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King Limhi Sitting on his Throne. Image via lds.org
Monday, April 25, 2016
Mosiah 7:9; KnoWhy #85
Why Are Mormon's Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant?
King Benjamin by Jeremy Winborg
Friday, April 22, 2016
Mosiah 6:6; KnoWhy #84
Why Were Benjamin and Mosiah Such Beloved and Effective Leaders?
King Benjamin used the ancient near eastern practice of parallelism in his famous speech. Image via lds.org
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Mosiah 5:11; KnoWhy #83
Why Did King Benjamin Use Poetic Parallels So Extensively?
Rogier van der Weyden. The Descent from the Cross. (c.1435) Museo del Prado, Madrid via Wikipedia.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Mosiah 4:2; KnoWhy #82
Why Does King Benjamin Emphasize the Blood of Christ?
Pandemonium by John Martin, 1841 via Wikipedia.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Mosiah 2:38; KnoWhy #81
Why Do the Scriptures Compare Hell to an Unquenchable Fire?
Image of King Benjamin's Speech by Walter Rane via lds.org
Monday, April 18, 2016
Mosiah 2:6; KnoWhy #80
Why Did the Nephites Stay in Their Tents During King Benjamin’s Speech?
King Benjamin's Speech by Minerva Teichert
Friday, April 15, 2016
Mosiah 1:10; KnoWhy #79
Why Is the Theme of Kingship So Prominent in King Benjamin's Speech?
Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Words of Mormon 1:3; KnoWhy #78
Why is “Words of Mormon” at the End of the Small Plates?
Stela 5 at Takalik Abaj, El Asintal, Retalhuleu, Guatemala, showing an early example of a Long Count date. Altar 8 lies before it. Image via wikimedia Commons
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Omni 1:20; KnoWhy #77
Why was Coriantumr's Record Engraved on a "Large Stone"?
Plates and Lineage via Book of Mormon Central, featuring Mormon Abridging the Plates by Tom Lovell and The Gold Plates by Jerry Thompson
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Jarom 1:1; KnoWhy #76
Why Were Genealogies Important to Book of Mormon Peoples?
Image via Book of Mormon Central, featuring "Horses Running" by TNS Sofres on Flikr
Monday, April 11, 2016
Enos 1:21; KnoWhy #75
Why Are Horses Mentioned in the Book of Mormon?
Ancient Records by James Fullmer
Friday, April 8, 2016
Jacob 7:27; KnoWhy #74
Why Do the Authors on the Small Plates Follow a Pattern?
Sherem went about teaching that Jacob was a false prophet and that there would be no Messiah. Image via lds.org.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Jacob 7:7; KnoWhy #73
Why Did Sherem Die?
Scriptures and Manuals via LDS.org
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
3 Nephi 27:21—22; KnoWhy #72
Was the Book of Mormon Used as the First Church Administrative Handbook?
Olive Grove via surfingbird.ru
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Jacob 5:9–10; KnoWhy #71
Why Did Zenos Give So Many Details about Raising Good Olives?
Roots of Olive Trees by Jody Livingston.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Jacob 5:3; KnoWhy #70
What are the Roots of Zenos's Allegory in the Ancient World?
Elder Russell M. Nelson
Saturday, April 2, 2016
2 Nephi 25:26; cited 55 times in General Conference; KnoWhy #69
Why Do Certain “Treasured Words” Appear So Repeatedly in General Conference Talks?
LDS Conference Center by Hugh Millward via flikr.com
Friday, April 1, 2016
3 Nephi 23:5; KnoWhy #68
Why Do Church Leaders Frequently Testify of the Book of Mormon?
Olive Orchard by Vincent van Gogh.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Jacob 5:1; KnoWhy #67
Is Anything Known of the Prophet Zenos Outside of the Book of Mormon?
Olive Trees on Thassos, Greece. Image via Wikipedia.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Jacob 4:17; KnoWhy #66
Why Did Jacob Share the Allegory of the Olive Tree?
Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob utilizing the plates. Image via Book of Mormon Central.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Jacob 3:14; KnoWhy #65
Why Did Jacob Call his Record the "Plates of Jacob"?
Brigham Young with Plural Wives. Image via Book of Mormon Central.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Jacob 2:30; KnoWhy #64
What Does the Book of Mormon Say About Polygamy?
Copies of the Book of Mormon. Image by Book of Mormon Central
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Ether 12:25; KnoWhy #63
Why is the Book of Mormon a Classic?
Jacob and the Psalms. Image via Book of Mormon Central, featuring I Will Send Their Words Forth by Elspeth Young
Friday, March 25, 2016
Jacob 1:7; cf. Psalm 95:8; KnoWhy #62
Why Does Jacob Quote So Much from the Psalms?
The Second Coming by Harry Anderson
Thursday, March 24, 2016
2 Nephi 33:6; KnoWhy #61
Why Did Nephi End His Sacred Record with His Testimony of the Redeemer?
Speaking with the Tongue of Angels. The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism by Gustave Dore.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
2 Nephi 32:2; KnoWhy #60
What is it to Speak with the Tongue of Angels?
John the Baptist Baptizing Jesus by Greg K. Olsen
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
2 Nephi 31:6–7; KnoWhy #59
What is the Purpose of Baptism in the Book of Mormon?
O Jerusalem by Greg Olsen
Monday, March 21, 2016
2 Nephi 31:21; KnoWhy #58
What is the Doctrine of Christ?
First Gabon Baptisms, photo by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Friday, March 18, 2016
2 Nephi 30:6; KnoWhy #57
What Does it Mean to be a White and Delightsome People?
The Prophet Ezekiel holding the records of two nations. Artwork by Lyle Beddes, via LDS Seminary Files.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
2 Nephi 29:8; KnoWhy #56
Why Is There a Need for the Testimony of Two Nations?