Keywords

Moroni, war strategy, book of mormon, spiritual applications

Abstract

As Mormon abridged the Nephite record he included what he deemed most relevant for latter-day Israel including stories of war. The so-called war chapters provide a rich resource of modern-day spiritual applications for teachers and students of the gospel (see Alma 43-62). One way to apply these chapters is to draw a parallel between the physical and the spiritual between Moroni's physical battles on the field and the spiritual battles that we face in our own lives today. To be more specific we might ask these questions: (1) What strategies did Captain Moroni use to prepare and protect himself and his people from evil men such as Zerahemnah, Amalickiah, and Ammoron? (2) How can these strategies be implemented to build spiritual defenses of our own against Satan and the evil of our day?

Original Publication Citation

Richard J. McClendon. "Captain Moroni's Wartime Strategies: An Application for the Spiritual Battles of Our Day" (The Religious Educator, Vol. 3, No. 3, 22).