January 1990
Contents
Only a Teacher
Thomas S. Monson
The ’80s—Looking Back; The ’90s—Looking Ahead
Hoyt W. Brewster Jr.
Loving the Old Testament throughout My Life
Lynette H. Kelley
The Bible—Only 4,263 Languages to Go
Joe Stringham
The Fall of Man and His Redemption
Gerald N. Lund
“A Man … Shall Cleave unto His Wife”: Marriage and Family Advice from the Old Testament
James M. Harper
Deborah and the Book of Judges
Kristin E. Litchman
Adam to Malachi—Where Do the Books Fit In?
Edward J. Brandt
Land of the Patriarchs
Old Testament Canaan: Home of the Prophets
D. Kelly Ogden
“No Other Gods before Me”
David H. Madsen
Poetry
The Psalm of My Soul
Gertrude Viehweg Todd
What Are We Learning in Church This Year?
Tom G. Rose
“The Best of Both Worlds”
Giles H. Florence Jr.
Remember Him
Mormon Journal
Nobody Saw Me Do It
Marianne Flint
The Physician’s Faith
Maurine Harris and Sandra Dawn Brimhall
Three Dollars till Payday
Vera Weaver
Seized by Panic
Marva Jeanne Pedersen
Portraits
Janice C. Loar: Weakness Is Her Strength
Lona Shelley Hardy
Roy Webster: To Swim and Not Be Weary
Bryant R. Larsen
Gay Cleverly: The Healing Art
Lenore L. Schow
The Thinness Obsession
Harold A. Frost
Random Sampler
Dates with Grandpa and Grandma
Edith W. Gibbons
Giving New Life to Old Beans
Relief Society General Board
Home Evening Helper
Judy L. Bristow
News of the Church
Californians Count Blessings Amid Quake Losses
William E. Homer, Julie Dockstader, and Kjirstin Youngberg
Rex E. Lee Inaugurated as BYU President
Prophets’ Lives Teach Us, President Monson Says
Temple Square a Top Attraction for Visitors
Diplomats’ Wives Learn of Church at N.Y. Center
Update: Seminary Enrollment
Elder Oaks Defends Religious Liberty
“Poetry,” Ensign, Jan. 1990, 53