Bite-Sized Book of Mormon
Join me as I cozily enjoy the Book of Mormon one chapter at a time, every Monday and Wednesday! I make jokes, add insight, context, and (hopefully) further understanding. Come for the goofy jokes and the casual atmosphere... stay for the neat gospel truths in every chapter.
Episodes
This episode, we read as the Nephites dance circles around their drunken Lamanite brethren, as they arm the very prisoners those passed-out guards were supposed to protect. Things.... don't go well for the Lamanites in this one.
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This episode, we read through the letters of Captain Moroni and King Ammoron. What do they say? Why do they matter? What do they tell us about the senders? Lets find out, why don't we
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This episode, we read as the children of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies stand up to help the struggling Nephite armies, because their parents made a covenant with God to not fight. They stand up to fight on behalf of their parents.
They're really fricken cool.
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This episode, we read as the Lamanites get a new king and flank the Nephites on the east and on the west—then we zoom into one city, Mulek, and the Nephite's attempts to kick the Lamanites out.
How do you win against people in a fort? Get them out of the fort. There's absolutely no underlying allegory in this chapter.
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This episode, just about everything goes wrong that can go wrong for the Nephites: internal civil conflict, an attacking army is approaching, and that army keeps winning fortified cities.
But then one person stands in that army's way......
Teancum.
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This episode, we read as Captain Moroni fortifies the lands of the Nephites like a madman. In doing this, God achieves through him great peace and prosperity. That tenuous peace is broken though... not by attacking Lamanites, but by their own people erupting in conflict. This totally isn't trying to tell you something personally.
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This episode, Captain Moroni once again absolutely dunks on Amalickiah and his (now clothed) Lamanite army. How does he do this? One word: preparation.
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This chapter, we hear that Amalickiah (of last chapter's fame) isn't satisfied with being the king of the Lamanites. He in fact wants to be king over everyone. So, with that, he prepares (radicalizes, you might say) his people into hating the Nephites. Captain Moroni, on the other hand, is much more level-headed.
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This chapter is perhaps the one with the most intrigue, sabotage, and drama in the entire Book of Mormon. Amalickiah starts the chapter as a Lamanite general, and ends it as the Lamanite king, having taken over everything that the previous king held dear. What a guy.
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This episode, another antagonist arises—this time among the Nephites. What does Captain Moroni do about it? Here's a hint: he doesn't violently attack. He simply gathers supporters of liberty and freedom. And then Amalickiah pulls a General Grevious (star wars joke for ya) and promptly runs away.
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This episode is one of transition. Alma speaks to his eldest son and hands over the high priesthoodship, blesses the church, then my man dips out of there and just goes on to never be seen again. Normal spiritual dude stuff it's fine. Now, his son is under the weight of Alma's massive strength and legacy.
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In this episode, Moroni tries to let off Zarahemnah's army with an oath of nonviolence—but their pride will not let them concede. After Zarahemnah nearly kills Moroni point-blank, a soldier of Moroni's.... let's just say... makes a distinctive object lesson.
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In this chapter..... the war chapters commence. We meet our first Lamanite general, Zarahemnah, and his formidable enemy Captain Moroni. Moroni starts off strong by clothing his armies. You wouldn't think clothes are an advantage... but they in fact are. Oh, also he shows off his ability to balance faith and works in the way he leads his armies. He's pretty cool.
This chapter is all about sin—why it exists, how we are freed from it, and how God's mercy and His perfect plan shines through it all. This one's super doctrinally dense, such a neat read.
Also its my birthday today :D yay
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This episode is a lovely follow-up to last chapter's discussion on resurrection—Alma goes into how resurrection is a restoration of our natures. We can't be resurrected into someone we're not, so we need to ensure we're good people in life 💪
ALSO i apologize for the strange drop in audio quality partway through, I literally don't know why my software switched mics on me
This episode, we read more of Alma's words to his son Corianton—this time, digging into the afterlife. What is the resurrection? Where do we go between death and resurrection? When is the resurrection? All these are neat questions that Alma answers for his son in this chapter. Some really good stuff.
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This chapter marks the beginning of Alma's letter to his son Corianton. This son definitely needs a bit more attention than Shiblon did (Alma 38), so he spends a bit more time with him. The ultimate overarching message, though, is that you are never too far gone. You cannot get too far from God that you cannot repent.
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This episode, we read Alma's brief little letter he sends to his son Shiblon—it's got it's nuggets of wisdom yes, but no real advice or feedback or chastisement of Shiblon. He's doin great. Good for him.
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In this, the second half of Alma's exhortations to his son Helaman, he focuses on (as the title so eloquently puts it) taking care of and preserving sacred things. The current records he's writing on, the 24 plates of the Jaredites, and even his own faith.
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This episode, we read Alma describing the depths of emotion that he went through as part of his conversion. He uses such beautiful words to describe his turn towards Christ. In fact, this entire chapter is in an ancient poetic format!
Chiasmus link: https://scripturecentral.org/archive/media/chart/chiasmus-alma-36-0
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