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“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?
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?
"Coriantumr" by James Fullmer.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Mosiah 12:6–7; KnoWhy #560
Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind?
“Joseph with the Seer Stone” by Gary Ernest Smith via foursquareart.com
Thursday, October 31, 2019
2 Nephi 27:26; Isaiah 29:14; KnoWhy #538
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego via the Associated Press
Friday, September 6, 2019
3 Nephi 9:9; KnoWhy #530
Is there evidence for great destruction in the land northward at the death of Christ?
“Map of the World”, Modified from Adobe Stock
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
2 Nephi 1:5; KnoWhy #497
Where is the Land of Promise?
Egyptian Sword. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Mosiah 9:16; KnoWhy #472
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
Labna Sacbe via voyagecirtuel.co.uk
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
3 Nephi 6:8; KnoWhy #470
Is There Evidence for Book of Mormon Highways in Ancient America?
“The Resurrected Christ” by Wilson J. Omg
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Alma 19:29; KnoWhy #449
What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?
Morphart via Adobe Stock
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Alma 51:17; KnoWhy #430
Why Did Moroni Speak of Pulling Down Pride?
Simon Dannhauer via Adobe Stock
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
3 Nephi 9:7; KnoWhy #429
Is There Evidence of Sunken Cities in Ancient America?
The First Presidency via lds.org
Thursday, September 14, 2017
3 Nephi 5:1; KnoWhy #364
Why Do We Need Prophets?
Stela from Quirigua from Latin American Studies
Monday, July 31, 2017
Alma 29:4; KnoWhy #346
Was Chiasmus Known to Ancient American Writers?
Alma's Captains by James Fullmer
Monday, June 19, 2017
Jarom 1:7–8; KnoWhy #328
What Does Archaeology Reveal about Warfare During Early Nephite Times?
Jesus Christ, Christus Statue via Flickr
Monday, April 3, 2017
Alma 5:19; KnoWhy #295
Why Did Alma Ask about Having God’s Image Engraven upon One’s Countenance?
Joseph Translating by Anthony Sweat
Friday, January 6, 2017
2 Nephi 31:3; KnoWhy #258
Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”?
The Road to Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
3 Nephi 1:13; KnoWhy #255
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date the First Christmas?
Newborn Sleeping via LDS Media Library
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Moroni 8:12; KnoWhy #253
Why Did Moroni Include Mormon’s Condemnation of Infant Baptism?
Guillaume Le Bloas via Adobe Stock
Monday, December 5, 2016
Ether 11:20–21; KnoWhy #245
Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations?
Riplakish by Jody Livingston
Friday, December 2, 2016
Ether 10:6; KnoWhy #244
Why Did Riplakish Construct a Beautiful Throne?
Photo of an aztec double headed serpent, turqoise chest ornament by Geni
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Ether 9:30; KnoWhy #243
Why Did Snakes Infest Jaredite Lands During a Famine?
Compilation of paintings of the book of Ether by James Fullmer
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Ether 7:9; KnoWhy #241
Why Is The Book of Ether an Epic?
Olmec Heads by Book of Mormon Central
Monday, November 21, 2016
Ether 1:16; KnoWhy #235
Why Does the Book of Ether Begin with Such a Long Genealogy?
Siege of the Stripling Sons by Brian Hailes
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Mormon 6:14; KnoWhy #231
How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah?
Lamanites sacrificing a woman by Jody Livingston
Friday, November 11, 2016
Mormon 4:14 ; KnoWhy #229
Why Did the Lamanites Sacrifice Women and Children to Idols?
Oberwinkling St. Wolfgang, Mattana
Friday, October 21, 2016
3 Nephi 20:25; KnoWhy #214
Why Did Jesus Mix Together Micah and Isaiah?
The Sacrament Mural by Minerva Teichert
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
3 Nephi 18:7; KnoWhy #211
Why Did the Savior Emphasize His Risen Body in the Nephite Sacrament?
Eruption of the Cordón Caulle Volcano in central Chile in 2011, via Reuters
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
3 Nephi 8:20; KnoWhy #197
What Caused the Darkness and Destruction in the 34th Year?
Adaptation of Zemnarihah Hung by James Fullmer
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
3 Nephi 4:28; KnoWhy #192
Why Did the People Cut Down the Tree after Hanging Zemnarihah?
The Gadianton robbers and their lamb-skin. Image by Book of Mormon Central.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
3 Nephi 4:7; KnoWhy #191
Why Did the Gadianton Robbers Wear a Lamb Skin?