Tag: Alma

I’m confident that Ammon recognized that Lamoni was having an experience constable to what soon had seen his friend Alma go through at his conversion. That would explain why he had an idea if what to expect and would have been one source of his faith that Lamoni would rise again. On the other hand,…

Ammon doesn’t simply answer what Lamoni asked, he also goes on to offer context and wrap the direct answer in an answer of more import than what the initial question pointed at.

Lamoni had been taught that there was a Great Spirit but that nothing a man did was considered wrong. Despite this teachings, when Lamoni thought the Great Spirit was in his kingdom his first thought was to fear that he had done wrong. No matter what he had been taught he innately knew that if…

We can recognize that Ammon wasn’t seeking for glory because while he desired to share his message with the king as much as anyone else he wasn’t aiming to impress and convert the king as he entered his service. When the opportunity came along to “show forth his power” he was thinking of those around…

How many people went with the sons of Mosiah to preach to the Lamanites? We know they took others with them and we have one or perhaps two names of missionaries that were not the sons of Mosiah. We have no idea how many missionaries went and had their names recorded in heaven and in…

I find it interesting to note that the people of Ammonihah were all killed in a single day but that it took many days for their bodies to be heaped up in a mass grave and buried under a shallow layer of soil.

I never before considered that Amulek would likely have been among the believers who were cast out of Ammonihah even if he had not been taken as a companion by Alma. It is even possible that when the women and children who believed were burned in Ammonihah his wife and children might have been some…

It must have been very difficult to stand by and witness without helping as they saw innocent people murdered in large numbers. I’m sure it was also difficult to refrain from answering the judges as they were mocking and interrogating Alma and Amulek. It’s much like learning as a parent when not to respond to…

Melchizedek was the leader of a wicked people in Salem until he led them to repent and established peace. He sounds much like king Benjamin in that way. It gives me hope that I can establish peace in my family despite the current rebellions and unrighteousness among my children.

This who have been ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood should be men who have faith and exercise good works evidencing that faith. They should be men who look upon sin with abhorrence. While those statements should be facts, the reality is that men who have been given the high priesthood are flawed and some may…