Tag: Alma

Alma 39 Alma clearly anticipates the possibility of dying while his sons are not much more mature than they are at this time.

Alma 38 It never occurred to me before that one reason Helaman received more extensive counsel from Alma than Corianton was that Corianton received some of that counsel during the mission to reclaim the Zoramites which Helaman wasn’t part of.

Alma 36 – 37 Because he gained spiritual strength by remembering the captivity of his fathers Alma recommends to his sons to do the same. It is in the hope that Helaman will gain spiritual strength from remembering the spiritual captivity of his father that drives Alma to recount his own conversion.

Alma 34 – 35 Following the pattern that worked so well in Ammonihah, Amulek began speaking when Aka was finished to add a second witness to what had been said. I never realized before that when Amulek corrects himself from “there shall be” to “it is expedient that there should be” he is acknowledging that…

Alma 32 – 33 I don’t think it is a coincidence that Alma uses the same phrases to describe this frit that Lehi and Nephi used to describe the fruit of the tree of life. Alma answered both of their questions – the one about how to plant the seed and the one about whether…

Alma 31 The Nephites feared that the Zoramites would join the Lamanites. Add I recall, they did that after this mission that Alma led to reclaim them. The fact that the Rameumptom only has room to admit one person at a time reinforced the belief of the Zoramites that there was one people chosen to…

Alma 30 It would be nice to imagine that after what happened to the people of Ammonihah the Nephites would have more than two years in which they did not give he’d to the preaching of those who followed the vanity of Nehor.

Alma 29 We see Alma as the head of the church in his day. Alma saw himself add one of the ministers among his people in his day. Of course he had the singular distinction of being the high priest of the church but other times we are likely wrong to some that because someone…

Alma 26 – 28 Why did the Nephites choose to accept the people of Ammon? I’d like to understand how they arrived at that decision. I’m also curious about how long it took them to decide. If it was a quick decision add it sounds then I am all the more surprised. Actually, as I…

Alma 24 – 25 I can just imagine the effect if the Amalekites and Amulonites had taken the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi as prisoners instead of trying top kill them. They would have had willing workers and ample supply of all their wants and over time many of their children would have converted until they had…