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Left, a painting of Joseph in Egypt by an unknown painter. Right, a drawing of Joseph Smith by Dan Weggeland. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
March 12, 2024
KnoWhy #722; 2 Nephi 27:30
How Does Nephi Connect the Name Joseph to Prophecies of the Latter Days?
Detail from “Moroni and Joseph” by Jorge Cocco Santangelo
January 2, 2024
KnoWhy #707; Joseph Smith—History 1:54
How Did the Angel Moroni Prepare Joseph Smith to Be a Prophet?
“The Morning Breaks” by Rose Datoc Dall. Submitted as part of a Book of Mormon Central art contest in 2021.
November 14, 2023
KnoWhy #699; James 1:5
Why Does God Give Liberally to Those Who Ask?
Detail from "The Conversion of Saint Paul" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Public Domain Image.
August 1, 2023
KnoWhy #682; Acts 26:13–14
Why Are There Different Accounts of Paul's Conversion?
Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith by Tom Lovell and the Prophet Joel by Michelangelo.
November 8, 2022
KnoWhy 651; Joel 2:28
Why Did Moroni Quote from the Book of Joel?
Abel and Melchizedek bringing their offerings to the altar. Mosaic in Basilica of St. Vitale, Ravenna. Image via templestudy.com
August 23, 2022
KnoWhy #643; JST Genesis 14:13
How Does the Joseph Smith Translation Teach Us about Melchizedek?
Cover of the Peace Maker pamphlet via Archive.org.
June 21, 2022
KnoWhy 634; Doctrine and Covenants 42:22
Who Wrote the Peace Maker Pamphlet?
Portraits of Joseph Smith and Lilburn Boggs.
May 31, 2022
KnoWhy 632; Doctrine and Covenants 127:1
Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Assassinate Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs?
Photo of a bible by kiwihug via Unsplash.
January 18, 2022
KnoWhy 628; 1 Nephi 13:28
Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?
Nauvoo Expositor Destruction by Anthony Sweat.
January 7, 2022
KnoWhy 626; Doctrine and Covenants 135:7
Why Did the Nauvoo City Council Order the Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor Press?
Portrait of Emma Hale Smith. Oil on canvas, David Rogers, 1842. Image via the Joseph Smith Papers.
November 30, 2021
KnoWhy 625; Doctrine and Covenants 25:5–6
Why Did Emma Smith Remain in Nauvoo after the Death of Joseph Smith?
Painting of Carthage Jail by Al Rounds. Painting of The Prophet Joseph Smith, by Alvin Gittins.
November 25, 2021
KnoWhy 624; Doctrine and Covenants 135:1, 7
Why was Joseph Smith Murdered?
Painting of the "Steamboat Heroine" of 1832 by Peter Rindlisbacher. Image via The Oklahoman and The Oklahoma History Center.
November 4, 2021
KnoWhy 623; Doctrine and Covenants 104:78
Why Did Joseph Smith File for Bankruptcy?
Painting of the Heber C. Kimball home in Nauvoo by Al Rounds. Image of the Nauvoo Charter from the Library of Congress.
October 26, 2021
KnoWhy 622; Doctrine and Covenants 134:1
Why Was the Nauvoo City Charter Important for Protecting the Saints?
Windows at Liberty by Andrew Knaupp. Submitted to the 2021 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
October 19, 2021
KnoWhy 621; Doctrine and Covenants 121:1
Why Did Joseph Write His Famous Letter from Liberty Jail?
Cold Missouri Night by Joseph Brickey
October 12, 2021
KnoWhy #620; Doctrine and Covenants 121:6
Why Were the Saints Driven from Missouri in the Fall of 1838?
Christ Appears in Kirtland Temple by Walter Rane. Image via Gospel Media Library.
October 5, 2021
KnoWhy 619; Doctrine and Covenants 110:1
Why Is the “Pentecostal” Season in Kirtland Believable?
Doctrine and Covenants 88 and 109 via The Joseph Smith Papers. Image of the Kirtland Temple via Kenneth Mays
September 28, 2021
KnoWhy 618; Doctrine and Covenants 109:6
Why Was Doctrine and Covenants Section 88 Quoted in Section 109?
Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New York City Hall, New York. Drawn by Winslow Homer, 1869. Image via Met Museum.
September 14, 2021
KnoWhy 616; Joseph Smith—History 1:33
Why Did Joseph Smith File a Legal Complaint against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut?
Statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
August 24, 2021
KnoWhy 614; Doctrine and Covenants 135:4
Why Was Hyrum Faithful to His Witness of the Book of Mormon?
Judith and Holofernes by Jan de Bray. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
August 10, 2021
KnoWhy 613; Doctrine and Covenants 91:1, 4–5
Why Study Ancient Apocryphal Literature?
Photograph of David Whitmer.
June 10, 2021
KnoWhy 609; Doctrine and Covenants 14:8, 11
Why Did David Whitmer Never Return to the Church?
Oliver and Joseph by Vernon Murdock.
May 27, 2021
KnoWhy 605; Doctrine and Covenants 20:3
Why Did Oliver Cowdery Come Back to the Church?
Bank notes of the Kirtland Safety Society. Landscape painting of Kirtland by Al Rounds.
May 18, 2021
KnoWhy 604; Doctrine and Covenants 64:21
Why Did the Kirtland Safety Society Fail?
Portrait of Sidney Rigdon with the manuscript of D&C 76 from The Joseph Smith Papers.
April 13, 2021
601; Doctrine and Covenants 35:3
What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?
Image of Hiram Page Grave Site by Kenneth Mays.
March 16, 2021
KnoWhy 599; Testimony of the Eight Witnesses
Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?
The Rise of the Church of Christ in These Last Days by Robert T. Barrett. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
March 2, 2021
KnoWhy 598; Doctrine and Covenants 20:1
How Did the Establishment of Jesus Christ’s Church in 1830 Comply with the Law?
The Book of Mormon with a Grandin Printing Press replica at the Crandall Printing Museum. Image by Daniel Smith.
February 25, 2021
KnoWhy 597; D&C 19:26
Why Was Martin Harris Needed to Pay for the Printing of the Book of Mormon?
Castle at Tuloom by Frederick Catherwood. Image via Archive.org
February 16, 2021
KnoWhy 596; D&C 17:1
Why Did the Lord Command the Three Witnesses to Rely upon His Word?
Still Image from American Prophet
February 2, 2021
KnoWhy 594; Joseph Smith—History 1:56
Why Was Joseph Smith Accused of Being a “Disorderly Person” in 1826?