Tag: Alma

Alma 15 How did the men feel when they heard about their wives and children being burned while Alma and Amulek were miraculously delivered safely from Ammonihah? Some may have felt jealous like Marie N. who grieves at every story in conference of children being healed because two of her children died due to an…

Alma 14 It feels as if we may be approaching a time that if someone were to hold up our most basic laws and condemn our political leaders in doing so as Amulek did that the people of our nation might also condemn them and claim that they had reviled the law. Before this Zeezrom…

Alma 13 It seems like Alma is declaring more doctrine to the people of Ammonihah than he did to the people of Zerahemla or Gideon. Perhaps that is because these doctrines were not needed among those people.

Alma 12 There is some irony to the fact that Alma is answering the doctrinal questions of Antionah which were asked in hopes of crossing him because his father was among the priests of Noah who tried to do the same thing to Abinadi. Of course it is possible that Alma was more sincere in…

Alma 11 Zeezrom offered money to Amulek hoping to show that Amulek’s belief could be purchased. When that failed he tried to twist the words of Amulek in the hope of making him look odd or even ridiculous. Zeezrom was the one left looking very weak.

Alma 10 The lawyers were learned in the cunning of the people that they might be skillful in their work. In any profession we may choose to use the skills we have acquired to advance ourselves either by ethical means alone or by any means we can. Those who will use their skill in any…

Alma 9 Why is it that the people of Ammonihah should choose to say that they would not believe Alma if he were to say that Ammonihah should be destroyed in one day? Had he prophesied by then that it should be destroyed if they did not repent? How much did Alma know about the…

Alma 8 I have to remind myself that the societies were smaller and more closely knit in this time period which explains why they could so completely turn from good to evil or back in short periods of time. In our less connected and much larger society they are constantly small close-knit groups who are…

Alma 6 – 7 It occurs to me that Alma would have had the ability in a way that we can’t to simply look at the people of his day and see if they are walking offer the pride of their wealth. I think Laura mentioned this idea months ago that back in those times…

Alma 5 I can think of no blessing greater than to be washed clean from the blood and sins of this generation and that blessing can only be bestowed through faithfulness to the light and knowledge which one has received.