Tag: Alma

I have always wondered why do many of the Lamanite prisoners would choose to join the people of Ammon. It occurred to me tonight that most of the labor soldiers were likely single (unattached), relatively young men. After fighting in the war and finding that it wasn’t as glamorous or easy as they might have…

I can only imagine how hard it was for Pahoran to write his letter to Moroni annoying what must have felt like a failure to him and acknowledging his own indecisiveness which had exacerbated the struggles Moroni and his men were facing. At the same time, the reader can feel the weight having been lifted…

I wonder if that phrase hit Pahoran. He might have felt that he was doing all he could. Whether he felt chastened nu that call to action or not, his response was admirable.

What would Moroni have thought about the fall of Nephihah of he had already received the report from Helaman about the lack of receiving support? Would he have assumed that the support was being concentrated on Helaman and the armies in his theater of the war? It was when he had information from all the…

Helaman wrote to Moroni at this point not just because he wanted to report in but also because he was concerned about the potential implications of the lack of support he had received. He wanted to encourage Moroni if the way was going badly in his theater but also alert him in the event that…

Why is it that the sons of Helaman did observe to perform every word of command with exactness? Obviously a key party of the reason was that they choose to be obedient—being true was in the character they had cultivated—but I’m sure there was more. How critical was it to their obedience that Helaman had…

It’s easy to applaud everything that Moroni did because he was a righteous man but I can’t honestly believe that his episode here was inspired but the Lord turned it to God by inspiring Moroni’s response to Ammoron’s belligerent reply.