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Click on graphic to read Helaman 1-3 The events in the book of Helaman begin at about 52 B.C. At this point in our reading we have about 30% still left in the Book of Mormon, but as Mormon points out, the secret combinations that were being organized at that…

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Click here to read Alma 62-63 Captain Moroni brought a portion of his army to  Zarahemla to help Pahoran overthrow the king-men—Nephite dissenters who wanted to establish a king and enter into an alliance with the Lamanites. Moroni and Pahoran united their forces and received help from…

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Click graphic to read Alma 59-61 Choose Not to Be Offended “During a perilous period of war, an exchange of letters occurred between Moroni, the captain of the Nephite armies, and Pahoran, the chief judge and governor of the land. Moroni, whose army was suffering because…

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Click on graphic to read Alma 56-58 The young men that we refer to as “Stripling Warriors” were the sons of the converted Lamanites known as Ammonites (the People of Ammon, or the Anti-Nephi-Lehies) who became warriors under the prophet Helaman’s military charge (Alma 53:16–22. See…

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Click on graphic to read Alma 53-55 “But behold, it came to pass they had many sons, who had not entered into a covenant that they would not take their weapons of war to defend themselves against their enemies; therefore they did assemble themselves together at…

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Click on graphic to read Alma 51-52 A little kingdom I possess, Where thoughts and feelings dwell, And very hard I find the task Of governing it well; For passion tempts and troubles me, A wayward will misleads, And selfishness its shadow casts, On all my…

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Click graphic to read Alma 48-50 “Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over…

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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…