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Sleeping guards (detail of the Resurrection of Christ) by Meister Francke
Mosiah 22:6
KnoWhy #100
May 16, 2016
Why Did King Limhi Think Gideon’s Escape Plan Would Work?
The priesthood is an integal part of Nephite life even though Lehi and his sons were not Levites. Image by Minerva Teichert
Mosiah 23:17
KnoWhy #101
May 17, 2016
Why Does the Book of Mosiah Talk So Much About Priesthood Authority?
Baby Girl is Blessed via lds.org
Mosiah 23:17
KnoWhy #289
March 20, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Priesthood?
Alma’s people were forced to endure persecution and wandering in the wilderness before being freed, but their burdens were made light by the Lord. Image by Minerva Teichert
Mosiah 24:15
KnoWhy #102
May 18, 2016
How Does the Lord Make our Burdens Light?
Photograph by Olga Lyubkina
Mosiah 24:22
KnoWhy #238
November 24, 2016
Why Should We Take the Time to Give Thanks to God?
Image via Journal of Book of Mormon Studies.
Mosiah 25:2
KnoWhy #103
May 19, 2016
Has An Artifact That Relates to the Book of Mormon Been Found?
Photo by Nathan Anderson on Unsplash
Mosiah 25:12
KnoWhy #382
November 16, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Families?
Images via Book of Mormon Central.
Mosiah 26:12
KnoWhy #104
May 20, 2016
How Was Mosiah a Type of Christ?
Conversion of Alma the Younger by Gary L. Kapp
Mosiah 27:11
KnoWhy #105
May 23, 2016
Why Did the Angel Speak to Alma With a Voice of Thunder?
Still Image from “The Baptism of Jesus” via LDS Media Library
Mosiah 27:25
KnoWhy #501
February 7, 2019
What Does It Mean to Be “Born Again?”
“The Angel Appears to Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah” by Caleb Williams, submitted to the 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Mosiah 27:25
KnoWhy #562
May 19, 2020
How Can Contrasts Teach Us about True Conversion?
Painting of Jaredite barges by Robert T. Barrett. Image via lds.org.
Mosiah 28:17
KnoWhy #106
May 24, 2016
What Do the Jaredites Have to Do With the Reign of the Judges?
Democracy by Nick Youngson
Mosiah 29:27
KnoWhy #380
November 9, 2017
What is the Purpose of Democracy in the Book of Mormon?
Democracy via the Blue Diamond Gallery
Mosiah 29:32
KnoWhy #301
April 17, 2017
How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead to Nephite Democracy?
Nephite Judges by Jody Livingston
Mosiah 29:39
KnoWhy #107
May 25, 2016
How Were Judges Elected in the Book of Mormon?
The execution of Nehor. Image via lds.org.
Alma 1:15
KnoWhy #108
May 26, 2016
Why Did Nehor Suffer an “Ignominious” Death?
Image by Brandi Redd
Alma 1:29
KnoWhy #373
October 17, 2017
How Do the Blessings in the Scriptures Apply to us Today?
Still Image from “Alma and Nehor” via Gospel Media Library
Alma 2:1–5
KnoWhy #563
May 26, 2020
Why Did Alma Face Such Great Political Challenges as the Chief Judge?
Detail of a gypsum wall relief from Nimrud, Iraq via Wikimedia Commons
Alma 2:2
KnoWhy #523
July 5, 2019
What Was One of the Main Causes of Warfare in the Book of Mormon?
The Battle with Zeniff by James Fullmer.
Alma 2:11
KnoWhy #109
May 27, 2016
How Were the Amlicites and Amalekites Related?
Courageous Nephite Daughters. Painting by James Fullmer.
Alma 3:8
KnoWhy #110
May 30, 2016
Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Discourage Nephite-Lamanite Intermarriage?
The Four Sons of Mosiah Kneeling in Prayer by Harold T. Dale Kilbourn, Four Missionaries to the Lamanites by Robert T. Barrett, and Elder Missionaries in Africa vis LDS Media Library
Alma 4:20
KnoWhy #333
June 30, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Prepare Missionaries to Sacrifice, Serve, and Preach?
He is Not Here by Walter Rane
Alma 5:9
KnoWhy #111
May 31, 2016
Why Did Alma Add “Chains of Hell” to Abinadi’s Phrase “Bands of Death”?
Ancient Maya Temple. Adobe Stock.
Alma 5:14–15
KnoWhy #112
June 1, 2016
Why Did Alma Ask Church Members Fifty Probing Questions?
Jesus Christ, Christus Statue via Flickr
Alma 5:19
KnoWhy #295
April 3, 2017
Why Did Alma Ask about Having God’s Image Engraven upon One’s Countenance?
Mosiah Discovers Zarahemla by Minerva Teichert
Alma 6:4
KnoWhy #113
June 2, 2016
Why Did Alma Need to “Establish the Order of the Church” in Zarahemla Again?
“Angel Appears to Alma and the Sons of Mosiah” by Jerry Thompson via Gospel Media Library
Alma 7:9
KnoWhy #529
August 29, 2019
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show up in the Book of Mormon? Part 3: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as a Source (Part A)
Image by Book of Mormon Central
Alma 7:11–13
KnoWhy #323
June 7, 2017
What Did Alma Reveal about the Savior’s Mission?
Lord of Prayer by Yungsung Kim. Image via Lighthaven
Alma 7:11
KnoWhy #564
June 2, 2020
Whose “Word” Was Fulfilled by Christ’s Suffering “Pains and Sicknesses”?
Image via Google Images.
Alma 7:19
KnoWhy #114
June 3, 2016
Why Does Alma Mention Three Kinds of Paths in One Verse?
The Dream of St. Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Alma 8:17
KnoWhy #565
June 10, 2020
Why Did an Angel Send Alma Back to Ammonihah?
Alma eating with Amulek. Illustration by Dan Burr.
Alma 8:22
KnoWhy #115
June 6, 2016
Why Did Alma Bless and Thank God After Eating?