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06-12-2008, 04:50 PM | #1 |
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Maybe I missed something, but are we suddenly trying to debunk Alma 5? Bringing up the 30-150 year old topics is almost invariably with the purpose of trying to show how wrong/uninspired/racist/stupid/unlearned/evil/naive/ignorant past church leaders were.
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06-12-2008, 04:56 PM | #2 |
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I believe he's being sarcastic.
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06-12-2008, 04:58 PM | #3 |
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06-12-2008, 05:44 PM | #4 |
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I've come around in terms of Alma 5. It was never a particularly meaningful chapter to me. I kind of associated it with (in my view) kitschy or overly sentimental music. But preparing the lesson notes changed my view quite a bit. It really is a great sermon. I think my basic problem was I had a hard time seeing the big picture. I would get a little lost in the rapid far onslaught of the questions. Taking time to understand the structure and different parts was very rewarding for me.
I small plug. I prepped my lesson using Grant Hardy's Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition. I really like it (http://books.google.com/books?id=Nj6...xWGF3LBlaAQZGk ). I struggled coming up with stuff in my first read through using the standard edition. I might be alone, but I really like paragraphs and modern typographic conventions. Anyways, probably not everyone will find it helpful but I find it quite useful. |
06-12-2008, 05:24 PM | #5 |
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