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Captain moroni and the Title of Liberty by Jeremy Winborg
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Alma 43:17; KnoWhy #151
Why Was Moroni’s Young Age an Advantage?
Captain Moroni and Zerahemnah by Del Parson.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Alma 44:8; KnoWhy #152
Why Would Zerahemnah Not Swear an Oath to Moroni?
Helaman, James Fullmer with Rocky Mountain Landscape, Albert Bierstadt
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Alma 45:23; KnoWhy #153
How Did Seeking a King Get in the Way of Sustaining a Prophet?
Moroni and the Title of Liberty, Minerva Teichert.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Alma 46:24; KnoWhy #154
Why Did Moroni Quote the Patriarch Jacob about a Piece of Joseph’s Coat?
Painting of Captain Moroni by Walter Rane
Monday, August 1, 2016
Alma 48:17; KnoWhy #155
Why Did Mormon See Captain Moroni as a Hero?
Signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull.
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Alma 48:10; KnoWhy #156
How Did Democracy Help the Nephites Conquer Their Enemies?
The Battle at the Sidon River, James Fullmer.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Alma 49:9; KnoWhy #157
Why are There So Many War Chapters in the Book of Mormon?
Nephite Fortifications by Jody Livingston
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Alma 50:6; KnoWhy #158
What Was the Nature of Nephite Fortifications?
Soon after Pahoran had been appointed as the chief judge.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Alma 51:3; KnoWhy #159
Why Would Pahoran Not Allow the Law to Be Amended?
Painting by James Fullmer.
Monday, August 8, 2016
Alma 51:37; KnoWhy #160
Why Did Teancum Slay Amalickiah on New Year’s Eve?
Two Thousand Young Warriors by Arnold Friberg
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Alma 53:20; KnoWhy #161
How Old Were the Stripling Warriors?
Painting by James Fullmer
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Alma 54:16; KnoWhy #162
Why Was Ammoron Determined to Avenge the Blood of His Brother?
Moroni's Prisoners by James Fullmer.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Alma 55:2; KnoWhy #163
Why Did Moroni Change His Mind about Exchanging Prisoners with Ammoron?
Nephites' Last Battle, Harold T. (Dale) Kilbourn
Friday, August 12, 2016
Alma 56:30; KnoWhy #164
How Realistic are Nephite Battle Strategies?
It's True, Sir, All Present and Accounted For, by Clark Kelley via lds.org
Monday, August 15, 2016
Alma 57:21; KnoWhy #165
Why Did the Stripling Warriors Perform Their Duties “With Exactness”?
The chiasm found in Mosiah 5 by John W. Welch
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Mosiah 5:10–12; KnoWhy #166
Why Is the Presence of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon Significant?
Image via lds.org
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Alma 58:37; KnoWhy #167
How Did Helaman’s Army Maintain Faith While Being Cut Off from Provisions?
Image of Captain Moroni by Jody Livingston
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Alma 59:3; KnoWhy #168
Why Was Moroni’s Correspondence with Pahoran Significant?
Romans looting the Jerusalem Temple, located on Arch of Titus, www.uni.edu
Friday, August 19, 2016
Alma 60:23; KnoWhy #169
Why Did Moroni Refer to Vessel Impurity in Condemning the Central Government?
Teancum by James Fullmer
Monday, August 22, 2016
Alma 62:36; KnoWhy #170
Why Was Teancum Captured and Killed?
The Ship of Hagoth, Minerva Teichert
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Alma 63:8; KnoWhy #171
Why Did Mormon Mention Hagoth?
After the successive deaths of the Nephites’ most prominent leaders, their government fell and war broke out again. Image by Jorge Cocco
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Helaman 1:2; KnoWhy #172
How Was a Void in Leadership Dangerous for the Nephites?
Kishkumen by James Fullmer
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Helaman 2:9; KnoWhy #173
Why was Helaman’s Servant Justified in Killing Kishkumen?
Temples in Palenque. Image via Adobe Stock.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Helaman 3:7; KnoWhy #174
When Did Cement Become Common in Ancient America?
James Fullmer collage by Book of Mormon Central
Monday, August 29, 2016
Helaman 4:25; KnoWhy #175
How Did the Nephites Become Weak in Such a Short Time?
Portrait of Jesus Christ via lds.org
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Helaman 5:12; KnoWhy #176
Why Did Helaman Compare Christ to a Rock?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Helaman 6:10; KnoWhy #177
Why Was Chiasmus Used in Nephite Record Keeping?
Aztec market of Tlatelolco by Diego Rivera
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Helaman 7:10; KnoWhy #178
Why Did Nephi Prophesy Near “the Highway Which Led to the Chief Market?”
2 Nephi 31 by Jorge Cocco
Friday, September 2, 2016
Helaman 8:22; KnoWhy #179
Why Did Nephi Rely on Earlier Testimonies of Christ?
Seantum by Briana Shawcroft
Monday, September 5, 2016
Helaman 9:35–36; KnoWhy #180
Why Could Seantum be Convicted Without Any Witnesses?