Tag: Alma

Those who will happen to the voice of the good Shepherd may have hope in Christ. Alma heard Abinadi and harkened. Others heard sons and harkened. In every case, those who would harken had a change of heart so that they could sing the song of the redeeming love of Christ. That is the invitation…

It occurs to me that what I have done in leaving my job to take care of my family is not unlike what Alma did in leaving the judgement seat to care for the church. He saw that the church needed more dedicated care than he could give while he was tied to the responsibilities…

Every man who is cursed brings upon himself the curse. This is different from those who are marked. Some people may receive marks because of their heritage or the malice of others. We should be slow to judge according to marks because they may be placed upon those who are not fighting against the Lord…

Intelligent people recognize the limitations of democracy – namely that majority rule by the vote of the people makes it possible that a sufficiently large and motivated minority can set the rules of society – that was why the majority against Amlici were worried about putting his petition to the vote. I’m sure they understood…

What argument did Nehor think he could make to justify the murder of Gideon? Did he try to argue that he didn’t do it or that they couldn’t prove it was him? It was he so arogant that he tried to argue that his action was somehow justified?

With the deaths of all their major leaders in a few short years and the migration of large numbers of people out of the land I wonder if people at the time felt that momentous things were happening or if they felt that life was on a steady plane for their nation.

How often does one small change precipitate a complete change of direction in larger events? That was what happened when Moroni went to Pahoran to restore him to the judgement seat and to deal with the king-men who had been hampering the previous efforts to conduct the war.

Pahoran respond so humbly and openly to Moroni that Moroni must have been happy to go assist him in regaining his judgement seat.

I can see how Pahoran would take confidence from Moroni’s censure. Moroni didn’t direct his ire at Pahoran but at those seeking for power. Not only that, whatever demands Moroni made, he was clear that his request was to find their hearts not set on themselves. No matter how restored Pahoran felt he knew that…