Tag: Alma

Alma 56“For they are worthy to be called sons”Son is a title that should be earned, not simply bestowed without effort.

Alma 55If Moroni had any desire for blood he could easily have killed the Lamanited guarding the city of Gid while they were drunk and asleep. This would have made it so that he did not need to devote more supplies to their support.

Alma 54Ammoron offers to exchange prisoners in order to bolster his army since he is losing so many people to Moroni’s work projects. Moroni is more than happy to have more men to fight and more families saved to live in freedom.I sometimes wonder if Moroni got carried away a little bit in his threats…

Alma 53The example of the stripling warriors compared with their parents shows how the Lord works with each person individually. The parents made a righteous covenant to not take up arms even to defend themselves. Their sons made an equally righteous covenant to take weapons and fight for the liberty of their country. The key…

Alma 52It is always the Nephites who are looking for ways to innovate. The Lamanites try “new” tactics by attempting to use whatever tactics the Nephites have used against them that they have not tried previously. That is why, despite their greater numbers, the Lamanites never succeed except where the Nephites are busy quarreling among…

Alma 50It believe that some of the new fortifications that Moroni built were based on the experience of the fist attack by the army of Amalikiah. All his men were alive, but many of th 50 who were wounded were seriously hurt in their legs – thus he built timberworks that would protect them plus…

Alma 49Part of the reason that Amalikiah was able to gather such a large army was that he had convinced the Lamanites that they would be equal to the Nephites once they had armor. He also convinced them that he cared for them enough to share the latest in protective apparel so that they would…

Alma 48I love the contrast that Mormon shows between the efforts of Amalikiah and Moroni in preparing their people.

Alma 47Amalikiah did among the Lamanites exactly what he would have done among the Nephites. If he had been able to install himself as king of the Nephites he would not only have tried to destroy the church (which would have led to another Mosiah – where the righteous were called to separate themselves from…