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Detail of Michelangelo's “The Last Judgment.”
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
2 Corinthians 12:2, 4; KnoWhy #689
What Did Early Christians Teach about the Three Degrees of Glory?
Paul writes an epistle. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
2 Corinthians 5:19; KnoWhy #688
How Does Paul Use Chiasmus to Teach about Jesus’s Atonement?
The baptistry of the Hamilton, New Zealand Temple. Baptisms for the dead are performed by proxy in temples all over the world. Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
1 Corinthians 15:29; KnoWhy #687
Why Are People Baptized for the Dead?
A young woman takes a cup of water from the tray during the Sacrament ordinance. Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
1 Corinthians 11:26; KnoWhy #686
Why Are We Invited to Partake of the Sacrament with Our Right Hand?
Paul sits and teaches a group of men and women. Image from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
1 Corinthians 7:2; KnoWhy #685
What Did Paul Really Teach about Marriage?
Paul dictates a letter from a jail cell. Image from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Romans 9:30; KnoWhy #684
How Did Paul Understand Faith?
Paul sits in a jail cell, writing an epistle. Image from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Romans 3:23–24; KnoWhy #683
What Did Grace Mean to Paul?
Detail from "The Conversion of Saint Paul" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Public Domain Image.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Acts 26:13–14; KnoWhy #682
Why Are There Different Accounts of Paul's Conversion?
Paul preaches to Athenians on Mars Hill. Still from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Acts 17:28; KnoWhy #681
How Did Paul Interact with Greek Philosophies in Athens?
Peter teaches during the Jerusalem Council about God's injunction to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles. Screenshot from Bible Video of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Acts 15:5-6; KnoWhy #680
Why Was the Jerusalem Council Important?
As Stephen preached before the council, he recited Israelite history. Screenshot from Bible Videos published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Acts 7:52; KnoWhy #679
Why Did Stephen Rehearse Israelite History?
Jesus Christ sits at a meal with his apostles and followers after his resurrection in this image from the Bible Videos published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Acts 1:3; KnoWhy #678
What Might Jesus Have Taught His Apostles for Forty Days?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "Road to Emmaus," depicts Jesus Christ walking with Cleopas and an unnamed disciple on the road to Emmaus.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Luke 24:13, 15; KnoWhy #677
Why Did Christ Appear to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus?
Jesus stands on trial before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin in this still from a Life of Jesus Christ Bible Video. Courtesy image from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Mark 15:1; KnoWhy #676
Why Was Jesus Put On Trial and Crucified?
"The Sacrificial Lamb" by Josefa de Ayala. Public Domain Image.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
John 18:4–5; KnoWhy #675
How Does the Gospel of John Reflect the Day of Atonement?
On the left, Jesus offers his intercessory prayer for his disciples, on the right, a formerly crippled man healed by Peter enters the temple for the first time. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
John 17:1; KnoWhy #674
How Does Jesus’s Intercessory Prayer Point Us to the Temple?
Peter looks away as Christ passes by in the hands of his accusers in this painting by Carl Bloch, "Peter's Denial."
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Matthew 26:34; KnoWhy #673
Why Did Peter Deny Knowing Jesus?
"The Ten Virgins," by Jorge Cocco, shows the wise virgins from Jesus' parable, with oil in their lamps and vessels, and the foolish virgins, who were not prepared with oil.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Matthew 25:1; KnoWhy #672
How Does the Parable of the Ten Virgins Offer Us Direction in Life?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Father's Two Sons," depicts the two sons in the parable, representing Jesus Christ and Lucifer.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Matthew 21:28–29; KnoWhy #671
How Does the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Sons Teach about Christ?
A grape vineyard. The parable of the laborers in the vineyard teaches lessons about the economy of the Kingdom of Heaven and the love of God for his children. Adobe Stock image.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Matthew 20:6–7; KnoWhy #670
What Does the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard Teach about God’s Mercy?
Both sons are represented in a video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints depicting Jesus's parable of the Prodigal Son. Image and screenshot courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Luke 15:22–24; KnoWhy #669
How Does the Parable of the Prodigal Son Teach Us about Repentance?
A still from the Bible video "Ye Are The Temple of God," depicting Paul teaching in front of the temple. Screenshot courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
John 8:12; KnoWhy #668
How Does John Portray Jesus as the Way of the Temple?
Detail from "Jesus as the Samaritan" by Jorge Cocco.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Luke 10:33–34; KnoWhy #667
How Does the Parable of the Good Samaritan Teach Us about the Plan of Salvation?
The seven-headed beast is worshipped by men of all nations, as told in the Book of Revelations. Engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Revelation 13:18; KnoWhy #666
Why Did John State That the Beast’s Number Is 666?
A watercolor illustration of the empty tomb by Maryna Kriuchenko
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Luke 24:5–6; KnoWhy #665
Why Are the Gospel Accounts of the Resurrection Credible?
A person breaks bread and hands it to someone. Bread is one example of Passover imagery Jesus Christ used in his "Bread of Life" sermon. Image courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
John 6:35; KnoWhy #664
Why Did Jesus Use Passover Imagery in His Bread of Life Sermon?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Sower," which depicts a man walking with a bag of seeds and tossing them into soil along his path, as described in Jesus's parable.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Luke 8:5, 8; cf. Matthew 13:3, 8; Mark 4:4, 8; KnoWhy #663
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
Jorge Cocco's drawing, "The Persistent Widow," depicting a widow kneeling as she appeals to a judge.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Luke 11:5–6; KnoWhy #662
What Do the Parables of the Importuning Friend and Widow Teach Us about Prayer?
Photo of Hebrew text by Ri Butov from Pixabay
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
1 Nephi 12:6–7; KnoWhy #661
Why Are There Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "Let Them Grow Together," depicting the owner of the field instructing his servants not to remove the tares, but to let the wheat and tares grow together.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Matthew 13:24–25; KnoWhy #660
What Does the Parable of the Wheat and Tares Teach about the Apostasy?