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Click graphic to read Alma 46-47 Helaman and Captain Moroni became the Nephites spiritual and military leaders, respectively. Some people who were angry with Helaman and his brethren chose to leave the Church and follow a wicked man named Amalickiah, who wanted to be king. Amalickiah selfishly…

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Click graphic to read Alma 43-45 As Alma and his sons continued to preach the gospel, the Zoramites joined with the Lamanite armies to attack the Nephites. Mormon began to write about many wars between the Lamanites and Nephites in Alma 43. Even though they were outnumbered, the…

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Click graphic to read Alma 40-42 President Boyd K. Packer taught: “True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior” (“Little Children,” Ensign, Nov. 1986) Is that a true statement? To me the key word that makes that statement true is the inclusion of the word “understood”. I think that as…

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Click graphic to read Alma 37-39 George Albert Smith’s grandfather George A. Smith served for many years in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and in the First Presidency as a counselor to Brigham Young. George Albert Smith often repeated the counsel his grandfather used to give…

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Click on graphic to read Alma 34-36 Have you ever heard someone use the term YOLO to justify doing what they want? YOLO is an acronym for You Only Live Once. Similar to carpe diem or memento mori, it implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks. The…

  Who is this? Maybe this next painting will help you out; he is the man on the right: What do you know about him? What did his cousin, Jesus Christ, know about him? Matthew 11:7-11 7 ¶And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into […]

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Click on graphic to read Alma 32-33 Using an analogy of the planting and nourishing of a seed, Alma taught the people who were poor and cast out of the Zoramite synagogues what they must do to receive and nourish faith in the word of God (see…

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Click graphic to read Alma 30-31 Previously we studied about the anti-Christs Sherem (see Jacob 7) and Nehor (see Alma 1). One definition of anti-Christ is “anyone or anything that counterfeits the true gospel plan of salvation and that openly or secretly opposes Christ” (“Antichrist,”). In Alma 30, an anti-Christ named Korihor began to…

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Click graphic to read Alma 26-29 Before we get going today, I have two quick questions for you. The first one is multiple choice, the other is open comment. Once you answer the multiple choice question below, you will be able to leave your comment on the…

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Click the graphic to read Alma 23-25 Conversion includes a conscious decision to give up one’s former ways and change to become a true disciple of Jesus Christ. It requires a change in behavior, but it goes beyond behavior; it is a change in our very nature.…

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As recorded in Alma 19–20, King Lamoni experienced a change of heart, leading to the conversion of his wife and many of his people. Ammon and King Lamoni traveled to the land of Middoni to deliver Ammon’s imprisoned brethren. On the way, they encountered Lamoni’s father, who was…