Wars and Rumors of Wars: Understanding Mormon's Metaphor (Abridged)

Wars and Rumors of wars is a first of a kind book that explains why armed conflict is so prevalent in the Book of Mormon (more than 170 separate events). Armed conflict was Mormon's metaphor for teaching us about how to fight against temptation and sin and emerge clean and victorious in order that we might stand confident in the presence of Christ. In this book the reader will be treated to the details of armed conflict in the Book of Mormon to better understand how to apply those lessons to life. So much of what we read in the Book of Mormon is applicable to our lives and our world in conflict. Some of the chapters, stories, wars, and battles could be coming out of our televisions as well as our scriptures. Wars and Rumors of Wars portrays the key armed conflict events of the Book of Mormon in vivid detail through narrative and more than 80 pictures, figures, tables and battlefield sketches. These representations bring the battles to life in a manner never before seen. Additionally, the book uses a battle analysis format for five of the most important battles recorded in the Book of Mormon. This book will change how you view not just the armed conflict events in the Book of Mormon, but the entire Book of Mormon record and how it applies to each of us.