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Light Bearers by Annie Henrie Nader. Image via AltusFineArt.com
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
2 Nephi 13:16–17; KnoWhy #550
Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion?
Still Image from “Jacob Teaches of the Atonement of Jesus Christ” via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, February 13, 2020
2 Nephi 9:35; KnoWhy #549
Why Did Jacob Condemn “Deliberately” Killing?
“Arco Roto” by Jorge Cocco
Friday, January 31, 2020
1 Nephi 16:18; KnoWhy #548
Why Did Nephi’s “Fine Steel” Bow Break?
Image by Book of Mormon Central. Contains: Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, ca. 1519 via Wikimedia Commons; World Map ca. 1689 via Wikimedia Commons; Photograph of the Book of Mormon by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
1 Nephi 13:12; KnoWhy #547
Why Did Nephi Prophesy of Christopher Columbus?
“The great and spacious building” via Gospel Media Library
Friday, January 17, 2020
1 Nephi 12:18; KnoWhy #546
What is the Significance of the Great and Spacious Building?
“Lehi and family offer burnt sacrifice” via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, January 9, 2020
1 Nephi 7:22; KnoWhy #545
What Sacrifices did Lehi Offer to God in the Wilderness?
Still from “Lehi Sees a Vision of the Tree of Life” via Gospel Media Library
Friday, January 3, 2020
1 Nephi 8:7; KnoWhy #544
Why Did Lehi and Jeremiah Find Themselves in a Dark and Dreary Wilderness?
“Mary, the Mother of Jesus” via Gospel Media Library
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
1 Nephi 11:22; KnoWhy #543
Why Didn’t Nephi Mention Mary’s Name?
“Translating with Martin” by Anthony Sweat
Thursday, December 19, 2019
2 Nephi 29:8; KnoWhy #542
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 9: Above All, Were These Words Given by the Gift and Power of God?
Still Image from Roman Plates Exhibit
Thursday, December 12, 2019
2 Nephi 27:17; KnoWhy #541
Why Was the Heavenly Book Sealed with Seven Seals?
“Emma as Scribe” by Robert T. Pack
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Introduction to the Book of Mormon; KnoWhy #540
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 8: Were These Expressions Parts of Joseph Smith's Linguistic Toolbox?
“Samuel the Lamanite” via thisweekinmormons.com
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Helaman 13:31; KnoWhy #539
Why Did Samuel Say the Wealth of Some Nephites Would Become “Slippery”?
“Joseph with the Seer Stone” by Gary Ernest Smith via foursquareart.com
Thursday, October 31, 2019
2 Nephi 27:26; Isaiah 29:14; KnoWhy #538
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
“Sons of Mosiah Praying” via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Words of Mormon 1:1–2; KnoWhy #537
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 7: How Often Did These Commonalities Come through the Hand of Mormon or Moroni?
El rey Benjamin by Jorge Cocco.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Mosiah 3:8; KnoWhy #536
Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah?
Stumbling Block via bycommonconsent.com
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Jacob 4:15-16; KnoWhy #535
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 6: Why Do Similar Clusters of Old Testament Texts Appear in Both?
Image from Book of Mormon Stories: Jacob and Sherem via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Jacob 7:15; KnoWhy #534
What Do We Learn About Ministering from the Account of Sherem?
“Lehi and the Brass Plates” by Jerry Thompson via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Jacob 1:7; cf. Hebrews 3:8; Psalm 95:8; KnoWhy #533
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 5: How Often Were Scriptures on the Plates of Brass the Common Source?
Image from “All Things Denote There Is a God” via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Alma 30:37–38; KnoWhy #532
Was Korihor Really an Atheist?
“The Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist” by Jan Massijs
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Helaman 10:7; Matthew 16:19; KnoWhy #531
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 4: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as the Source (Part B)
Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego via the Associated Press
Friday, September 6, 2019
3 Nephi 9:9; KnoWhy #530
Is there evidence for great destruction in the land northward at the death of Christ?
“Angel Appears to Alma and the Sons of Mosiah” by Jerry Thompson via Gospel Media Library
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Alma 7:9; KnoWhy #529
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)
“My Other Sheep” by John Zamudio
Thursday, August 22, 2019
3 Nephi 5:12-13; KnoWhy #528
Why do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 2: The Resurrected Jesus as the Source
Image by Elias_Sch via Pixabay.com
Friday, August 2, 2019
3 Nephi 14:15; KnoWhy #527
Why Must We Beware Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
“Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish” by Antonius Wierix II via The Met Collection
Friday, July 26, 2019
Ether 3:2; KnoWhy #526
How Were Jonah and the Brother of Jared Able to Find Comfort?
“Sermon on the Mount: The Higher Law” via Gospel Media Library
Friday, July 19, 2019
2 Nephi 3:12; KnoWhy #525
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
Elder Alma Taylor, Heber J. Grant, and Fellow Missionaries via Gospel Media Library
Friday, July 12, 2019
2 Nephi 30:8; KnoWhy #524
The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon into Japanese
Detail of a gypsum wall relief from Nimrud, Iraq via Wikimedia Commons
Friday, July 5, 2019
Alma 2:2; KnoWhy #523
What Was One of the Main Causes of Warfare in the Book of Mormon?
Seeking Christ. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Mormon 9:24; KnoWhy #522
Why Does Part of the Long Ending of Mark Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
“Early Church Witnesses” by Book of Mormon Central
Thursday, June 20, 2019
3 Nephi 28:15; KnoWhy #521
Did the Book of Mormon Witnesses Really See What They Claimed?