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The mother of Alma the Younger watches over him while he sleeps in this image from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
May 27, 2024
KnoWhy #733; Mosiah 27:18–19
Why Do So Many People in the Book of Mormon Fall to the Earth as if Dead?
Left, an image of a dragon from an alchemical text titled “Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et amplificatum” in The National Library of Israel. Right, a photo of an American crocodile in the Tárcoles River in Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon.
May 21, 2024
KnoWhy #732; Mosiah 20:11
Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Dragons?
Left, an image from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Right, “Moses and Aaron Appear Before Pharaoh” by Gustave Dore.
May 14, 2024
KnoWhy #731; Mosiah 13:5
How Was Abinadi a Prophet “Like unto Moses”?
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May 7, 2024
KnoWhy #730; Mosiah 9:3
How Was Zeniff Overzealous?
San Bartolo Accession scene drawn by Traci Wright.
April 30, 2024
KnoWhy #729; Mosiah 2:10
Why Does King Benjamin Deny Being More than a Man?
King Benjamin and Mosiah stand on a tower in this still from the Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
April 23, 2024
KnoWhy #728; Helaman 5:9
How Did Later Prophets Utilize the Teachings of King Benjamin?
“‘Which Purpose I Know Not’” by Eternity Stovall
April 16, 2024
KnoWhy #727; Omni 1:12
Who Was Amaleki?
The personification of Wisdom with an understanding heart as described in Proverbs 8. Image generated with Midjourney AI.
August 30, 2022
KnoWhy 644; Mosiah 12:27
What Does It Mean to “Apply Your Heart to Understanding”?
Artistic replicas of the gold plates, the sword of Laban, and the Liahona by David Baird. Photo by Daniel Smith.
April 14, 2020
KnoWhy 557; Mosiah 1:16
Why Did the Nephites Preserve Some Items as “National Treasures”?
Still Image from “Seer Stones and the Translation of the Book of Mormon” via LDS Church History.
February 22, 2019
KnoWhy #503; Words of Mormon 1:5
How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?
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
September 26, 2017
KnoWhy #367; Mosiah 2:41
What Does it Really Mean to be Blessed For Keeping the Commandments?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
August 16, 2017
KnoWhy #353; Mosiah 5:11
How Was Chiasmus Discovered in the Book of Mormon?
Translating with Martin by Anthony Sweat
June 26, 2017
KnoWhy #331; Words of Mormon 1:18–Mosiah 1:1
What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?
Prophecy of Christ via LDS Media Library
June 9, 2017
KnoWhy #324; 1 Nephi 1:1
Why Is It Good to Seek Both Spiritual and Secular Learning?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
May 31, 2017
KnoWhy #320; Mosiah 18:8-10
Why Did the Nephites Practice Baptism?
Jesus and the Little Children via lds.org
May 1, 2017
KnoWhy #307; Mosiah 5:7
Why Did King Benjamin Say That His People Would be Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand?
Democracy via the Blue Diamond Gallery
April 17, 2017
KnoWhy #301; Mosiah 29:32
How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead to Nephite Democracy?
John the Baptist Baptizing Jesus by Harry Anderson
February 24, 2017
KnoWhy #279; 3 Nephi 11:24–25
Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize?
Joseph Translating by Anthony Sweat
January 6, 2017
KnoWhy #258; 2 Nephi 31:3
Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”?
The Sacrament via LDS Media Library
December 12, 2016
KnoWhy #250; Moroni 4:1
Where did Moroni Get the Sacramental Prayers from?
Book of Mormon Stories Collage
December 6, 2016
KnoWhy #246; Ether 12:6
Why Must a Trial of Faith Precede a Witness of Truth?
Photograph by Olga Lyubkina
November 24, 2016
KnoWhy #238; Mosiah 24:22
Why Should We Take the Time to Give Thanks to God?
Image via lds.org
September 30, 2016
KnoWhy #199; 3 Nephi 11:1
Is there Precedent for General Conference in the Book of Mormon?
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?
"Calling the Church to Prophetic Awareness" Image via P2ALM
July 5, 2016
KnoWhy #136; Alma 29:1
Why Did Alma Wish to Speak “with the Trump of God”?
"The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords." Image via lds.org
June 28, 2016
KnoWhy #131; Alma 23:17
Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
"Mormon" by James Fullmer
June 24, 2016
KnoWhy #129; Alma 21:13
Why Did Mormon Include Flashbacks in His Narrative?
"King Lamoni's Father" by Minerva Teichert
June 23, 2016
KnoWhy #128; Alma 20:8
What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”?
Nephite Judges by Jody Livingston
May 25, 2016
KnoWhy #107; Mosiah 29:39
How Were Judges Elected in the Book of Mormon?