Alma 36 is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon because of the personal meaning it has in my life. It is a great story filled with lessons, and if you look you can even find a chiasmus. After returning from his mission to the Zoramites Alma calls all of his sons together and spoke with them one by one giving them council and commandments in what could be looked at as a missionary exit interview. Chapter 36 is part of that “Missionary exit interview” with his oldest son, Heleman. As Alma gives his counsel to Heleman you can feel the tender love of a father for his son. Possible knowing that his son is to become the future prophet Alma pleads with his son to “give ear” to his teachings. Alma then begins to give his prophetic council to his son in an unforgettable way, using a broken chiasmus contained in verses 1-4 and 26-30 to insure that his son will remember his teachings. Alma also uses an effective teaching method that can be applied to our everyday life. While teaching his son Alma tells his son (1-4) he then expounds using stories or rather using his story (5-25) finally he testifies of what he has taught (26-30). Using his teaching method Alma teaches his son principles and doctrines that he knows are essential to help his son become a good man, …show more content…
In verse 2 and 28 Alma teaches and testifies that it is important for Heleman to remember his forefathers. He also gave a reason as to why remembering was so important in his story, It was remembering the words of his father that brought him to Christ and helped to pull him out of that awful state of pain and torment. Alma understood then the importance of learning from our ancestors, whether it be our fathers our great grandfathers. Although Alma never made this the focus of his teaching in our day this has become an important focus of the
Abner’s attempt to provide fatherly guidance is actually an opportunistic moment to justify his strong beliefs. This domineering attitude not only affects Satoris but the entire family. Pinion suggests:
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In the next chapter, he explains what patrimonialism was during Jesus’ time of patriarchy. Not only did Jesus come to show God’s character, but He also came to challenge the patriarch system by letting people know that in His kingdom everyone will be equal, because everyone is a child of God. Rosado shows that Christ discussed this topic with the Sadducees, regarding the levirate law, and He also brought about different reforms. Jesus ultimately challenged us, and showed that, through His life and death, we will all be equal again one day; He has a better way, which he wants to show us.
Adams introduces her letter, by stating “My Dear Son”, to show her son that she is trying to guide and convince him rather than nagging him. She uses ethos, by indirectly encouraging her son by stating, in lines 54-56 “So much satisfaction
In the article “I Just Wanna Be Average” Mike Rose teaches us we go through various obstacles in life. OFten we need someone who sees our potential in order to succed as the person we’ve always wanted to become. For example, Rose’s Sophmore Biology teacher noticed his good grades on tests and decided to look into it. There he realized Rose was in the wrong program the whole time. “He checked the school records and discovered the error. He reccommened that I beigin Junior year in the college prep program.” (Rose 4) Another example would be during Senior year when Rose’s English teacher Mr. MacFarland worked hard at this job as it showed in the way he taught students inspiring them with intellegence. “He analyzed poems with us… making a potentially difficult book accessible with his own explinations.” (Rose 5)
apply to his life, what they do to teach him, or show him, and also show how
The church is a hierarchy that is lead by the priesthood. In order to receive the priesthood, one must be male. In The Proclamation, it says about men “By divine design fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families” (lds.org). The word preside means to have authority over something, in this case the family. Since the church is a similitude of the family, almost all the leaders are men. The only general leadership positions held by women are in the individual youth and children organization, and Relief Society, the leading women’s organization in the church. When The Proclamation talks about mothers its say “Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children” (lds.org).To many, this is a negative claim and sits as a point of opposition from feminist groups. Till this day, the gender roles of men and women continue to be debated in the Mormons church, and society.
Ekiken emphasizes that the very first obligation a child should learn is to be reverend towards their parents. The practice of filial piety is stressed, which is defined as to serve one’s parents well. The one
Terry Tempest Williams is fully aware that she is contradicting the church when she writes “women have no outward authority,” yet she still chooses to take part in a ritual of healing that can only be performed by the men. Williams, however, does so in privacy and in the “secrecy of the sisterhood.” The word secrecy hints at the idea of doing something which is not accepted and against certain beliefs of today’s church. She was born and raised in a home of devout Mormons who follow the traditional beliefs of their faith. She acknowledges that the Mormon Church places great importance on obedience. In college she began to question her faith and today would not consider herself an “orthodox Mormon,” although Mormonism still has an impact in her life and work. In her writing, Williams continually contradicts the values of the Mormons.
In the essay " a celebration of grandfathers", the author was trying to prove a point and i believe his point was to remember and respect not just your grandparents but all your elders for one day one will miss them,they will be gone. The author was brought up as a respectful child.To respect his elders. the author today now tries to teach young people of our time to do and be the same,respectful. The grandfather, in his older age of course begins to become weaker and can't work or probably think the way he use to. however 'this process is something to be faces, not hidden away by false images. Dying is something that must occur in a person's life when his grandfather said "death is only this small transformation in life" He learns that he
He focuses on the need and importance of teaching ancestral values to the young people, in a way that they can relate and understand. Young people of the world have become un-rooted from tradition, not knowing how they are connected to the world, who they can turn to for guidance and support, and lacking in spiritual leadership. This has caused increased violence, disparity, and suffering around the world. It is the responsibility of all leaders, cultural, spiritual, ethnic, religious, and educational to assist in the understanding of traditions, heritage, ancestral roots, belief systems, and values in a way that the young people of today can comprehend and feel connected. The young people of today are the leaders of tomorrow, they need our guidance and support to grow and mature into responsible adults. They must become re-rooted in tradition and beliefs to maintain a since of stability for the
These qualities are supposed to be used as lessons for the readers of the text and shaped into the way we live our everyday
The story of Genesis chapter 37 is about the internal conflict within Israel's family. Joseph is Israel’s favorite son out of the all of his sons because Joseph’s mother Rachel is the woman Israel truly loved. At a very young age all of his other brothers realized that they were not favored by their father, and had grown jealous toward Joseph. In addition, Joseph is unaware of the situation and so he told all of his dreams about his being more superior to them. As a result, jealousy nurtured the sin and evil within Joseph’s brothers to commit the crime of attempting to murder him. The story of Joseph reflects the nature of being human; everyone has an inner good and bad side to them. Depending on certain situations even a good man can sin. For Joseph’s brothers knowing they will never be the favored one by their own father brings out the evil within them. However, I can also see that some of the blame for Joseph’s misfortune is also put on himself. Joseph was not humble and wise with his words because he was spoiled by his father. So in my opinion, to state that ones is better than all is like asking the world to be your enemies.
Too many issues today to fix in our society: war, economy, world warming, health benefits, and so on; in this stressful life there is no time to stop and think: What matter? Our children: our past, present and future; what is given to them is part of what the future will be. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6). Children should inherit from their parents, values that guide and prepare them through every step of the life: the importance of the family is one; be part of it is like parts of the human body, each one is supporting each other. Then the importance of faith; anyone needs to believe in something spiritual, needs to feed the soul: the Bible, is a Christian book that has all the teaching necessary to survive in this life, for any situation ones may be. Nevertheless, education is also a value to be appreciated because is like a passport to the future. Family, faith, and education values are the young’s best chance for a happy life, and a better world.
He sat along the edge of a lonely hill just remembering the good moments he got to spend with his father. Sarty had many deep thoughts and recalled on how brave his father was because he had served in the Civil War. Although Sarty never knew about his father just being a mercenary in the war, he still thought his father was courageous. As Sarty sat on the hill and was in deep heartache, he turned his back towards what he called “home” for four days and wondered towards the dark woods. Sarty walks toward the woods and can only hope to become the brave man he thought his father once was. Although Sarty knew his father had something coming towards him, as in most likely getting wiped out. Sarty would also agree with the fact that his father should not have put him in a situation as in the one he was placed in. Abner did not have the characteristic of a good father, rather than that of a harsh father who runs his family with physical and phycological violence. A person would think of a father teaching his kids the difference between right and wrong and teach them to not lie. A father would also correct his children in a mannered way and not with physical