Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of The Living Christ. Choose one thing a day to do with your children or choose a couple to do for family home evening. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study.
Everyone
Video – Special Witnesses – Watch these videos of members of the First Presidency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles as they each testify of Jesus Christ.
Video – Why We Need a Savior – What would life be like without a Savior? There would be no joy, no forgiveness, no hope for the future. (2:15 minutes)
Video – Christmas Collection – Find videos of Christmas music, the Nativity story, Inspirational Christmas messages, and more.
Children
Activity – Jesus Christ Invites Me to Follow His Example – Color and match the pictures
Activity – When Jesus was Born – Cut out the pictures and use them to tell the story.
Activity – Jesus Loves Us All – Coloring page
Activity/Article – The First Christmas Gift – Read the story and color a picture.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: January – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: February – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: March – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: April – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: May – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: June – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: July – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: August – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: September – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: October – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: November – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Activity/Article – The Living Christ: December – The prophets and apostles wrote “The Living Christ” to tell the world about Jesus. Read part of it each month and memorize the words in red.
Article – A Gift for Jesus – Amy wanted to fill the whole box with gifts for Jesus! She thought about kind things she could do.
Youth
Article – Ten Symbols of Christmas – Lights. Trees. Stars. Bells. Ever wonder what all these Christmas symbols might mean?
Article – Sharing the Christmas Gift – Sharing the gift of the gospel of Jesus Christ in normal and natural ways is one of the ways you can participate in the greatest work on the earth.
Article – Line upon Line: The Living Christ, Paragraphs 3–4 – Delve deeper into these paragraphs with these study helps.
Youth & Adults
Article – Christmas – Gospel Topics Essay
Video – Mary Christmas – We have so much to learn from Mary the mother of Jesus. Book of Mormon Central (6:04 minutes)
Video – What Would We Give to Jesus? – Book of Mormon Central (1:48 minutes)
Adults
Article – The Matchless Gift of God’s Divine Son – Heavenly Father gave us the gift of His Son, whose life and mission have brought us many other precious gifts.
Article – Learning from “The Living Christ” – Although I never fully memorized “The Living Christ,” trying to do so became a great blessing in helping me draw nearer to Him.
Article – Sharing Christ’s Light – The Light of Christ brings us closer to one another—and closer to Him.
Article – What We Worship – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Jesus Christ and Salvation – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Christmas and Childhood – BYU Religious Studies Center
Podcast – Surprised by Christ – Because of Christ’s greatness, we must be careful to not put him in a box, confining our understanding through partial perspectives. Certainty can be counterproductive if it stifles our openness to learning more about Jesus. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Becerra discusses the character of Christ and the Lord’s ministry in 3rd and 4th Nephi, helping us come to better know and follow the Savior, and perhaps even be a little surprised by what we find. Y Religion from BYU Religious Studies Center
Podcast – The Humanity and Divinity of Jesus Christ – What does it mean that our Savior is both human and divine? This is a question Christianity has wrestled with for centuries, with profound theological implications. In this insightful episode, BYU religion’s Dr. Jason Combs explains four types of beliefs about the nature of Christ that were prevalent in ancient Christianity, why this dialogue was important, and how learning from ancient Christians can help Latter-day Saints to better understand the God we worship. Y Religion from BYU Religious Studies Center
Podcast – Follow Him Podcast : Christmas Part 1 (video link) – Dr. Brad Wilcox discusses “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” which proclaims that Jesus is alive, resurrected, and the document was presented in the year 2000 as a sacred testimony of the literal Son of God. Find the audio version of the episode here.
Podcast – Follow Him Podcast : Christmas Part 2 (video link) – Dr. Brad Wilcox returns for Part II. He shares being called to the Young Men’s General Presidency and his personal experience and testimony of apostles and prophets. He also affirms that the resurrected Christ is Always With Us. Find the audio version of the episode here.
Video – Come Follow Me Insights: Christmas – Brad Wilcox joins Taylor and Tyler in this special Christmas episode. You may have heard the Christmas story before, but join these brothers in an exploration and celebration of all things Christmas! We promise you’ll walk away with greater understanding and additional insights. Book of Mormon Central (50:36 minutes)
Video – Act in Doctrine: Christmas – What have you learned from your study of the Doctrine and Covenants this year? Book of Mormon Central (6:36 minutes)
I’m Montserrat. I’m a farmer’s wife, mother of eleven children, and mega chocoholic. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Gospel Centered Home was created to help parents unleash the power of families by transforming their homes into a sanctuary of faith.
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