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Illustration of the temple of Zerubbabel, by Sam Lawlor
November 7, 2023
KnoWhy #698; Hebrews 8:1–2
How Does the Epistle to the Hebrews Reflect the Israelite Temple?
Christ shows the wounds from his crucifixion to people in the Americas in this painting titled “One by One” by Walter Rane.
October 31, 2023
KnoWhy #697; Hebrews 2:11
How Does the Epistle to the Hebrews Describe the Family of God?
Paul writes an epistle. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
September 12, 2023
KnoWhy #688; 2 Corinthians 5:19
How Does Paul Use Chiasmus to Teach about Jesus’s Atonement?
On the left, Jesus offers his intercessory prayer for his disciples, on the right, a formerly crippled man healed by Peter enters the temple for the first time. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
June 6, 2023
KnoWhy #674; John 17:1
How Does Jesus’s Intercessory Prayer Point Us to the Temple?
Detail from "Jesus as the Samaritan" by Jorge Cocco.
April 18, 2023
KnoWhy #667; Luke 10:33–34
How Does the Parable of the Good Samaritan Teach Us about the Plan of Salvation?
The tiled mosaic of The Bronze serpent on the desert and Moses in church All Saints by Matthew Digby Wyatt 1820-1877.
February 6, 2023
KnoWhy #657; John 3:14–15
Why Did Jesus Compare Himself to the Brazen Serpent?
Christ of Saint John on the Cross by Salvador Dali.
August 9, 2022
KnoWhy 641; Psalm 22:16
Does Psalm 22 Really Say “They Pierced My Hands and My Feet”?
Job praying by Gary Kapp. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
August 2, 2022
KnoWhy #640; Job 42:5
How Can the Book of Job Teach Us about the Temple?
Lord of Prayer by Yungsung Kim. Image via Lighthaven
June 2, 2020
564; Alma 7:11
Whose “Word” Was Fulfilled by Christ’s Suffering “Pains and Sicknesses”?
“Lehi and family offer burnt sacrifice” via Gospel Media Library
January 9, 2020
KnoWhy #545; 1 Nephi 7:22
What Sacrifices did Lehi Offer to God in the Wilderness?
Gethsemane by J. Kirk Richards.
June 13, 2019
KnoWhy #520; Mosiah 3:7
Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore?
“The Rebuke of Adam and Eve,” by Charles Joseph Natoire
March 7, 2019
KnoWhy #505; Mosiah 3:19
What Makes Mankind an Enemy to God?
Still Image from "A Day for the Eternities" via LDS Media Library
March 1, 2019
KnoWhy #504; Helaman 12:23
What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages?
Still Image from “The Baptism of Jesus” via LDS Media Library
February 7, 2019
KnoWhy #501; Mosiah 27:25
What Does It Mean to Be “Born Again?”
“Christ Bearing the Cross” by a North Netherlandish Painter via The Met
October 25, 2018
KnoWhy #479; 2 Nephi 2:10
How is the Day of Atonement Understood in the Book of Mormon?
Image featuring The Crucifixion by Harry Anderson and illustration by 2dmolier via Adobe Stock
April 12, 2018
KnoWhy #424; Alma 34:14
How the Law of Moses Teaches about the Atonement
Abraham Taking Isaac to be Sacrificed by Del Parson
March 1, 2018
KnoWhy #412; Jacob 4:5
How Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac Illuminates the Atonement
Photo by NASA on Unsplash
January 18, 2018
KnoWhy #400; 2 Nephi 2:22
Why Do We Have Three Different Accounts of the Creation?
Photo by Greg Weaver on Unsplash
December 5, 2017
KnoWhy #387; Mormon 2:15
Why Doesn’t God Punish Us the Moment We Sin?
Image by Chad Madden
October 10, 2017
KnoWhy #371; 2 Nephi 25:23
Why Does Nephi State that We Are Saved by Grace “After All We Can Do"?
Image of the chiasm in Mosiah 5:10-12 by Book of Mormon Central
August 7, 2017
KnoWhy #349; 2 Nephi 25:26
What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? Part 1
Image by Book of Mormon Central
July 19, 2017
KnoWhy #341; 3 Nephi 11:10-11
What Can We Learn from the Savior’s First Words at Bountiful?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
July 12, 2017
KnoWhy #338; 3 Nephi 27:20
How Does the Gospel Bring Us unto Christ?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
June 21, 2017
KnoWhy #329; Alma 41:10
Why Can Wickedness Never Bring Happiness?
Book of Mormon Central composition of The Tree of Life by Krista Maureen Jones and El sueño by Jorge Cocco
June 12, 2017
KnoWhy #325; 1 Nephi 8:8
Why Did Lehi Quote from a Psalm of Repentance In His Dream?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
June 7, 2017
KnoWhy #323; Alma 7:11–13
What Did Alma Reveal about the Savior’s Mission?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
May 24, 2017
KnoWhy #317; Alma 34:9–10
Why Would Mankind “Unavoidably Perish” without the Atonement of Jesus Christ?
The Lord Created All Things via lds.org
May 12, 2017
KnoWhy #312; Alma 42:5, 8, 13, 15
Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
May 10, 2017
KnoWhy #311; Mosiah 3:19
How Can One Overcome the Natural Man?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
May 3, 2017
KnoWhy #308; Mosiah 2:17
How Are Acts of Service Related to Wisdom?