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Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Is God really fair, or does He just give lip service to the idea? If God is really fair then why are those who go to the celestial kingdom the [...]
Conversion of Alma the Younger (The Conversion of Alma), by Gary L. Kapp Academic knowledge and personal experience knowledge are two very different things. This article is my attempt at taking what has always been very academic for [...]
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash The first day's lesson in the Come, Follow Me lessons for Alma 32-35 asks "how you prepare to hear the word of God." My first thought was, "I don't prepare myself to [...]
Photo by nega on Unsplash The Rameumptom represents the method of prayer used by the Zoramite people in the Book of Mormon. Their religion was a version of worship derived from the Nephite people, and their form of [...]
Photo by Dave Francis on Unsplash Ever read a scripture passage so many times you felt like you could quote it forward and backwards? Ever felt like if you had to read it one more time you would [...]
This article was originally published as part of the Come, Follow Me lesson commentary for the Book of Mormon for Alma 30-31. I felt it needed to stand alone as well. What we often think of as the definition of [...]
Photo by Joel Filipe on Unsplash In Alma 30 we get the substance of the teachings of Korihor. The purpose of this article is to show that the poison Korihor offered the people of Nephi is among us [...]
This is the only place I know of in all of the scriptures where the reason for the Plan of Salvation being the way it is is explained. To do that, Alma had to demonstrate what would happen if things [...]
The doctrine for this article all comes from Mosiah 26:15-32. The fact that Jesus took upon himself the sins of the world is a doctrine that is pretty much universally preached and understood, at least superficially. But how personal that [...]
Photo by Jude Beck on Unsplash This article covers just the material for the first day's lesson for the Come, Follow Me lessons for week 23, Alma 5-7. I could see that there was too much in this [...]