Tag: Helaman

Bill and I talked about Nephi giving up the judgement seat the other day. I had always assumed that Nephi decided to step down as Alma had done but Bill believed he was voted out. As I read it now there is no information to differentiate between those two options. We know for sure that…

Two successive waves of dissenters went from the neighbors to the Lamanites and convinced the Lamanites to attack the Nephites. It makes me wonder who those dissenters were but the word that they had become proud of their riches and had oppressed the poor it makes me think that it was those poor people who…

Moroni is attempting to provide context to the reader that the people in the land were expansive as were their records without getting distracted from the focus of this record. Throughout the Book of Mormon we get hints of the people spreading over time and sometimes the record here concerns a wider scope of people…

The origins of the Gadianton robbers clearly demonstrate that selecting a good leader is not the same as eliminating the underlying problems. Even if we choose (again) to not put trump back in power we still have to do the work to heal the divisions and improve people’s lives and help people increase their capacity…

Coriantumr capturing Zerahemlah was a disaster for the Nephites. After that it would have been easy to conclude that standing against his army was hopeless but Moronihah kept his head and called upon Lehi and gathered his people so that in the end they surrounded and completely defeated the army of Coriantumr and restored peace…

Whom the Lord loves He chastens. When people are struggling to follow Him they may not feel chastened or He may have limited reason to chasten them. When they are beginning to go astray He will chasten them and while they may feel threatened or unloved by this it is a clear sign that He…

The description of the Nephites holding up as prophets all those who say what is pleasing to them sounds like many people today. That is true for religious “prophets” as well as secular prophets in business and politics.

It is interesting that when Nephi told the people that they would be destroyed if they did not repent the destruction started without even having an external source. The Lord did not have to send in a Lamanite army because the Nephites began killing each other. I’m sure that when the Lord told Nephi that…

Reading about the judges who were secretly Gadiantons accusing neighbor of reviling their laws sounds exactly like MAGA Republicans calling other Republicans RINOs anytime they speak up against even the most obvious faults of their chosen leaders and causes. It saddens me to think how many decent people buy into the lies of the corrupted…