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
150 episodes
Alma 54: Posturing
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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Season 9
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Episode 54
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17:01
Alma 53: And They Were All Young Men
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 53
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15:19
Alma 52: Decoyed
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...
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Season 9
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Episode 52
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26:53
Alma 51: Murder in the Dark
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 tha...
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Season 9
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Episode 51
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20:38
Alma 50: Always Careful
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 p...
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Season 9
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Episode 50
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21:02
Alma 49: Weak Made Strong
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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Season 9
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Episode 49
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19:03
Alma 48: Prosperity Gospel
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 N...
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Season 9
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Episode 48
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21:28
Alma 47: The Lehonti Principle
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...
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Season 9
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Episode 47
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26:00
Alma 46: The Title of Liberty
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 Gre...
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Season 9
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Episode 46
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22:01
Alma 45: The Mantle of Alma
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 45
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12:26
Alma 44: An Object Lesson
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 44
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17:55
Alma 43: Doing Both
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...
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Season 9
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Episode 43
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27:14
Alma 42: How is God Just?
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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Season 9
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Episode 42
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19:05
Alma 41: Karmic Restoration
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 💪
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Season 9
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Episode 41
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14:37
Alma 40: The Resurrection(s)
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 ques...
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Season 9
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Episode 40
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21:36
Alma 39: Never Too Far Gone
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 39
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14:05
Alma 38: Shiblon is Happy
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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Season 9
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Episode 38
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15:48
Alma 37: Care of Sacred Things
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 hi...
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Season 9
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Episode 37
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27:27
Alma 36: Pains of a Damned Soul
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!
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Season 9
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Episode 36
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20:01
Alma 35: Refugees
This episode, we read about how Alma and Amulek's words among the Zoramites affected their entire city. Faithful Zoramites got kicked out and taken in by the Ammonites, and the wicked Zoramites started a war over it. Lots of violence happened.....
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Season 9
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Episode 35
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14:16
Alma 34: Faith Needs Works
This chapter, Amulek gets up to chat to the poor Zoramite homies that Alma spent the last two chapters chatting with. He re-emphasizes some of what Alma said, but focuses a lot harder on the atonement! An awesome little chapter to learn more ab...
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Season 9
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Episode 34
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24:51
Alma 33: How to Worship
This episode is a follow-up to Alma's famous Alma 32 lecture on faith—the Zoramites he was teaching ask some follow-up questions (How do I plant the seed? How do I exercise faith?), and throughout this short n sweet chapter, Alma answers them.
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Season 9
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Episode 33
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18:23
Alma 32: Faith As a Seed
This episode, we delve into the most beautiful lesson on faith in the entire Book of Mormon. Alma speaks to the poor and humble among the Zoramites, and shows them that it is because of their struggles that they are open to the wo...
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Season 9
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Episode 32
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31:00