Category: Scripture Notes
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How high is the pedestal?
I’m realizing how high a pedestal I have put Captain Moroni on. When it is recorded of him that “if all men had been, were, and ever would be like into Moroni the very foundations of hell would be shaken” it isn’t shocking for people to naively assume that everything he did was right and…
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Diverse concerns
The Nephites could not confine themselves to only thinking of how to conduct battles, they also had to think about how best to maintain they prisoners, how to feed the non-combatants in the land, their women and children, and even how to support the people of Ammon in keeping the covenant of peace that they…
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Working in concert
Moroni made use of all his men with each playing a specific part and none interested in trying to win the battle on their own. Teancum led the Lamanite army to the army of Lehi. Lehi made sure not to engage the Lamanites until they were met by the army of Moroni. Lehi and Moroni…
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Chaos ensues
When Teancum killed Amalickiah he changed the dynamic of the war. That change in leadership meant that the neighbors could not depend on the Lamanites doing the same thing that they had done under the leadership of Amalickiah. When we make a change, even a positive one, we must be worse enough to recognize that…
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No cause to stumble
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. Romans 14:13 This is such good counsel. Most of the time it is not our place to judge. Outside of specific situations we should refrain from judging…
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“Confess with your mouth”
I see that Romans 10 is the doctrinal basis for the teaching that all people need to do is confess Christ with their mouth to receive salvation. Those are the words of Paul but this is all part of the same confusing sermon where we are clearly lacking some context. I also notice string traces…
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Bits of clarity
Much of what Paul says makes little sense to me. Either I’m not understanding him or his message has been muddled or he was still figuring out how to articulate his thoughts.
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Divisions at home
We face divisions, unrest, and distrust in our nation not unlike the ones the Nephites had between the king-men and the free-men. While I expect we can still avoid open bloodshed I could easily imagine right wing extremists refusing to defend against or even supporting an invading force. I can’t imagine a foreign nation trying…
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Distractions
The Nephites were facing with several distractions at once which would pave the way for the Lamanites to take ground despite the new fortifications of Moroni. We pay attention to the dispute between the land of Lehi and the land of Morianton but they also had the change in central leadership after Nephihah died. Certainly…
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Learning from success
Moroni didn’t rest on his laurels after such a lopsided victory over the Lamanites. I’m confident that he looked at how the battle at the land of Noah went and used what he learned to guide him through his new and improved fortifications in advance of the next attack.