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Captain moroni and the Title of Liberty by Jeremy Winborg
Alma 43:17
KnoWhy #151
July 26, 2016
Why Was Moroni’s Young Age an Advantage?
Alma and Amlici – Alma Chapter 2 by Scott Snow
Alma 43:47
KnoWhy #496
January 1, 2019
How Can the Book of Mormon Provide Peace and Meaning to Those in Military Service?
“There you shall meet them, on the East of the River Sidon” by Caleb Williams. Third Place Winner of the 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Alma 44:3–4
KnoWhy #572
August 4, 2020
Why Did God Support the Nephites in Battle?
Captain Moroni and Zerahemnah by Del Parson.
Alma 44:8
KnoWhy #152
July 27, 2016
Why Would Zerahemnah Not Swear an Oath to Moroni?
Helaman, James Fullmer with Rocky Mountain Landscape, Albert Bierstadt
Alma 45:23
KnoWhy #153
July 28, 2016
How Did Seeking a King Get in the Way of Sustaining a Prophet?
Moroni and the Title of Liberty, Minerva Teichert.
Alma 46:24
KnoWhy #154
July 29, 2016
Why Did Moroni Quote the Patriarch Jacob about a Piece of Joseph’s Coat?
Signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull.
Alma 48:10
KnoWhy #156
August 2, 2016
How Did Democracy Help the Nephites Conquer Their Enemies?
Painting of Captain Moroni by Walter Rane
Alma 48:17
KnoWhy #155
August 1, 2016
Why Did Mormon See Captain Moroni as a Hero?
The Battle at the Sidon River, James Fullmer.
Alma 49:9
KnoWhy #157
August 3, 2016
Why are There So Many War Chapters in the Book of Mormon?
Nephite Fortifications by Jody Livingston
Alma 50:6
KnoWhy #158
August 4, 2016
What Was the Nature of Nephite Fortifications?
Soon after Pahoran had been appointed as the chief judge.
Alma 51:3
KnoWhy #159
August 5, 2016
Why Would Pahoran Not Allow the Law to Be Amended?
Morphart via Adobe Stock
Alma 51:17
KnoWhy #430
May 3, 2018
Why Did Moroni Speak of Pulling Down Pride?
Painting by James Fullmer.
Alma 51:37
KnoWhy #160
August 8, 2016
Why Did Teancum Slay Amalickiah on New Year’s Eve?
Two Thousand Young Warrios by Arnold Friberg
Alma 53:20
KnoWhy #161
August 9, 2016
How Old Were the Stripling Warriors?
Painting by James Fullmer
Alma 54:16
KnoWhy #162
August 10, 2016
Why Was Ammoron Determined to Avenge the Blood of His Brother?
Moroni's Prisoners by James Fullmer.
Alma 55:2
KnoWhy #163
August 11, 2016
Why Did Moroni Change His Mind about Exchanging Prisoners with Ammoron?
Photograph of the room where Joseph held the School of the Prophets in Kirtland, Ohio. Image via scottwoodward.org
Alma 55:16
KnoWhy #321
June 2, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Explain the Origins of the Word of Wisdom?
Nephites' Last Battle, Harold T. (Dale) Kilbourn
Alma 56:30
KnoWhy #164
August 12, 2016
How Realistic are Nephite Battle Strategies?
It's True, Sir, All Present and Accounted For, by Clark Kelley via lds.org
Alma 57:21
KnoWhy #165
August 15, 2016
Why Did the Stripling Warriors Perform Their Duties “With Exactness”?
Image via lds.org
Alma 58:37
KnoWhy #167
August 17, 2016
How Did Helaman’s Army Maintain Faith While Being Cut Off from Provisions?
Image of Captain Moroni by Jody Livingston
Alma 59:3
KnoWhy #168
August 18, 2016
Why Was Moroni’s Correspondence with Pahoran Significant?
Romans looting the Jerusalem Temple, located on Arch of Titus, www.uni.edu
Alma 60:23
KnoWhy #169
August 19, 2016
Why Did Moroni Refer to Vessel Impurity in Condemning the Central Government?
Pahoran by James Fullmer
Alma 61:2
KnoWhy #573
August 11, 2020
How was Pahoran a Strong Leader in Turbulent Times?
Teancum by James Fullmer
Alma 62:36
KnoWhy #170
August 22, 2016
Why Was Teancum Captured and Killed?
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell. Image via LDS Media Library
Alma 62:48
KnoWhy #468
September 18, 2018
How Does Chiasmus Teach Us to Reverse the Pride Cycle?
The Ship of Hagoth, Minerva Teichert
Alma 63:8
KnoWhy #171
August 23, 2016
Why Did Mormon Mention Hagoth?
After the successive deaths of the Nephites’ most prominent leaders, their government fell and war broke out again. Image by Joge Cocco
Helaman 1:2
KnoWhy #172
August 24, 2016
How Was a Void in Leadership Dangerous for the Nephites?
Detail of a judgment scene in the Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Hunefer. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Helaman 1:3
KnoWhy #574
August 18, 2020
Why Did Pahoran, Paanchi, and Pacumeni have Such Similar Sounding Names?
Kishkumen by James Fullmer
Helaman 2:9
KnoWhy #173
August 25, 2016
Why was Helaman’s Servant Justified in Killing Kishkumen?
Temples in Palenque. Image via Adobe Stock.
Helaman 3:7
KnoWhy #174
August 26, 2016
When Did Cement Become Common in Ancient America?
James Fullmer collage by Book of Mormon Central
Helaman 4:25
KnoWhy #175
August 29, 2016
How Did the Nephites Become Weak in Such a Short Time?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Helaman 5:12
KnoWhy #332
June 28, 2017
Why Did Helaman Want His Sons to Remember to Build upon the Rock?