Tag: Alma

The people of Ammon were motivated by love for their fellow men. Moroni was motivated by the desire to save his people. Ammon was motivated by hatred and revenge.

Both Moroni and Teancum maintained their focus on their objective and didn’t get caught up in any specific plan that didn’t last in that direction. Moroni commanded to Teancum to attack Mulek but when Teancum determined that such an attack wouldn’t lead them closer to their objective at that time he changed his efforts. Moroni…

That the king-men would refuse to defend their country but would take up arms to defend their right to refuse to defend their country was equivalent to someone being a violent conscientious objector in the face of an invading nation. It made much more sense later when the king-men actively entered into an alliance with…

I forgot that there were 5 years of peace after Amalickiah first serve his armies against the Nephites. I have always thought of it as a year or two of peace before Amalickiah came again.

I wonder at the description of Moroni as a man of perfect understanding. Was that a reference to his understanding of the gospel of was it a reference to his ability to understand good people and their enemies perfectly to defend against aggressions? Perhaps it was a description of his ability to quickly assess and…

Did Amalickiah plan to give the Lamanites when he first started agitating for the king to go to war with the Nephites or did he simply use that to his advantage when it happened? When Amalickiah offered to give up his army to Lehonti did Lehonti ever consider the idea that this might be too…

Helaman notes how much wickedness one very wicked man (referring to Amalickiah) can bring about. E should equally now how much righteousness a very righteous man (captain Moroni in this case) can bring about by employing the same types of persuasion which was enhanced because not only was he persuasive and charismatic (like Amalickiah) but…

Right after a great victory whereby the Nephites were preserved because if their faith, Alma confides in Helaman that such will not always be the case. He has seen that the time will come when the people will abandon their faith and lose the protection which preserved them. Alma wants the record to show that…

I have noticed a pattern in how Moroni operates that we never talk about. He is consistently gathering people to his cause as he goes. No existing army under his command convinces him to try cease inviting people to join him in his work.

I wonder how convention felt when Alma told him that he was still called to preach repentance. That might have made him hopeful that his sins were not insurmountable.