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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?
“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?
Amulon Fleeing by James Fullmer.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Mosiah 19:24; KnoWhy #561
Why is a “Ceremony” Mentioned After King Noah is Executed?
"Coriantumr" by James Fullmer.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Mosiah 12:6–7; KnoWhy #560
Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind?
“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?
Image of Sealed Document via John W. Welch.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Mosiah 5:15; KnoWhy #558
How Does Christ “Seal You His”?
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”?
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?
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?
“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?