Adult Institute Class

The Divine Gift of Forgiveness

President Durfey taught an adult institute class on the atonement and redemption. President Durfey first developed this class for Religion 390 students at Utah Valley University and taught its principles for several years before being asked to collaborate with Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles who authored his book, The Divine Gift of Forgiveness. President Durfey provides in depth insights into the Great Plan of Redemption and our dependence on the Savior, Jesus Christ.

Theses classes were taught from September 2020 to April 2021. The recording of each class has been carefully edited to include scripture passages and incorporate the slides used by President Durfey in class. The individual slide presentations are available for download. The video presentations for the classes held in 2020 have been archived and the remaining classes from 2021 will be available through the end of May 2021, then they will be archived. 

Click on each link to download the slides used in each of the previous lessons

Week 1Repentance and Forgiveness IntroductionWeek 10Faith Levels and Process
Week 2The plan of redemptionWeek 11Increasing Our faith in Jesus Christ
Week 3The FallWeek 12What Repentance is NOT
Week 4untitledWeek 13What Repentance Is
Week 5Forgiveness and RepentanceWeek 14Conditions of Repentance
Week 6UntitledWeek 15The Process of Repentance
Week 7 and 8Infinite Atonement of Jesus ChristWeek 16Forgiving Yourself and Others
Week 9UntitledWeek 17Gethsemane
Downloadable links to the slide presentation portion of each lesson

Here you will find the rebroadcast of the classes from January to April 2021.


Lesson Ten
Faith Levels and Process

Originally taught Thursday, January 28, 2021
Download the slides from this class in a PDF file.

Lesson Eleven
Increasing our faith in Jesus Christ

Originally taught Thursday, February 4, 2021
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Lesson Twelve
What Repentance is NOT

Originally taught Thursday, February 18, 2021
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Face to Face with President Eyring and Elder Holland
(referenced in Class by President Durfey)


Lesson Thirteen
What Repentance Is

Originally taught Thursday, February 25, 2021
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Lesson Fourteen
Conditions of Repentance

Originally taught Thursday, March 4, 2021
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Lesson Fifteen
The Process of Repentance

Originally taught Thursday, March 18, 2021
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Lesson Sixteen
Forgiving Yourself and Others

Originally taught Thursday, March 25, 2021
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Lesson Seventeen
Gethsemane

Originally taught Thursday, April 1, 2021
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image of David Durfey

President David Durfey

A lifelong student of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, President David Durfey serves as the First Counselor in the Eagle Mountain Utah Silverlake Stake Presidency. He retired from full time teaching in 2020. He was the region director of the Utah Valley Institute of Religion. A devoted disciple, Brother Durfey had dedicated his life to teaching seminary and institute students about the atonement and redemption, which led to him working closely with Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in preparing the manuscript for his book, The Divine Gift of Forgiveness.