Tag: Alma

When Helaman arrived to assist Antipus it initiated a stalemate between the Nephites and the Lamanites in that front of the war.

When Moroni decided that he would not accept the terms of exchange that Ammoron was open to he then began thinking of unconventional ways to change the situation in his favor. Instead of trading prisoners he liberated Nephite prisoners while gaining more Lamanite prisoners—all without losing any of his men.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

While Amalickiah had been diligently consolidating power over the Lamanites and preparing their hearts for war against the Nephites he could not imagine the ways that morning was also being different and preparing his people and his lands in defensive capabilities. The end result was a battle where the deaths were literally thousands of Lamanites…