Wonderful video, thanks so much. I plan to use a lot of the material! Quick question, is there any way you could share what sources informed your slide on how all the apostles died? Thank you!

Thank you for these amazing information!! I am anxious to dive into the Doctrine and Covenants with your podcasts!! Thank you for the drop box!!

Thank you for always sharing so many wonderful ideas

Thank you for this lesson

Thank you very much. Happy New Year🎉😍

How can i get the handout

How do you attract people to a celebration that is already known for its "folklore", such as Christmas ? By embellishing it with all sorts of "bells and whistles". For example, what does Santa Claus and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer have to do with Jesus so-called birth on December 25th that the Catholic church has created ? Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2005 brings to our attention that the "familiar image of Santa Claus is a North American invention of the 19th century, (and) it has ancient European roots and continues to influence the celebration of Christmas throughout the world. The popular image of Santa Claus developed from literary descriptions by (American) novelist Washington Irving (1783-1859) and poet Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) and the fanciful drawings of illustrator Thomas Nast (1840-1902)." The modern concept of Christmas, with Santa Claus being the hefty fellow, was then embellished by Coca-Cola in 1931 and Rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, was invented in 1939 by an advertising writer for the Montgomery Ward Company. And of the origin of Christmas, an encyclopedia states: "Historians are unsure exactly when Christians first began celebrating the Nativity of Christ. However, most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. Before the introduction of Christmas, each year beginning on December 17 Romans honored Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture, in a festival called Saturnalia." "This festival lasted for seven days and included the winter solstice, which usually occurred around December 25 on the ancient Julian calendar. During Saturnalia the Romans feasted, postponed all business and warfare, exchanged gifts, and temporarily freed their slaves. Many Romans also celebrated the lengthening of daylight following the winter solstice by participating in rituals to glorify Mithra, the ancient Persian god of light" on December 25.(Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2005) So, Christmas is NOT based on the Bible, but rather an absorption of pagan Rome's celebrations of Saturnalia (that ran from Dec 17-24 and whereby all business and warfare was postponed, gifts were exchanged, and slaves were temporarily freed) and the birthday of the Persian god of light Mithra on December 25, called Natalis Solis Invicti or "birthday of the invincible sun". This was altered to "birthday of the invincible Son", by the Catholic church.(Note: the word "catholic" means "all-embracing, all-inclusive", so that the Catholic church embraced Rome's pagan festivals of Saturnalia and Mithra, Christianizing them and renaming them as "Christmas") How many who call themselves "Christian" have carefully examined Jesus birth ? For example, how many have looked in detail at Luke 2, that shows shepherds were "living out of doors and keeping watch in the night over their flocks" (Luke 2:8), showing the weather to be mild and comfortable and not during the cold and rainy weather of December ?(see Ezra 10:9 and Jer 36:22) How many who call themselves "Christian" have come to recognize that Jesus death was far more important than his birth (see Ecc 7:1 that says that the day of death is "better" than the day of birth), establishing that true Christians were to observe the day of his death that corresponded to Nisan 14 of the Jewish calendar as Jesus commanded ?(Ex 12:6, 14; 13:3, 4; Luke 22:19, 20) How many who profess to be Christian are diligent in applying what the apostle Paul wrote at 2 Corinthians 6:14, 17, 18: "For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have ? Or what sharing does light (of Bible truth) have with darkness (of falsehoods and lies, such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Mother's day, Father's Day, Memorial day, etc) ?.........." "Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah (God's name, see Isa 12:2, KJV), ‘and QUIT touching the unclean thing’”; “‘and I will take you in. And I will become a father to you, and you will become sons and daughters to me,’ says Jehovah (God's name, see Ex 6:3, KJV), the Almighty.” ?

Thanks for sharing such valuable information! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

Thanks for sharing such valuable information! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

Thanks for the amazing videos each year!! Big fan from the very beginning! 🙏🏽

Love this new format! Thank you!

Thank you for everything you have done. I’ve listened to every video these past four years. Thank you brother! I feel like I know you, and I am grateful for your testimony

🎉🎉 so awesome. I have many talents but teaching is not one of them. So my poor little seminary group thanks you!!!! 😂

Thanks for sharing such valuable information! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

Thank you for all your efforts. You are my first podcast each week after reading the scriptures and come follow me-Seminary. You help to enrich my lessons and make them relevant, interesting, and applicable. I'm not sure you know how many youth lives you are influencing for good through other teachers. Thank you!

Love the direction. I especially like all the extra ideas to engage youth. Questions that apply to their personal lives and concerns are huge. Lots of question ideas! Thank you!

Thank you so much for this year Book of Mormon insight learning, very excited and looking forward next near D&C. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Your family.

Sounds great! Thanks for all your great ideas.

Thank you! I love this direction; your ideas on this front were the reason I subscribed in the first place. My youth Sunday School class has responded well to many of your ideas and you have helped inspire me each week that I teach!

Thank you for your testimony of the scriptures

Thank you so much for your lessons. You have helped me so to teach my gospel doctrine adult class!!!❤❤❤

An excellent lesson and summary of the Book of Mormon. Thank you

Thank you l have no words to express my gratitude,l got to now the love of my God for his children true this Book of Mormon,and great teacher like you.Merry Christmas to you and your family.

❤❤❤❤❤ thank you so much. I really appreciate your program. I love listening to you and the way you teach the Scriptures. May God bless you.

No, thank YOU!!

Thank you so much Brother Wilcox for all your sacrifices for us to feel the spirit and inspiring us to come unto Christ.

Thank you, Brother Ben W! 👍😇

Brother Wilcox, you indicate we "will be able to get commentary and insights from the regular video each week." For the past few years, we have been able to download not only the video and PowerPoint slides but also your commentary in Word form as a lesson plan. If we purchase the full subscription bundle, will we be able to download the Word documents this year? I ask because I am accustomed to purchasing the individual lessons at $3 a piece, which gave me access to the lesson plan as a Word document. I hope to be able to do so again, but I can't see a way to do that under your new program.

I too am hoping to get not only resources and insights for me and my family, but I just got called to teach 9 year olds. I am a high school teacher and former coach, and man I am worried about how to teach 9 year olds. Little kids scare me to death. Teens, I can work with them all day long. Thanks for all you do.

Un millón de gracias por compartir tanto material, ideas y su espíritu que me inspira y testifica de estas verdades eternas y salvadoras.

Happiest Christmas Wishes to You! Your lessons have become a valued part of my gospel progression! Long since been released as a teacher, but I still find tremendous value in your weekly presentations THANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES OVER! See you in 2025!

You're charging people money for help in teaching classes that they in turn are teaching for free?? That's bananas. Don't give this guy any money. There's soooooo many FREE channels with help on teaching scripture lessons.

Sweet words of encouragement, and I add my witness that this teacher here has a cup, that is pouring out into all of us who follow him and the inspiration God has blessed him with, and the knowledge and wisdom. God has blessed him with! God be praised!

One of my favorite things in life is hearing peoples conversion stories! Thank you for sharing yours to this powerful scripture! My soul was warmed as I listened! And I was in lightened, not knowing it was such a literary masterpiece! Were all of these other literary marvels that you mentioned educated?? Again, such a blessing to hear your testimony!

Will you still be providing an outline of our lessons.

Thank you for another inspiring year of helping me ‘dig deep’ into the scriptures. I love your insights and wonderful testimony.

I have enjoyed your videos every week. It's the highlight of my day to use your videos as part of my daily scripture study. Thank you for your time, effort, and sacrifice in making these videos.

Thanks so much you are a great teacher. I have learned a lot.

The one thing I miss the most is being able to download your videos so I can watch them when I want to without having to pay KZbin for it. I'm bedbound and being able to watch your videos when and where I want to is important to me. I know, I can do that now on KZbin, but I can't afford to pay them 13.00 a month for the "privilege" of watching your videos. I know it's just me but I like actually having your videos on my own computer, but with KZbin if I can't go back to a video once I stop paying them I can't see the video. What you pay them is for a link to a video not the actual video. I'm sure you make money with that arrangement but like I said I can't pay their "rent" for your videos. God Bless you sir.

Love this! Excited for these changes!

This sounds so exciting.

Hi coming to you a few years after this was aired. (Not sure if I should say aired or posted). I am looking for the lesson on your blog and cannot find it. I have scrolled through all the lessons.

Will the slides be editable because I teach in Spanish to non English speakers.

Thank you. What I really need is- LOTS of questions to ask my class, for engagement.

Brother Ben, I love the direction you're taking for 2025!! The Impact of the Restoration will never be the same !!! The Takeaway slide will be a GREAT addition to the slide Deck leaving enlightened and engaged learners pondering all week long. Thank you my friend.

This is going to be amazing! Ditto on the FHE/)Primary ideas to complement lessons.

My family and I love you and your lessons we are so thankful for them and have learned so much from them. Merry CHRISTmas and look forward to your lessons in the new year

Sounds great! I'm excited to teach the Doctrine & Covenants and to have help from your great lessons!

Will you have teaching ideas for primary age?

I'm thrilled to hear you're returning next year, Brother Wilcox! You've been an invaluable support since I started teaching in 2020. Happy Holidays to you and your Family Ofa Atu!