Tag: Priesthood Men

The father of Lamoni is similar to his son in many ways. Out of ignorance and prejudice he first opposed the Nephites missionaries (Lamoni didn’t really oppose Ammon but he also didn’t realize that Ammon was there to preach) but once he believed he the his whole weight behind their efforts. He offered to give…

I’ve always wondered how Lamoni could just declare that he would believe whatever Ammon said. Certainly such a promise is easy to give but summertime who intends to keep such a promise would need some idea that what they would hear would be believable. I’ve always thought that Lamoni had no such assurance available to…

Zeezrom is, in some ways, like a cross between Alma and Amulek. He was more antagonistic toward the church than Amulek but possibly not quite as much as Alma. When he finally opened his heart and believed he turned strongly toward righteousness and preached repentance for the remainder of his life.

Like so many others, Amulek is obscured by the long shadow cast by Alma the younger. In some ways his story is very similar to the sorry of Alma. Amulek made a name for himself before he was converted but he didn’t need the invitations to come to Christ. He wasn’t as rebellious as Alma…

I wonder of Nephihah was ever unhappy about devoting his time to be the chief judge so that Alma could spend his full attention in preaching. Sometimes our path of righteousness doesn’t take us in the directions that we might have planned.