Come, Follow Me
Book of Mormon Lesson 50:
December 21–27
Christmas
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on and express gratitude for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. As you read and ponder this week about His birth and life, consider how your study of the Book of Mormon this year has strengthened your testimony that He is the Savior of the world. Record impressions that come to you.
Resources on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
- Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- Come, Follow Me—For Aaronic Priesthood Quorums and Young Women Classes: How Can I Strengthen My Testimony? (Moroni 10) (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- Come, Follow Me—For Primary (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- Christmas (Ensign Support Articles and Activities)
- What do Book of Mormon prophets teach us about Christmas? (Ensign Weekly Book of Mormon Insights)
- Away in a Manger, Children’s Songbook, 42–43)
Resources on Interpreter Foundation
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 50: Christmas, Jonn Claybaugh
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 50 (Christmas)
- Exploring the Symbolism of Christ in Ancient Christmas Carols and Traditions: Adam, Eve, and the Three Wise Men, Jeff Bradshaw
- Exploring the Symbolism of Christ in Ancient Christmas Carols and Traditions: Temple Themes in Luke’s Account of the Angels and the Shepherds, Jeff Bradshaw
- Exploring the Symbolism of Christ in Ancient Christmas Carols and Traditions: Adam and Christ, Eve and Mary at Christmastime, Jeff Bradshaw
- Exploring the Symbolism of Christ in Ancient Christmas Carols and Traditions: The French Villagers Who Witnessed Christ’s Birth in Bethlehem, Jeff Bradshaw
Additional Posts & Roundtables on the Interpreter Foundation Website
- There are Many Witnesses to the Birth of Christ, Hales Swift, January 14, 2019
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 2 (Matt 1, Luke 1), Administration, January 3, 2019
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 3 (Matt 2, Luke 2), Administration, January 3, 2019
- Matthew 1 and Luke 1. Testimonies of Jesus, Taylor Halverson, January 4, 2015
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3, “Unto You Is Born … a Saviour”, Administration, December 14, 2014
- Scripture Roundtable: New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 2, “My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord”, Administration, November 24, 2014
- Musings on the Making of Mormon's Book: 1 Nephi 19:1-21, Brant A. Gardner, May 24, 2014
- Musings on the Making of Mormon's Book: 1 Nephi 11, Brant A. Gardner, October 26, 2013
- Musings on the Making of Mormon's Book: 1 Nephi 6, Brant A. Gardner, September 1, 2013
- No Room for an Inn, Administration, November 28, 2012
Articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
- Musings on the Birth of the Savior Jesus Christ, by Kristine Wardle Frederickson, December 20, 2019
- Christmas in Transition: From Figgy Pudding to the Bread of Life, Spencer J. Condie, December 21, 2018
- “The Time is Past”: A Note on Samuel’s Five-Year Prophecy, Neal Rappleye, May 18, 2018
- Christmastime: When Our Souls Can Sing, Jenny Oaks Baker, December 22, 2017
- The Song I Cannot Sing, Sharon Eubank, December 23, 2016
- Samuel the Lamanite, Christ, and Zenos: A Study of Intertextuality, Quinten Barney, January 29, 2016
- “He Did It”: A Christmas Message, Clayton M. Christensen, December 18, 2015
- Christmas Is About a Baby, Orson Scott Card, December 19, 2014
- “Most Desirable Above All Things”: Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon, Matthew L. Bowen, November 21, 2014
- The Christmas Quest, Hugh Nibley, December 20, 2013
Resources on Other Sites
- Come Follow Me 2020: Christmas, Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me (Insights into Christmas, December 21-27), Taylor Halverson and Tyler Griffin
- Come, Follow Me with John Hilton III (Christmas Quiz), Book of Mormon Central
- What are the 12 Days of Christmas with Taylor Halverson, Book of Mormon Central
- What the Shepherds and Abish Teach us about Being a Witness of Christ, Book of Mormon Central
- What the Shepherds and Abish Teach us about Being a Witness of Christ, Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me Don’t Miss This Christmas 2020 (Dec. 21-27), Don’t Miss This
- Come Follow Me – Christmas Episode: “Christmas Condescension”, Unshaken
- Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families: Christmas, Meridian Magazine
- A Special Christmas Podcast from the Proctors, Meridian Magazine
- Christmas – “He Shall Come into the World to Redeem His People”, BYU Studies
- The Atonement of Jesus Christ—“Glad Tidings of Great Joy”, BYU Religious Studies Center
KnoWhys on Book of Mormon Central
- Did the Nephites Have a “Holiday Season” Like We Do Today?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #394
- Why Did the Wise Men Give Jesus Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #392
- How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date the First Christmas?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #255
- Why Does Mormon State that ‘Angels Did Appear unto Wise Men’?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #187
- Why Did Samuel Make Such Chronologically Precise Prophecies?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #184