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Portrait of John Whitmer and text of D&C 15. Images via Joseph Smith Papers.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The Testimony of Eight Witnesses; KnoWhy #602
Why Did John Whitmer Continue to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
Portrait of Sidney Rigdon with the manuscript of D&C 76 from The Joseph Smith Papers.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 35:3; KnoWhy #601
What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?
“Early Missionaries” by Robert Barrett
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Testimony of the Eight Witnesses; KnoWhy #600
Why Was Peter Whitmer Jr. Chosen to Witness the Gold Plates?
Image of Hiram Page Grave Site by Kenneth Mays.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Testimony of the Eight Witnesses; KnoWhy #599
Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?
The Rise of the Church of Christ in These Last Days by Robert T. Barrett. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 20:1; KnoWhy #598
How Did the Establishment of Jesus Christ’s Church in 1830 Comply with the Law?
The Book of Mormon with a Grandin Printing Press replica at the Crandall Printing Museum. Image by Daniel Smith.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
D&C 19:26; KnoWhy #597
Why Was Martin Harris Needed to Pay for the Printing of the Book of Mormon?
Castle at Tuloom by Frederick Catherwood. Image via Archive.org
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
D&C 17:1; KnoWhy #596
Why Did the Lord Command the Three Witnesses to Rely upon His Word?
Portrait of Joseph Knight. Artist Unknown.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 12:6; KnoWhy #595
How Was the Joseph Knight Family Important to Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?
Still Image from American Prophet
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Joseph Smith—History 1:56; KnoWhy #594
Why Was Joseph Smith Accused of Being a “Disorderly Person” in 1826?
Image by Scott G Winterton via Deseret News.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
D&C 6:1; 11:1; 12:1; 14:1; KnoWhy #593
Why Were So Many Sections in the Doctrine and Covenants Revealed during the Days When the Book of Mormon Was Being Translated?
Replica of the gold plates by David Baird.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
2 Nephi 11:3; KnoWhy #592
Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?
“Christ Appears in the Kirtland Temple” by Walter Rane
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
3 Nephi 25:5–6; KnoWhy #591
Why Did Moroni Quote Malachi about Elijah’s Coming?
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith, front of the 2013 edition of the Book of Mormon; cf. Joseph Smith—History 1:33; KnoWhy #590
Why Could Joseph Smith Testify in Court at Age 13?
Prospect of the City of New York. Image via the JCB Library.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
2 Nephi 28:3–4; KnoWhy #589
Why was it Easy to Join a Church in Joseph Smith’s Day?
Moroni by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Moroni 10:2; KnoWhy #588
Why Did Moroni Conclude with So Many Exhortations?
Image by Normandy Poulter and the Virtual Scriptures Group.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Moroni 3:1–3; KnoWhy #587
Why Did Moroni Provide the Exact Wording of Priesthood Ordinances?
Battle Scene by Sebastiaen Vrancx. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Ether 14:21–23; KnoWhy #586
Why Were the Unburied Dead So Troubling to the Jaredites?
Cain and Abel by Palma il Giovane. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Ether 8:22; KnoWhy #585
Why Are Secret Combinations Associated with Cain and Getting Gain?
I Knew Not, by Marcus Moore, submitted to the 2017 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Ether 3:15; KnoWhy #584
Why Did Jesus Say, “Never Have I Showed Myself unto Man”?
Aztec Calendar. Photo by Don Bayley.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Mormon 9:32–34; KnoWhy #583
What Do We Know About Nephite Language?
El Guardian by Jorge Cocco.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Mormon 1:1; KnoWhy #582
How Do the Events of Mormon’s Life Shape the Entire Book of Mormon?
4 Nephi by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
4 Nephi 1:17; KnoWhy #581
How Is the Unity of Zion Society Achieved?
The Four Stages of the Nephite Prophetic Worldview: Christ's Coming, Scattering of the Jews, Day of the Gentiles, and Final Victory. Image by Book of Mormon Central.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
3 Nephi 20:32; KnoWhy #580
How Did Christ Use the Nephite Prophetic Worldview?
Family kneeling in prayer. Photo via ComeUntoChrist.org
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
3 Nephi 18:21; KnoWhy #579
Why Should You Have Family Prayer?
The First Vision by Jorge Cocco, submitted to the 2017 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
3 Nephi 11:7; KnoWhy #578
Why Does the Father Say “Hear Ye Him”?
Jesus Christ as a high priest. Artist Unknown.
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
3 Nephi title and heading; KnoWhy #577
Why Should 3 Nephi Be Read as the Book of the High Priest Nephi?
“And They Did Cast Him Out.” Painting by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Helaman 13:3; KnoWhy #576
How Are Samuel the Lamanite and the Biblical Prophet Samuel Similar?
Nephi praying upon his tower. Drawing by Jody Livingston.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Helaman 7:15; KnoWhy #575
Why Does Helaman 7–8 Feel Like a Funeral Speech?
Detail of a judgment scene in the Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Hunefer. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Helaman 1:3; KnoWhy #574
Why Did Pahoran, Paanchi, and Pacumeni have Such Similar Sounding Names?
Pahoran by James Fullmer
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Alma 61:2; KnoWhy #573
How was Pahoran a Strong Leader in Turbulent Times?