Talking Scripture Mike Day & Bryce Dunford

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→ Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(02:20) Ammon’s approach to missionary work.(14:00) Lamoni asks the golden question, “Who are you?” (Alma 18.18)(19:29) Aaron’s approach to missionary work.(23:25) Aaron is preaching to a more hardened group, the Amalekites and Amulonites.(25:13) Patience with people who choose another path. Likening Alma 17-22 to our day.(30:55) Offer our whole souls to God.(35:53) Find common ground when teaching truth. It is the Savior that converts.(41:20) Falling into trances in Alma 19 and 22. Some examples in the Biblical narratives.(45:12) Abish is mentioned by name. Why are Lamoni’s enemies at his palace? Another way to understand the drama at the Waters of Sebus.(53:12) The meaning of the name Abish and possibilities as to why Mormon put this in the record.







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→ Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(01:14) Priesthood power can turn the city of Ammonihah around.(14:51) What the scriptures and extra biblical texts teach us about Melchizedek.(32:53) Alma’s interpretation of priesthood authority.(34:17) Be humble, obey, and submit. The Savior will bring us into His rest.(37:15) The problem of evil. Why does God allow good people to suffer? Two explanations are given.(46:58) Types of Jesus in this story.(50:15) Zeezrom lays sick with fever and believes Christ can heal him. He dedicates his life to Christ.(52:36) Establish a check on pride.(55:55) Ammonihah is destroyed.







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→ 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 one of them.(06:33) Zeezrom steps forward to trap Alma and Amulek in their words.(17:01) The earth as the final witness of Alma’s message.(21:54) The destruction of Ammoniah is described from two different viewpoints. An example of the complexity of the narrative.(26:03) The order of the Nehors is a warning to watch for those who twist the truth.(28:33) Insight into Zeezrom’s questions about social segregation, denying the atonement of Christ, and costly apparel.(34:57) Examining resurrection teachings found in the the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon.(40:39) The prayers of the righteous can hold off destruction.(46:37) Zeezrom’s name may be related to the monetary system of the Nephites.(49:27) Zeezrom ends up being a missionary companion with Alma to the Zoramites.







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→ Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of Alma’s two sermons.(01:26) The power of remembering helps rekindle the flame of testimony. (14:45) Alma invites us to imagine if judgement were today.(20:18) God extends an invitation to choose him as our shepherd so he can save us.(22:02) The distinction in Greek between being “born again” and “born from above.”(26:04) Ezra Taft Benson talks about Jesus changing our hearts.(30:31) President David O. McKay’s dream of the heavenly city.(32:49) Alma reveals the phenomenal truth of Christ’s infinite atonement.(39:48) Debates about Christology after Jesus died are clarified in the Book of Mormon.(43:51) Recommit and bind yourself to act in all holiness.(48:46) Jesus will be born at Jerusalem.







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→ Time Stamps: (00:00) The Amlicites marked themselves. How we mark ourselves today.(13:14) The collective view of punishment in the Bible.(20:08) Skins, curses, and marks.(25:41) We are all alike unto God.(27:32) In the midst of adversity you can still have peace.(29:05) Mormon explains how we should view everyone as equals.(31:16) The philosophy of Nehor.(34:41) Nehor’s ignominious death.(37:08) Antichrists don’t agree with each other, but are united in tearing down Jesus.(39:30) The Amlicite wars and the story of Nehor are related to the inequal stratification of society.(41:48) The church prospers in part through the member’s examples.







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→ Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(03:28) The prayers from Alma’s father made a difference in his conversion.(05:52) God remembers all His children.(10:40) Justification and sanctification in Christ. Alma’s experience typified both.(18:27) Alma was snatched by Jesus in Mosiah 27.29 and Alma 26.17.(23:40) The purpose of Church discipline.(33:20) A pattern for solving problems the Lord’s way.(36:09) The transition from a monarchy to a system of judges. Principles of good government.(38:55) Striking the balance between rights and responsibilities.







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