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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?
“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?
“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?
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?
“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?
“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?
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?
“Arco Roto” by Jorge Cocco
Friday, January 31, 2020
1 Nephi 16:18; KnoWhy #548
Why Did Nephi’s “Fine Steel” Bow Break?
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?
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?
© Alex Kich/Adobe Stock
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
2 Nephi 26:22; KnoWhy #551
Why Did Nephi Say the Devil Leads Sinners by a “Flaxen Cord”?
Still Image from “Nephi Teaches the Doctrine of Christ” via Gospel Media Library
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
2 Nephi 32:4-6; KnoWhy #552
How Does the Doctrine of Christ Relate to the Ancient Temple?
“Jacob” by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Jacob 1:10; KnoWhy #553
Why Did Jacob Highlight Nephi’s Role as a Protector?
“Sherem Talking to Others” via Gospel Media Library
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Jacob 7:14; KnoWhy #554
Why Did Jacob Include the Case of Sherem?
Still Image from Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration via Gospel Media Library
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Alma 32:21; KnoWhy #555
Did Joseph Smith’s Mother Believe He Could Have Written the Book of Mormon?
Still Image from Footage by Daniel Smith
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Alma 26:3; KnoWhy #556
Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada?
Artistic replicas of the gold plates, the sword of Laban, and the Liahona by David Baird. Photo by Daniel Smith.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Mosiah 1:16; KnoWhy #557
Why Did the Nephites Preserve Some Items as “National Treasures”?
Image of Sealed Document via John W. Welch.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Mosiah 5:15; KnoWhy #558
How Does Christ “Seal You His”?
“Zerahemnah” by Mark Parker. Honorable Mention Winner of the 2016 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Mosiah 10:12–16; KnoWhy #559
What Can Readers Learn from Lamanite Traditions?
"Coriantumr" by James Fullmer.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Mosiah 12:6–7; KnoWhy #560
Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind?
Amulon Fleeing by James Fullmer.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Mosiah 19:24; KnoWhy #561
Why is a “Ceremony” Mentioned After King Noah is Executed?
“The Angel Appears to Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah” by Caleb Williams, submitted to the 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Mosiah 27:25; KnoWhy #562
How Can Contrasts Teach Us about True Conversion?
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?
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”?
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?
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 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?
“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 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?
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?