special Features

• President Ezra Taft Benson
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• “For the Perfecting of the Saints”: A Look at Church Curriculum
  Elder Carlos E. Asay

• Church Curriculum: Helping Us Learn and Live the Gospel

• Scriptures and Sunday Classes: A Conversation about Church Curriculum

• Confirming Witnesses of the First Vision
  Milton V. Backman, Jr.

• A Prophet Looks at Genesis
  George A. Horton, Jr.

• How We Got the Book of Moses
  Robert J. Matthews

• Four Accounts of the Creation
  Keith Meservy

• Everyday Marriage
  Beppie Harrison

• My Struggle for the “Easy A”
  J. Stephen Mikita

• Regular Features

• Mormon Journal
  The Spirit Guided Me to Her Lee Shellenberger Stern
  Understanding Robby Leona Haag

• Poetry: Temple Snow
  Susan Savage

• I Have a Question: Melchizedek Priesthood Authority in the Bible
  James A. Carver

• Random Sampler
  Safe Babysitting
  Dealing With Dyslexia
  Inside the Cupboard Doors

• Handbook for Families: Delegating Work and Responsibility to Children

• Speaking Today: Truth—and More
  Elder Russell M. Nelson

• Comment

• News of the Church