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Philip Allred
MEET AUTHOR Philip Allred
A member of the BYU-Idaho Religion Department Faculty. 15 years as faculty member in the BYU-Idaho Religion Department at BYU-Idaho, 8 years teaching in Seminary and Institutes for the Church Educational System in Utah and south-eastern Idaho. Born in Ankara, Turkey, but was raised mostly in Burley, Idaho. Served mission for the Lord in Osaka, Japan.
Education: Bachelors degree in Political Science at BYU-Provo; Masters degree in Theology at the University of Notre Dame; Doctorate degree in Political Science at Idaho State University.
Published works include articles about authorship in the Book of Mormon and gospel doctrines concerning families and discipleship.
Married in the Logan Temple to Jennifer Lindeman and they have 3 children. The Allred family loves a night “in” at the movies in their basement “home theater,” as well as taking family trips to historical and cultural sites worldwide.
Service in the Church: Bishopric Counselor, Bishop, Stake High Councilor, Stake and Ward Young Men’s presidencies, High Priest’s Group Leader and currently serves as Councilor in a YSA Stake Presidency at BYU-Idaho. His favorite calling has been as Gospel Doctrine Teacher.
Author's Published Articles
Come, Follow Me for Sunday School: Lesson Helps for Matthew 5; Luke 6
Matthew 5 and Luke 6 contain different accounts of likely…
Lesson 45: “If I Perish, I Perish”
The Old Testament is teeming with examples of the Lord…
Lesson 41: “I Have Made Thee This Day… an Iron Pillar”
The prophet Jeremiah provides us with a remarkable study in…
Lesson 37: “Thou Has Done Wonderful Things”
Isaiah, as well as the rest of the Lord’s prophets,…
Lesson 33: “Sharing the Gospel with the World”
"It is ironic that the profound message of the book…
Lesson 29: “He Took Up…the Mantle of Elijah”
The prospect of having to “replace” such a prophet as…
Lesson 25: “Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord”
The Hebrew saints of millenniums past articulated much of their…
Lesson 21: God Will Honor Those Who Honor Him
As Latter-day Saints we recognize the weaknesses inherent in the…
Lesson 17: “Beware Lest Thou Forget”
Deuteronomy is the record of Moses' last words to Israel…
Lesson 13″Bondage, Passover, and Exodus”
It may be said that the scriptures are a record…
Lesson 1: “This Is My Work and My Glory”
My friend expressed that she viewed the Old Testament as…
Lesson 43: “Take upon You My Whole Armor”
What was the nature of the conflict in pre-mortality?
Lesson 39: “The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn to Their Fathers”
Joseph knew right from the beginning of the restoration that…
Gospel Doctrine: D&C 35 – A Mission of Saving
The rescue of the Willie and Martin Handcart companies is…
Lesson 31: “Sealed… for Time and for All Eternity”
Sections 131 and 132 contain doctrines relative to the eternal…
Lesson 26: “Go Ye into All the World, and Preach My Gospel”
In the revelation now called D&C 112, the Lord counseled…
Lesson 22: The Word of Wisdom: “A Principle with a Promise”
Doctrine and Covenants 89 contains helpful instructions for the latter-day…
Lesson 18, “Establish… a House of God”
Joseph Smith enlightened the early members of the Church, who…
Lesson 10: “This is My Voice Unto All”
Regarding D&C 25, Elder Gordon B. Hinckley stated, "Insofar as…
Lesson 6: “I Will Tell You in Your Mind and in Your Heart”
The professor drew a triangle in the sky above the…
Lesson 2: A Book Dictated by the Savior
The Doctrine and Covenants is a unique volume in the…
Lesson 45: “Never Has Man Believed in Me As Thou Hast” Ether 1-6
No mere history primer, Moroni warns that the gentile nation…
Lesson 41: “The Lord Esteems His Prophets,” 3 Nephi 22-26
Truly the prophets of the Lord-ancient and modern-provide the principles…
Lesson 37: “Whosoever Will Come, Him Will I Receive” 3 Nephi 8-11
These chapters in 3 Nephi contain some of the most…
Lesson 45: “If I Perish, I Perish”
The Old Testament is teeming with examples of the Lord…
Lesson 41 “I Have Made Thee This Day… an Iron Pillar”
The prophet Jeremiah provides us with a remarkable study in…
Lesson 37 “Thou Has Done Wonderful Things”
Isaiah, as well as the rest of the Lord’s prophets,…
Lesson 37 “Thou Has Done Wonderful Things”
Isaiah, as well as the rest of the Lord's prophets,…
Lesson 29
“He Took Up
Lesson 25 “Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord”
The Hebrew saints of millenniums past articulated much of their…
Lesson 21 “God Will Honor Those Who Honor Him”
As Latter-day Saints we recognize the weaknesses inherent in the…
Lesson 17″Beware Lest Thou Forget”
To reinforce and continually nurture Israel's covenantal memory, Moses employed…
Old Testament Lesson 11″How Can I Do This Great Wickedness”
Mortality is necessarily full of light and dark threads if…
Lesson 5″If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted”
As a primary-aged youth, I recall being a little confused…
Lesson 1: “This Is My Work and My Glory”
A classic over-generalization of the Bible is to say that…
Lesson 43 “Take upon You My Whole Armor”
Gospel Doctrine help reflects on the help and protection afforded…
Lesson 39″The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn to Their Fathers”.
Why turning the hearts of the children to their fathers…
Lesson 31, “Sealed… for Time and for All Eternity”
D&C 131 and 132 contain doctrines relative to the eternal…
Lesson 26″Go Ye into All the World, and Preach My Gospel”
The Lord asks that the knowledge of his name and…
Lesson 22, The Word of Wisdom: “A Principle with a Promise”
Doctrine and Covenants 89 contains helpful instructions for the latter-day…
Lesson 10, “This Is My Voice unto All”
The declaration to Emma that she was indeed the Savior's…
Lesson 6, “I Will Tell You in Your Mind and in Your Heart, by the Holy Ghost,” D&C 6; 8; 9;11
Understanding and appreciating "conduit revelation" - a direct revelation from…
Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 2: “Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World”
Let us here observe, that three things are necessary in…
Lesson 45″If I Perish, I Perish”Daniel 1; Daniel 3; Daniel 6; Esther 3-5; Esther 7-8
The Old Testament is teeming with examples of the Lord…
Lesson 41″I Have Made Thee This Day an Iron Pillar”Jeremiah 1-2, 15, 20, 26, 36-38
The prophet Jeremiah provides us with a remarkable study in…
Lesson 37″Thou Has Done Wonderful Things”Isaiah 22, 24-26, 28-30
Isaiah, as well as the rest of the Lord's prophets,…
Lesson 25″Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord”
The Hebrew saints of millenniums past articulated much of their…