I have called Alma 5 Alma’s greatest public speech. Do you think that is an apt description of this talk after reading it several times? What makes it great? What struck you about it?
He called everybody to repentance. He called them to examine their activities and how they lived, but what was great about the way he called them to do that? He makes us think about our lives. He did not just say, "Here is the list," he really brought the listeners into the process.
He asks a lot of questions, but only answers some of them. Why does he not answer all of them? Remember that they had created this new system of equality. The people were equally accountable and responsible. Do you think Alma is making people accountable and responsible by these questions that he leaves open-ended?
Ed J. Pinegar and John W. Welch, Experiencing a Mighty Change of Heart: Alma’s Guide to a Deep, Lasting Conversion (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2020), 2: "Alma tried to do all he could to reclaim his people from straying from the covenant path. Alma 5 records what is, for many reasons, Alma’s greatest public speech. That’s quite a statement; this is a prophet who taught and prophesied and preached repentance for somewhere between two and three decades." (See chapter 1, "Introducing Alma’s Greatest Speech.")
Book of Mormon Central "Why Did Alma Ask Church Members Fifty Probing Questions?" KnoWhy 112 (June 1, 2016).