Tag: Helaman

When did the Nephites decide that the office of Chief Judge should be hereditary rather than openly democratic? They chose among the sons of Pahoran but only the sons of Pahoran were in the running.

When the people witnessed the prophesied miracles but listened to their adversary they concluded that the plan of salvation was essentially a conspiracy. They refused to believe the evidence of their own eyes.

The suffering of righteous vs wicked when Daniel peaches was similar to the sifting that took place when Abinadi and alma preached in an earlier age.

Is the Nephites were humble enough to listen to Samuel they would have heard him praising them for their history of righteousness and proclaiming them a favored people unto the Lord.

The signs of the death of Jesus were of such a magnitude that they could potentially throw off many modern scientific assumptions which inform our theories regarding the tectonic and archeological history of our planet. These potential distortions might be scientifically unprovable but they certainly are unexplored so that we have no idea if there…

Samuel tells the people that they are worse than those of old who would stone the prophets because not only do they stone those who testify of their sins but they hail as prophets those who flatter them in their sins.

We think that there is no way that four generations can cover 400 years but I recently read that the United States government is still paying civil war pensions 150 years after the end of the war and those pensions only go to veterans of the civil war and their children so the second generation…

I must have noticed this before but Samuel the Lamanite and Alma the Younger had very similar experiences where they went to preach and were rejected but on their way home they were told by the spirit to return and preach again. In both cases, they had some success but also saw the opposition grow…

Mormon describes the magnitude and scope of curses available to the Lord not in hopes of scarring his readers but in order to inspire the appropriate awe for Him and to more fully call or His actual goal which is that men might repent and return to Him.

Why is it natural that at the time of greatest blessing people are most prone to forget the source of their blessings. To overcome that natural tendency men must train themselves to keep their focus on the source rather than on the blessings. By focusing on the source they can retain the proper humility.