A talk on the Atonement
Before you start
This page is a template, not a talk. It's here to get your brain going. It's totally normal to feel nervous.
The best advice I can give you is to be you. What could you bring into this talk that's yours? Your view, your happiness, the joy the gospel has brought into your life. Pray about that. Think about it for a day.
The Gospel Library app has a ton of good material, so use it. Plenty of AI tools will happily write this talk for you too. Use them to brainstorm if it helps... but don't let them write it. You write the talk.
A prompt for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or whatever you use
I'm giving a 10-minute talk on the Atonement in church. Don't write the talk for me. Ask me five questions, one at a time, to help me find a story from my own life that fits. Then suggest a simple outline built from my answers, with blanks where my own words go.
Who is it for
How long
A 10-minute talk on the Atonement
About 1,300 words when you read it aloud. Built from conference talks mainly about the Atonement.
Stories you could open with
Scriptures talks are built on
Alma 7:11-12 the main scripture in 19 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 19:16-18 the main scripture in 12 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 58:42-43 the main scripture in 10 talks
Matthew 11:28-30 the main scripture in 9 talks
Teach from prophets, apostles, and leaders
Neil L. Andersen, 2025
Christ's Atonement offers full forgiveness to the repentant and healing to the wounded
Gerrit W. Gong, 2025
Find peace, healing and belonging in Jesus Christ's Atonement, Resurrection and Restoration.
Patrick Kearon, 2024
God relentlessly seeks to bring you home; His Atonement covers you too
Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes.
Your testimony. What you know about the Atonement, in your own words.
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Your talk
Your talk so far
A 10-minute talk on the Atonement After his wife dies in a plane crash, Wells is freed from guilt when the Savior speaks to him in prayer. (Neil L. Andersen, 2025) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/10/35andersen?lang=eng Alma 7:11-12 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/7?lang=eng&id=p11#p11 Christ's Atonement offers full forgiveness to the repentant and healing to the wounded (Neil L. Andersen, The Atoning Love of Jesus Christ, 2025) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/10/35andersen?lang=eng Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes. ______________________ Your testimony. What you know about the Atonement, in your own words. ______________________
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Make cue cards from this talkTalks to read first
Dale G. Renlund, 2026
Renlund urges members overwhelmed by many concerns to focus on Christ and His Atonement.
Matthew S. Holland, 2025
Holland draws from Jonah's story to urge the struggling to accept Christ's mercy and turn to God.
Neil L. Andersen, 2025
Andersen offers hope to those repenting of serious sin and comfort to those wounded by others' sins.
Gerrit W. Gong, 2025
Gong teaches that Jesus, who weeps with us, offers the Easter gifts of Atonement, Resurrection and Restoration.
Quentin L. Cook, 2025
Like the handcart rescue, Christ's Atonement rescues us from life's storms.
Questions people ask
- How long should a talk on the Atonement be?
- As long as you were asked to fill. Sacrament meeting talks usually run five to fifteen minutes and youth talks are often shorter, so ask whoever gave you the assignment.
- How do I start a talk on the Atonement?
- With a story. Pick one from this page or from your own life, then read the scripture that fits it. The outline on this page puts them in order.
- Can I use AI to write a talk on the Atonement?
- Use it to brainstorm, not to write. The prompt on this page has AI ask you questions, so the talk ends up in your words.
- Is this an official Church site?
- No. It’s a family project. Every story and talk links to the real one on churchofjesuschrist.org, so read it there before you use it.