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title: Why Was Alma’s Wish Sinful?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-was-almas-wish-sinful
pubDate: July 6, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #137
Alma 29:3
author: Scripture Central
guid: 172
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Alma the Younger rejoiced in the Atonement so much that he wished that he could share it with the world with the power and influence of heaven. "Abridging the Plates" by Annie Henrie
title: Why Did Alma Wish to Speak “with the Trump of God”?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-alma-wish-to-speak-with-the-trump-of-god
pubDate: July 5, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #136
Alma 29:1
author: Scripture Central
guid: 171
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"Calling the Church to Prophetic Awareness" Image via P2ALM
title: Why Did Fasting and Prayer Accompany Nephite Mourning?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-fasting-and-prayer-accompany-nephite-mourning
pubDate: July 3, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #135
Alma 28:6
author: Scripture Central
guid: 170
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Just like the Nephites of old, warfare today is always  accompanied by death and mourning. The funeral procession of Sgt. 1st Class Nathan R. Chapman, the first U.S. soldier killed by hostile fire in Afghanistan. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
title: Why Was Jershon Called a Land of Inheritance?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-was-jershon-called-a-land-of-inheritance
pubDate: July 1, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #134
Alma 27:22
author: Scripture Central
guid: 169
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title: Why Did Ammon Borrow So Much from Tradition in Alma 26?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-ammon-borrow-so-much-from-tradition-in-alma-26
pubDate: June 30, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #133
Alma 26:8
author: Scripture Central
guid: 168
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"Molitmoz" by Gonzalo Kenny
title: What is the Symbolism of the Stained Swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/what-is-the-symbolism-of-the-stained-swords-of-the-anti-nephi-lehies
pubDate: June 29, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #132
Alma 24:12
author: Scripture Central
guid: 167
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"Christian Converts" by Minerva Teichert
title: Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-converted-lamanites-call-themselves-anti-nephi-lehies
pubDate: June 28, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #131
Alma 23:17
author: Scripture Central
guid: 166
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"The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords." Image via lds.org
title: Why Did Mormon Give So Many Details About Geography?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-mormon-give-so-many-details-about-geography
pubDate: June 27, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #130
Alma 22:32
author: Scripture Central
guid: 165
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Imagined map of the Book of Mormon Lands by Tyler Griffin, Taylor Halverson, and Seth Holladay, BYU.
title: Why Did Mormon Include Flashbacks in His Narrative?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-mormon-include-flashbacks-in-his-narrative
pubDate: June 24, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #129
Alma 21:13
author: Scripture Central
guid: 164
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"Mormon" by James Fullmer
title: What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/what-did-it-mean-to-be-king-over-all-the-land
pubDate: June 23, 2016
description:
KnoWhy #128
Alma 20:8
author: Scripture Central
guid: 163
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"King Lamoni's Father" by Minerva Teichert