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Classic Maya polychrome vase from Dos Pilas showing people covered in black paint. Photo by Justin Kerr, Maya Vase Database.
February 14, 2024
KnoWhy #718; 2 Nephi 5:21
What Is the “Skin of Blackness” in the Book of Mormon?
“Zerahemnah” by Mark Parker. Honorable Mention Winner of the 2016 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
April 28, 2020
KnoWhy 559; Mosiah 10:12–16
What Can Readers Learn from Lamanite Traditions?
"Joseph the Prophet Addressing the Lamanites" by H.R. Robinson via josephsmithpapers.org
November 20, 2018
KnoWhy #486; 2 Nephi 5:14
Who Are the Lamanites?
Photo by Greg Weaver on Unsplash
December 5, 2017
KnoWhy #387; Mormon 2:15
Why Doesn’t God Punish Us the Moment We Sin?
Photo by The Roaming Platypus on Unsplash
November 21, 2017
KnoWhy #383; Words of Mormon 1:6
How Is Prosperity Defined in Nephi’s Small Plates?
The Gold Plates via lds.org
October 3, 2017
KnoWhy #369; Mosiah 7:25
How Do the Covenants in the Scriptures Apply to Me Today?
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 of Naples-Russel Mound 8 via Wikipedia
July 7, 2017
KnoWhy #336; Helaman 6:6
Who Was Zelph?
Book of Mormon paintings by James Fullmer
May 29, 2017
KnoWhy #319; Jacob 1:13
Why Did Lehi Divide His People into Seven Tribes?
Zoramites and the Rameumptom by Jerry Thompson via lds.org
March 6, 2017
KnoWhy #283; Alma 31:28
Why did Mormon Emphasize the Zoramites’ Costly Apparel?
The Sacred Grove by Greg Olsen
March 1, 2017
KnoWhy #281; Mormon 9:36
Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration?
The Liahona by Arnold Friberg via lds.org
January 11, 2017
KnoWhy #260; 1 Nephi 2:16
Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge: Act in Faith
Jorge Cocco Collage
December 14, 2016
KnoWhy #252; Moroni 7:6
Why Should People Study the Same Scriptures Over and Over Again?
Christ Ordains the Apostles via LDS Media Library
December 9, 2016
KnoWhy #249; Moroni 2:3
Why Did Moroni Keep Writing?
Book of Mormon Stories Collage
December 6, 2016
KnoWhy #246; Ether 12:6
Why Must a Trial of Faith Precede a Witness of Truth?
Guillaume Le Bloas via Adobe Stock
December 5, 2016
KnoWhy #245; Ether 11:20–21
Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations?
Adaptation of Tom Lovell Artwork
November 30, 2016
KnoWhy #242; Ether 8:20
Why Did Moroni Comment So Much Throughout Ether?
Siege of the Stripling Sons by Brian Hailes
November 15, 2016
KnoWhy #231; Mormon 6:14
How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah?
Lamanites sacrificing a woman by Jody Livingston
November 11, 2016
KnoWhy #229; Mormon 4:14
Why Did the Lamanites Sacrifice Women and Children to Idols?
Mormon and Ammaron by James Fullmer
November 10, 2016
KnoWhy #228; Mormon 3:1
Why is the 10-Year Peace Treaty Important?
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell
November 9, 2016
KnoWhy #227; Mormon 2:18
Why Did Mormon Write So Little about His Own Time Period?
Love Story Mural by Minerva Teichert
November 7, 2016
KnoWhy #225; 4 Nephi 1:16
Why Did the Peace Last So Long in 4 Nephi?
Image via Adobe Stock
September 29, 2016
KnoWhy #198; 3 Nephi 9:19-20
Why Did Jesus Tell All People to Sacrifice a Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit?
The Gadianton robbers and their lamb-skin. Image by Book of Mormon Central.
September 20, 2016
KnoWhy #191; 3 Nephi 4:7
Why Did the Gadianton Robbers Wear a Lamb Skin?
Rattlesnake by James Fullmer
September 16, 2016
KnoWhy #189; 3 Nephi 2:3
Why Were Many Nephites So Quick to Disbelieve the Signs of Christ’s Coming?
Composite He aqui soy Jesucristo and Samuel en la muralla by Jorge Cocco
September 12, 2016
KnoWhy #185; Helaman 14:1
Why did Samuel Rely So Heavily on the Words of Past Prophets?
Composite image of Samuel en la Muralla and Samuel en la Muralla 2, by Jorge Cocco, withe Mayan Calendar added by Book of Mormon Central
September 9, 2016
KnoWhy #184; Helaman 13:5
Why Did Samuel Make Such Chronologically Precise Prophecies?
Aztec market of Tlatelolco by Diego Rivera
September 1, 2016
KnoWhy #178; Helaman 7:10
Why Did Nephi Prophesy Near “the Highway Which Led to the Chief Market?”
James Fullmer collage by Book of Mormon Central
August 29, 2016
KnoWhy #175; Helaman 4:25
How Did the Nephites Become Weak in Such a Short Time?
After the successive deaths of the Nephites’ most prominent leaders, their government fell and war broke out again. Image by Jorge Cocco
August 24, 2016
KnoWhy #172; Helaman 1:2
How Was a Void in Leadership Dangerous for the Nephites?