Alma 43:1-2; 44:24; 45:2-8, 15-19 The End of Alma’s Record Alma is coming to the end of his time on earth, but he “could not rest” and departed on another preaching tour (43:1-2). Coming from a background as son of a prophet but a one-time...
read moreAlma 39-42 True Doctrine Changes Behavior In these four chapters Alma rebukes, counsels, and testifies to his son Corianton, but mostly he teaches him doctrine. Most of what is recorded in these chapters is pure doctrine—relating to the plan of salvation—thus...
read moreA Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 28 “Plant This Word in Your Hearts” (Alma 32-35) Transcript In Alma 32-34, Alma and Amulek are teaching a group of people that have been denied the opportunity to gather together normally to...
read moreIn Alma 36-42 Mormon quotes Alma directly from the large plates of Nephi, rather than abridging the record onto his own plates. Therefore, Alma’s account is in the first person voice, as he counsels and commissions his sons Helaman (chapters 36-37), Shiblon...
read moreAlma 32:1- “Poor” Can Be Good The poor were expelled from the peculiar worship practices of the Zoramites, and it turned into a blessing. As Alma and his companions sought listeners in the synagogues, houses, and streets of Antionum (see 31:3; 32:1),...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 27, “The Virtue of the Word of God,” on Alma 30-31. The panelists for this roundtable were Neal Rappleye, Jasmine Rappleye, Stephen Smoot, Spencer Marsh and Hales Swift. This roundtable...
read moreA Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 26 They “Never Did Fall Away” (Alma 23-29) Transcript In 2 Nephi 25:23, Nephi writes concerning the purposes of teaching among the Nephites, “For we labor diligently to write, to persuade...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 26, They “Never Did Fall Away,” on Alma 23-29. The panelists for this roundtable were Martin Tanner and Daniel C. Peterson. This roundtable was extracted from the May 31, 2020 broadcast...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 25, “I Will Make an Instrument of Thee,” on Alma 17-22. The panelists for this roundtable were Steve Densley, Matthew Bowen and Kevin Christensen. This roundtable was extracted from the...
read moreA Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 24 “Enter into the Rest of the Lord” (Alma 13-16) Transcript In Alma 16 verses 15 through 19, there is a description of the efforts of Alma and Amulek and others to prepare the people for the...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 30, “The Great Plan of Happiness,” on Alma 39-42. The panelist for this roundtable is Martin Tanner. The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on...
read moreA Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 29 “Look to God and Live” (Alma 36-38) Transcript In Alma 36, Alma describes to his son Helaman the events that turned him from a life of sin and rebellion to a life of service to God and...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 29, “Look to God and Live,” on Alma 36-38. The panelists for this roundtable were Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson. This roundtable was extracted from the June 21, 2020 broadcast of...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 28, “Plant This Word in Your Hearts,” on Alma 32-35. The panelists for this roundtable were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, Kevin Christensen and Nate Hutchinson. This roundtable was...
read moreA Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 27 “The Virtue of the Word of God” (Alma 30-31) Transcript In Alma chapter 30, Korihor, one of three people in the Book of Mormon who at different times attempt to dissuade the Nephites from...
read moreAlma 30-31 Two More Anti-Christs We previously encountered Sherem (Jacob 7) and Nehor (Alma 1) and will now consider the other two Anti-Christs highlighted in the Book of Mormon: Korihor (Alma 30) and Zoram (Alma 31). Following is a brief, simplified summary of the...
read moreA Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 25 “I Will Make an Instrument of Thee” (Alma 17-22) Transcript In Alma 18:24–32, after protecting the King’s flocks, Ammon teaches King Lamoni; however, he finds that a key part of that...
read moreAlma 23:1-7, 17-18; 24:1-19 100% Convert Retention As instruments in the Lord’s hands, the sons of Mosiah and other Nephite missionaries were able to establish congregations of new converts throughout the land of the Lamanites (verse 4), featuring the following...
read moreAlma 17-22 Keys to Missionary Success These chapters relate the missionary experiences of the sons of Mosiah and others among the Lamanites, and we can glean numerous helps for ourselves as we seek to share the gospel. Note that “success” in missionary...
read moreThis is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 24, “Enter into the Rest of the Lord,” on Alma 13-16. The panelists for this roundtable were Bruce Webster, Kris Fredrickson and Mike Parker. This roundtable was extracted from the May...
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