S3E 48 Where Are You God? Hard Book of Mormon Teachings on Terrible Things in Our Lives (Alma 13-16)
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
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🗓️ 23 June 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Consider joining us at TSAR.website to get more thoughts on this week's reading, especially Alma 13, which we don't cover very much in this episode.
In this episode Kylie Turley and Kerry talk about the horrific story of burning women and children at Ammonihah. The delve into the possibility that Amulek's family was part of the martyrs. They talk about how, either way, this would have affected Amulek, who had brought these people to believe and then watched them suffer for it. They use this to discuss hard things that happen to the best of people, and how we can wonder where God is during those times. They look to the Book of Mormon chapters for answers to those tough questions.
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| 0:00.0 | And I love this next phrase, for behold, the Lord receive it them up unto himself in glory. |
| 0:05.7 | That's the thinking celestial part that we often struggle to keep in mind as we watch something terrible like this. |
| 0:12.8 | And it's not to minimize the pain. |
| 0:14.6 | And it's not to minimize the trauma that Amulik is going through as this happens. |
| 0:18.9 | This week I interview Kylie Turley and and wow, it was an amazing interview. |
| 0:23.4 | She blew my socks off. |
| 0:25.1 | We touch on some really difficult topics about terrible things that people do to others, |
| 0:32.4 | and God's role in that, and how we can mourn with people and trauma. |
| 0:38.6 | And it really was powerful and meaningful to me and I think is important for a lot of people. |
| 0:45.2 | And I'm sure you're going to enjoy it. |
| 0:47.8 | I hope you're ready to just kind of open your heart and your mind and be able to put some spiritual and emotional energy into this. |
| 0:53.8 | And it will help you |
| 0:55.1 | be a better friend, companion, father, mother, sibling, daughter, son, whatever, a better person |
| 1:02.0 | who can mourn with those that mourn. I think you should look forward to this episode. And I want to |
| 1:07.2 | encourage those who are listening to the podcast. Kylie and I are only going to touch on, barely on Alma 13, yet it's a really profound chapter. |
| 1:17.0 | And there are some things will go into depth and we'll do some deep dives. |
| 1:19.8 | There are lots of things in this reading we won't touch on. |
| 1:22.2 | And some of those, especially Alma 13, I really go more into depth on in my daily bread |
| 1:26.8 | thoughts that you can access if you join |
| 1:29.8 | our Patreon website. You just need to go TSAR. That stands for the scriptures are real. TSAR. |
| 1:35.0 | website and subscribe. It's just a nominal fee that allows us to keep doing that channel. |
| 1:40.8 | But you can hear my further thoughts on Alma 13 and elsewhere if you'll join us there |
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