Why Was Corianton’s Sin So Serious?
“Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord; yea, most abominable above all sins save it be the shedding of innocent blood or denying the Holy Ghost?”
Alma 39:5
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Did Alma Counsel His Sons During the Passover?
"And now my son, Shiblon, I would that ye should remember, that as much as ye shall put your trust in God even so much ye shall be delivered out of your trials, and your troubles, and your afflictions, and ye shall be lifted up at the last day."
Alma 38:5
Why Was a Stone Used as an Aid in Translating the Book of Mormon?
“And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light”
Alma 37:23
Editing Out the “Bad Grammar” in the Book of Mormon
On 6 April 2016, at BYU in Provo, Utah, Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack presented a lecture on “Editing Out the ‘Bad Grammar’ in the Book of Mormon.” The Book of Mormon critical text project is a multi-volume work. One major highlight in the history of the project was the publication in 2009 by Yale University Press of the definitive, scholarly text, The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text. The official project itself, published by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies in cooperation with Brigham Young University Studies, contains five volumes:
Why Was Alma Converted?
“Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy”
Alma 36:21
Gospel Doctrine Lesson #30: The Great Plan of Happiness
To help class members gain a greater understanding of life after death and the mercy that is available to them through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Why Was the Zoramite Defection So Disastrous?
And thus the Zoramites and the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of Ammon, and also against the Nephites.
Alma 35:11
Why Must There be an Infinite and Eternal Sacrifice?
“There can be nothing which is short of an infinite atonement which will suffice for the sins of the world”
Alma 34:12
What Are the Nephite Articles of Faith?
“Believe in the Son of God, that he will come to redeem his people, and that he shall suffer and die to atone for their sins”
Alma 33:22
Why Did Alma Use Creation Imagery in His Sermon on Faith?
“And thus, if ye will not nourish the word, looking forward with an eye of faith to the fruit thereof, ye can never pluck of the fruit of the tree of life.”
Alma 32:40