Alma 43 – Standing for truth Alma 43 – Deception Alma 43-63 – The war chapters Alma 46-48 – The power of one Alma 48 – Wisdom: a proper balance Alma 48:11 – Tolkien quote Alma 49-51 – Adapt or perish Alma 50:30 The Tragedy of AbuseContinue Reading

For the quotes used in this podcast, see Alma 32-35 Great Quotes. For an excellent review of the Greek notion of faith or pistis (πίστις), I highly recommend this video of Brent Schmidt’s presentation at BYU in 2019. You can access a copy of Brent Schmidt’s excellent book Relational Faith here. You can access aContinue Reading

There is so much going on behind the scenes in Alma 17-18. To read Hugh Nibley’s argument for the background of the scattering of the flocks at the Waters of Sebus, as well as Brant Gardner’s argument that this is a political rivalry, go here: Alma 18.7 – A Practice ofContinue Reading

Alma 13 – Melchizedek, Kingship, Psalm 110, and Jesus Christ Alma 13 – Talents in the pre-earth life Text of 11Q13 from the Dead Sea Scrolls – The Melchizedek Document Alma 14 – The problem of evil in the Book of Mormon For C.S. Lewis’ quote Heaven Works Backwards, go here. AlmaContinue Reading

To see Reid Bankhead’s quote about the meaning of the word Anti-Christ, go here. An overview of Alma versus Korihor in Alma 30 is available here along with Austin Farrar’s quote. Martin Rees’ book Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe is available here. In this post about the Anthropic Principle you canContinue Reading

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(01:39) The power of increasing witnesses. The closer you are to someone, the more credible your testimony may affect them.(03:02) Amulek is a greater witness to the people of Ammonihah because he is oneContinue Reading