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Preparing for an Eternal Marriage: Student Readings

“Preparing for an Eternal Marriage: Student Readings,” Institute Secondary Electives Student Readings and Selected Course Outlines (2016)

“Preparing for an Eternal Marriage: Student Readings,” Institute Secondary Electives Student Readings

Preparing for an Eternal Marriage (Religion 390R): Student Readings

Note to students: You are not required to read any of the suggested materials that are not available in your language.

Lesson 1: Developing an Eternal Perspective

Lesson 2: The New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage

Lesson 3: The Family: A Proclamation to the World

  • First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 83–84.

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 84–89.

  • Henry B. Eyring, “The Family,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 104–10.

Lesson 4: The Lord’s Standards for Dating

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Dating Standards,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 51–52.

  • “For the Strength of Youth: Fulfilling Our Duty to God,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 52–58.

Lesson 5: The Law of Chastity

  • Boyd K. Packer, “Our Moral Environment,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 230–33.

  • Jeffrey R. Holland, “Personal Purity,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 233–36.

Lesson 6: Staying Morally Clean

  • Gordon B. Hinckley, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 220–21.

  • “Consequences of Obedience or Disobedience,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 221.

  • Harold B. Lee, “Put on the Whole Armor of God,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 223–27.

Lesson 7: Personal Worthiness and the Blessings of Eternal Marriage

  • Richard G. Scott, “Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 5–8.

  • Boyd K. Packer, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 87–88.

Lesson 8: Overcoming “the Natural Man”

  • Jeffrey R. Holland, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 330–31.

  • Neal A. Maxwell, “Put Off the Natural Man, and Come Off Conqueror,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 333–36.

Lesson 9: Balancing Personal Growth and Responsibility

Lesson 10: Temporal Preparedness

  • Gordon B. Hinckley, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 77.

  • L. Tom Perry, “Becoming Self-Reliant,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 307–10.

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Temporal Preparedness,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 327–29.

Lesson 11: Effective Communication

  • Marvin J. Ashton, “Family Communications,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 32–35.

Lesson 12: Differences Inherent between Men and Women

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Differences Inherent between Men and Women,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 63–65.

  • James E. Faust, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 80.

  • Eliza R. Snow, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 80.

Lesson 13: Divine Roles and Responsibilities of Men and Women

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Men’s Divine Roles and Responsibilities,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 200–202.

  • First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” paragraphs 2 and 7, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 83.

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Women’s Divine Roles and Responsibilities,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 347–49.

Lesson 14: True Love

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Love,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 154–58.

Lesson 15: The Search for an Eternal Companion

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Mate Selection,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 188–93.

Lesson 16: The Decision to Marry and Engagement

  • Bruce R. McConkie, “Agency or Inspiration?” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 193–97.

  • “Summary Checklist,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 318.

Lesson 17: Preparing for the Temple

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Temple Preparation,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 314–15.

  • Boyd K. Packer, “The Holy Temple,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 318–22.

Lesson 18: Jesus Christ, the Sure Foundation

  • Matthew 7:24–27; Helaman 5:12.

  • Joseph B. Wirthlin, “Cultivating Divine Attributes,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 130–32.

  • Russell M. Nelson, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 157.

Lesson 19: Adjusting to Married Life

  • “Selected Teachings,” from “Adjustments in Marriage,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 9–10.

  • Robert E. Wells, “Overcoming Those Differences of Opinion: A Formula for Finding Unity in Marriage,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 286–89.

Lesson 20: Intimacy in Marriage

  • Thomas S. Monson, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 113.

  • “Intimacy in Marriage,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 139–46.

  • Jeffrey R. Holland, “Personal Purity,” in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 233–36.

Lesson 21: Course Summary: Governing our Lives by Correct Principles

  • “We Must Do Our Part,” Eternal Marriage Student Manual, ix.

  • Richard G. Scott, in Eternal Marriage Student Manual, 124.