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Zeezrom by James Fullmer
Alma 11:22
KnoWhy #118
June 9, 2016
Why Would Zeezrom Attempt to Bribe Amulek?
Photograph of the Provo City Center Temple via ldschurchtemples.com
Alma 12:30
KnoWhy #119
June 10, 2016
Why Did Alma Teach His Opponents about the Temple?
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash
Alma 13:3
KnoWhy #398
January 11, 2018
How a Tangent About Foreordination Helps Explain Repentance
Alma and Amulek by Jorge Cocco
Alma 13:7
KnoWhy #566
June 16, 2020
Why Did Alma Respond in the Way He Did to the “Order of Nehor” in Ammonihah?
Christ with Three Nephite Disciples by Gary L. Kapp
Alma 13:8
KnoWhy #330
June 23, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
Melchizedek Blessing Abraham by Walter Rane via lds.org
Alma 13:14
KnoWhy #120
June 13, 2016
Why Did Alma Talk about Melchizedek?
Girl Being Baptized and The Gift of the Holy Ghost via lds.org
Alma 13:16
KnoWhy #296
April 5, 2017
Why Are Ordinances So Important?
Stephen Prays as He is Stoned via lds.org
Alma 14:11
KnoWhy #351
August 11, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
Alma and Amulek in Prison by Gary L. Kapp
Alma 14:29
KnoWhy #121
June 14, 2016
What Kind of Earthquake Caused the Prison Walls to Fall?
"In Similitude" by Joseph Brickey.
Alma 15:17
KnoWhy #122
June 15, 2016
Why Did the People of Sidom Go to the Altar for Deliverance?
The End of the World by John Martin.
Alma 16:9–11
KnoWhy #123
June 16, 2016
Why Was the City of Ammonihah Destroyed and Left Desolate?
The ruins of an ancient synagogue in Capernaum from the 4th century A.D. Image via Wikimeida Commons.
Alma 16:13
KnoWhy #124
June 17, 2016
Why Did Alma and Amulek Preach in Synagogues?
Rebecca and Eliezer by Bartolome Esteban Murillo via Wikimedia Commons
Alma 17:24–25
KnoWhy #414
March 8, 2018
How Does the Book of Mormon Use an Ancient Storytelling Technique?
"Defending the Flocks" by Brrian C. Hailes
Alma 17:39
KnoWhy #125
June 20, 2016
Why Did the Servants Present Lamoni with the Arms of His Enemies?
Mayan Art depicting a royal entry. Image via the Maya Vase database
Alma 18:9
KnoWhy #126
June 21, 2016
What is the Nature and Use of Chariots in the Book of Mormon?
Etching of Joseph Smith Climbing Fence from The Smith Family Farm
Alma 19:6
KnoWhy #460
August 21, 2018
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
"Maidservant Hero" by James Fullmer
Alma 19:16
KnoWhy #127
June 22, 2016
Why Was Abish Mentioned by Name?
Abish by James Fullmer
Alma 19:17
KnoWhy #374
October 19, 2017
What Can We Learn From Abish’s Member-missionary Work?
“The Resurrected Christ” by Wilson J. Omg
Alma 19:29
KnoWhy #449
July 12, 2018
What Does the Abish Story Signal About the Resurrection?
Mormon termina compendio by Jorge Cocco
Alma 19:36
KnoWhy #415
March 13, 2018
Why Did Nephite Authors Use Repetitive Resumption?
"King Lamoni's Father" by Minerva Teichert
Alma 20:8
KnoWhy #128
June 23, 2016
What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”?
"Mormon" by James Fullmer
Alma 21:13
KnoWhy #129
June 24, 2016
Why Did Mormon Include Flashbacks in His Narrative?
Imagined map of the Book of Mormon Lands by Tyler Griffin, Taylor Halverson, and Seth Holladay, BYU.
Alma 22:32
KnoWhy #130
June 27, 2016
Why Did Mormon Give So Many Details About Geography?
"The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords." Image via lds.org
Alma 23:17
KnoWhy #131
June 28, 2016
Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
"Christian Converts" by Minerva Teichert
Alma 24:12
KnoWhy #132
June 29, 2016
What is the Symbolism of the Stained Swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
The Plan of Salvation by Travis Washburn. See more at helamangallery.com
Alma 24:14
KnoWhy #272
February 8, 2017
Where Can You Best Learn about God’s Plan of Salvation?
Resurrection Dawn by Annie Henrie Nader
Alma 24:14
KnoWhy #360
September 1, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Send Angels to Help People?
The Purifying Path of Obedience, Sacrifice, and Consecration by Dan Burrr. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Alma 24:15
KnoWhy #567
June 30, 2020
Why did the Ammonites Covenant Not to Take Up Arms?
Still Image from Footage by Daniel Smith
Alma 26:3
KnoWhy #556
April 7, 2020
Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada?
"Molitmoz" by Gonzalo Kenny
Alma 26:8
KnoWhy #133
June 30, 2016
Why Did Ammon Borrow So Much from Tradition in Alma 26?
Image via Adobe Stock.
Alma 27:22
KnoWhy #134
July 1, 2016
Why Was Jershon Called a Land of Inheritance?
Batalla del Rio Sidon by Jorge Cocco
Alma 27:24
KnoWhy #274
February 13, 2017
Why were the People of Ammon Exempted from Military Duty?