They Were Steadfast and Immovable – Mosiah 29 – Alma 4

Links to FREE resources for children, youth, and adults to help enhance this week’s Book of Mormon Come, Follow Me reading of Mosiah 29 – Alma 4.

Everyone

Video – Apostle Testimony Montage – Apostles are called to be special witnesses of Jesus Christ. Hear the first testimonies of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve after being called to their sacred roles.

Video – Alma Preaches the Word of God – Book of Mormon Videos

Video – A Man Without Eloquence – This video can help your family understand and feel the truth and importance of the principle that bearing pure testimony helps others draw closer to God.

Alma 1:19-25 – The videos listed below will help your family practice ways to respond appropriately when others attack our beliefs.

Video – What is Religious Freedom? – A cartoon explanation of what religious freedom is and why it is important to us.

Video – Everyday Example: Prayer in School –

Video – Everyday Example: Religion in the Workplace –

Video – Everyday Example: When Beliefs are Questioned –

Children

Activity – The Sons of Mosiah – A finger play

Activity – D.J.’s Testimony – A rebus story about helping your testimony grow.

Activity – Family Testimony Meeting – Have a family testimony meeting and color the pieces of the puzzle as each person shares their testimony.

Activity – Testimony Glove – Instructions for making a testimony glove to help remember five important parts of a testimony.

Activity/Article – I Have a Testimony of Jesus Christ – Includes an activity to cut out stones, write things on the stones about your testimony, and glue the stones onto the fortress.

Audio – The Sons of Mosiah Become Missionaries – A teacher and Primary children learn about the missionary efforts of the Sons of Mosiah, how preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ can give us the strength to stand up for what is right, and the importance of defending truth by how Gideon and Alma the Younger defended the Church from a wicked man named Nehor. We also learn from the Nephites and the wicked Amlicites, the importance of having faith in your prayers and following the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Video – Alma and Nehor – Book of Mormon Scripture Reader

Video – The Amlicites – Book of Mormon Scripture Reader

Video – Choose the Right – Sing Along Video to sing with your kids!

Video – I’ll Walk With You – Sing Along Video to sing with your kids!

Youth

Article – Q&A: Is There Anything Wrong with Getting a Tattoo? – This article in the New Era teaches the churches stance on tattoos. (Alma 3)

Video – Tattoos – (Alma 3) President Gordon B. Hinckley speaks against tattoos.

Youth and Adults

Article – Choose the Right – In this General Conference talk L. Tom Perry urges us to have the courage to reject modern-day Nehors and their popular messages.

Article – Preserving Agency, Protecting Religious Freedom – In this General Conference talk Robert D. Hales emphasizes the importance of exercising and protecting religious freedom in our day and explained how to do so.

Article – Pride and the Priesthood – Dieter F. Uchtdorf lists many different ways we may be affected by pride in this General Conference talk.

Article – The Need for Greater Kindness – In this General Conference talk Gordon B. Hinckley relates the story of a young man who faced terrible odds to learn about the gospel because of the way Church members treated him. (Alma 4:9-12)

Adults

Article – Gospel Teaching – In this General Conference talk Dallin H. Oaks instructs gospel teachers to look to the Savior and to help their students do the same.

Article – Seek Learning By Faith – David A. Bednar defines priestcraft in this address for institute and seminary teachers.

Article – Lessons From the Book of Mormon: Men of Sound Understanding – The scriptural account of the sons of Mosiah—Ammon, Aaron, Omner, and Himni—being transformed from “the very vilest of sinners” (Mosiah 28:4) to “men of a sound understanding” includes important lessons for each of us.Following their conversion and 14 years of missionary service in separate lands, the sons of Mosiah and Alma the Younger were reunited.

Article – The Mulekites – This Jewish remnant plays a greater role in Book of Mormon history than many realize. Ensign article.

Article – Likening the Scriptures unto Us – BYU Religious Studies

Article – Government by the Voice of the People: A Witness and a Warning – BYU Religious Studies

Article – The Book of Alma as a Prototype for Teaching the Word of God – BYU Religious Studies

Article – The Record of Alma: A Prophet Pattern of the Principles Governing Testimony – BYU Religious Studies

Chart – Three Diverse Opponents of the Nephites – BYU Studies

Chart – Alma as Chief Judge – BYU Studies

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: Mosiah 29 – Faculty from BYU’s Department of Ancient Scripture discuss Mosiah chapter 29. a chapter that discusses government in general, as well as a change in Nephite government. BYUtv

Video – Discussions on the Book of Mormon: Alma 1-4 – Professors from the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture discuss the conflicts contained in Alma chapters 1 – 4, including anti-Christs, political unrest, and apostasy, as well as the doctrines contained in these tumultuous chapters. BYUtv