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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?
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 Oliver Cowdery. Landscape of Far West by Al Rounds.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 20:3; KnoWhy #603
Why Was Oliver Cowdery Excommunicated from the Church?
Bank notes of the Kirtland Safety Society. Landscape painting of Kirtland by Al Rounds.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 64:21; KnoWhy #604
Why Did the Kirtland Safety Society Fail?
Oliver and Joseph by Vernon Murdock.
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 20:3; KnoWhy #605
Why Did Oliver Cowdery Come Back to the Church?
Portrait of Martin Harris by Lewis A. Ramsay. One dollar bank note of the Kirtland Safety Society.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 5:32; KnoWhy #606
Why Was Martin Harris Cut Off from the Church?
Portrait of Martin Harris colorized by Bryce M. Haymond. Martin Harris's baptism certificate courtesy of Trace Mayer.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 5:26; KnoWhy #607
Why Did Martin Harris Come Back to the Church?
Portrait of David Whitmer by Lewis Ramsey. Image of Kirtland Temple via Church of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 30:1; KnoWhy #608
Why Was David Whitmer Excommunicated from the Church?
Photograph of David Whitmer.
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 14:8, 11; KnoWhy #609
Why Did David Whitmer Never Return to the Church?
Image of praying person by congerdesign via Pixabay.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 65:4; KnoWhy #610
Why Is Doctrine and Covenants 65 Called a Revelation on Prayer?
Portrait of William McLellin via The Joseph Smith Papers.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 66:1; KnoWhy #611
Why Did William E. McLellin Call the Book of Mormon the “Apple of My Eye”?
Photograph of Rebecca Swain Williams
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Ether 12:19; KnoWhy #612
Why Did Rebecca Swain Williams Defend the Book of Mormon?
Judith and Holofernes by Jan de Bray. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 91:1, 4–5; KnoWhy #613
Why Study Ancient Apocryphal Literature?
Statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 135:4; KnoWhy #614
Why Was Hyrum Faithful to His Witness of the Book of Mormon?
Image of U.S. Constitution via Pixabay.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 101:77; KnoWhy #615
What Are the “Just and Holy Principles” of the US Constitution?
Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New York City Hall, New York. Drawn by Winslow Homer, 1869. Image via Met Museum.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Joseph Smith—History 1:33; KnoWhy #616
Why Did Joseph Smith File a Legal Complaint against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut?
The Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Rome, Italy Temple Visitor Center. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 107:27; KnoWhy #617
Why Must There Be Unity within the Presiding Quorums of the Church?
Doctrine and Covenants 88 and 109 via The Joseph Smith Papers. Image of the Kirtland Temple via Kenneth Mays
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 109:6; KnoWhy #618
Why Was Doctrine and Covenants Section 88 Quoted in Section 109?
Christ Appears in Kirtland Temple by Walter Rane. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 110:1; KnoWhy #619
Why Is the “Pentecostal” Season in Kirtland Believable?
Cold Missouri Night by Joseph Brickey
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 121:6; KnoWhy #620
Why Were the Saints Driven from Missouri in the Fall of 1838?
Windows at Liberty by Andrew Knaupp. Submitted to the 2021 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 121:1; KnoWhy #621
Why Did Joseph Write His Famous Letter from Liberty Jail?
Painting of the Heber C. Kimball home in Nauvoo by Al Rounds. Image of the Nauvoo Charter from the Library of Congress.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 134:1; KnoWhy #622
Why Was the Nauvoo City Charter Important for Protecting the Saints?
Painting of the "Steamboat Heroine" of 1832 by Peter Rindlisbacher. Image via The Oklahoman and The Oklahoma History Center.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 104:78; KnoWhy #623
Why Did Joseph Smith File for Bankruptcy?
Painting of Carthage Jail by Al Rounds. Painting of The Prophet Joseph Smith, by Alvin Gittins.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 135:1, 7; KnoWhy #624
Why was Joseph Smith Murdered?
Portrait of Emma Hale Smith. Oil on canvas, David Rogers, 1842. Image via the Joseph Smith Papers.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 25:5–6; KnoWhy #625
Why Did Emma Smith Remain in Nauvoo after the Death of Joseph Smith?
Nauvoo Expositor Destruction by Anthony Sweat.
Friday, January 7, 2022
Doctrine and Covenants 135:7; KnoWhy #626
Why Did the Nauvoo City Council Order the Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor Press?
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Ether 3:15; KnoWhy #627
Why Were Man and Woman Created in the Image of God?
Photo of a bible by kiwihug via Unsplash.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
1 Nephi 13:28; KnoWhy #628
Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?
Noah's Offering by Jan van 't Hoff.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Genesis 8:1; KnoWhy #629
Why Is the Story of Noah and the Ark So Repetitive?
Pondering God's Promise by Courtney Vander Veur Matz.Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
1 Nephi 15:18; KnoWhy #630
Why Did Abraham and Sarah Receive New Names and Tokens?