Hello, fellow teachers, and welcome to another episode of gospel teaching. I'm Casey Paul

Griffiths, your host. And when I was a young teacher, one of my mentors spoke to me about leading

discussions. I remember he said, there's a real difference between a sage on the stage and a guide

on the side. I was really grateful that he implanted that saying in my mind. After hearing that,

I realized that there is a time and place to present material without interruption, but most

of the time we aren't lecturing. We are leading discussions. Jesus Christ was skilled at switching

between giving a sermon, like the profound sermons on the Mount in Matthew 5 through 7,

or the sermon at the temple in 3rd Nephi, 12 through 15.

But in other places, he led discussions.

In Doctrine in Covenants 50, the Lord told the early saints,

Let us reason, even as a man, reasoneth one with another, face to face.

Now, when a man reasoneth, he is understood of man, because he reasoneth as a man reasoneth one with another face to face. Now when a man reasoneth, he is understood of man,

because he reasoneth as a man. Even so will I, the Lord, reason with you that you may understand.

Then the Lord led his disciples through a series of questions that culminated in this profound insight.

Therefore, why is it that ye cannot understand and know,

that he that receiveth the word by the spirit of truth,

receiveth it as it is preached by the spirit of truth.

Wherefore, he that preacheth and he that receiveth,

understand one another,

and both are edified and rejoice together.

Leading discussions allows us to preach, but also to receive. It allows our students a chance to preach and receive as well.

Instead of one person dominating the discussion, a true exchange happens where both can be edified and both can rejoice together.

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