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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?
“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.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Alma 44:3–4; KnoWhy #572
Why Did God Support the Nephites in Battle?
“Corianton Listening” via Gospel Media Library
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Alma 40:16; KnoWhy #571
Why Did Alma Draw on the Teachings of Abinadi?
Between Heaven and Earth by Annie Henrie Nader.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Alma 36:22; KnoWhy #570
Why Did Alma See God Surrounded by Angels?
The Tree of Life by Kaitlin Acosta. Submitted to the 2018 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Alma 33:23; KnoWhy #569
Why Did Alma Talk about Planting a Seed in the Heart?
“Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law” by John Rogers Herbert.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Alma 30:3; KnoWhy #568
Why Does the Book of Mormon Use So Many Different Terms for “Law”?
The Purifying Path of Obedience, Sacrifice, and Consecration by Dan Burrr. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Alma 24:15; KnoWhy #567
Why did the Ammonites Covenant Not to Take Up Arms?
Alma and Amulek by Jorge Cocco
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Alma 13:7; KnoWhy #566
Why Did Alma Respond in the Way He Did to the “Order of Nehor” in Ammonihah?
The Dream of St. Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Alma 8:17; KnoWhy #565
Why Did an Angel Send Alma Back to Ammonihah?
Lord of Prayer by Yungsung Kim. Image via Lighthaven
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Alma 7:11; KnoWhy #564
Whose “Word” Was Fulfilled by Christ’s Suffering “Pains and Sicknesses”?
Still Image from “Alma and Nehor” via Gospel Media Library
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Alma 2:1-5; KnoWhy #563
Why Did Alma Face Such Great Political Challenges as the Chief Judge?