Tag: Alma

Alma 47I don’t think that Amalikiah spent time stirring up the body of Lamanite society to anger against the Nephites – he focused on the leadership of the people this created the schism whereby he brought himself to power. Then he spent years indoctrinating the people until they desired war against the Nephites. i think…

Alma 46I had never realized that Amalikiah arose in direct opposition to the regulation that Helaman made within the church among the Nephites. Perhaps Alma was so widely revered that while he led the church Amalikiah was not inclined to challenge him directly, but took the occasion of Helaman taking over the leadership of the…

Alma 45I’m sure that Helaman was disappointed by how soon their was dissension among the church after he had made a regulation establishing order among the church. In light of the prophecy that Alma had made to him it would be a disturbing and confirming trend.

Alma 44I’d like to meet the soldier who stepped in so quickly to defend Moroni, and who spoke so boldly to reaffirm the words of Moroni that all who would leave with a covenant of peace would be free to go, but all others would have to end the conflict now while again declaring that…

Alma 43I wonder if Moroni was made the chief captain at such a young age because of his novel ideas about armor and strategy. After all, we know there were other men who were equally spiritual during his lifetime of service.

Alma 42The example of law that Alma cited first “if a man murdered he should die” was an example from the law of the Nephites – he was saying to Corianton that the pattern of the laws of God were copied by mans laws on earth.

Alma 41It is not hard to take one word, phrase, or idea from the scriptures and twist it to imply or appear to mean something non-scriptural. That is why we must have the Holy Ghost with us and why a correct understanding of the characteristics and attributes of God is so helpful in our understanding…

Alma 40Why was Corianton worried about the resurrection? Was it something that confused him or simply something that he focused on to the detriment of understanding more important doctrines such as faith and repentance? I think that the doctrine of resurrection was not well understood among the Nephites at this time – even Alma seems…

Alma 38 – 39I wonder if Alma’s actual words to Shiblon were very much the same as what he said to Helaman in Chapter 36 but in writing them down he compressed the record tot he basic ideas of the message. Or maybe his message was shorter because Shiblon’s personality was such that he did…

Alma 37I don’t remember if I noticed this in previous readings or not, but Helaman was given the same charge as Joseph Smith regarding the records, that if he transgressed they would be taken from him and he would be delivered to the buffetings of Satan but that if he were faithful no power of…