Book of Mormon Central Archive

"Because There Was No Darkness" - The Birth of Christ: A Book of Mormon Perspective. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #101 - Why does the Book of Mosiah Talk So Much About Priesthood Authority? (Mosiah 23:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #102 - How Does the Lord Make Our Burdens Light? (Mosiah 24:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #108 - Why did Nehor Suffer an “Ignominious” Death? (Alma 1:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #109 - How were the Amlicites and Amalekites Related? (Alma 2:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #11 - Why Did Nephi Write about Politics on the Plates Meant for Spiritual Things? (1 Nephi 9:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #110 - Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Discourage Nephite-Lamanite Intermarriage? (Alma 3:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #111 - Why Did Alma Add “Chains of Hell” to Abinadi’s Phrase “Bands of Death”? (Alma 5:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #112 - Why Did Alma Ask Church Members Fifty Probing Questions? (Alma 5:14-15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #114 - Why Does Alma Mention Three Kinds of Paths in One Verse? (Alma 7:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #115 - Why Did Alma Bless and Thank God After Eating? (Alma 8:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #116 - What does it Mean to “Prosper in the Land”? (Alma 9:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #12 - Did Pre-Christian Prophets Know About Christ? (1 Nephi 10:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #121 - What Kind of Earthquake Caused the Prison Walls to Fall? (Alma 14:29). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #124 - Why Did Alma and Amulek Preach in Synagogues? (Alma 16:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #127 - Why Was Abish Mentioned by Name? (Alma 19:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #128 - What Did it Mean to be “King Over All the Land”? (Alma 20:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #131 - Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies? (Alma 23:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #132 - What is the Symbolism of the Stained Swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies? (Alma 24:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #133 - Why Did Ammon Borrow So Much from Tradition in Alma 26? (Alma 26:8; cf. Psalm 106:47; Nehemiah 9:5; Daniel 2:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #134 - Why Was Jershon Called a Land of Inheritance? (Alma 27:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #135 - Why Did Fasting and Prayer Accompany Nephite Mourning? (Alma 28:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #136 - Why Did Alma Wish to Speak “with the Trump of God”? (Alma 29:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #137 - Why Was Alma’s Wish Sinful? (Alma 29:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #138 - Why Was Korihor Cursed with Speechlessness? (Alma 30:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #139 - Why Did Alma Repeat the Lord’s Name Ten Times While in Prayer? (Alma 31:26). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #145 - Why Was a Stone Used as an Aid in Translating the Book of Mormon? (Alma 37:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #146 - Did Alma Counsel His Sons During the Passover? (Alma 38:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #150 - Why Does Alma Mention “the Plan” Ten Times in His Words to Corianton? (Alma 42:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #151 - Why was Moroni’s Young Age an Advantage? (Alma 43:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #153 - How Did Seeking a King Get in the Way of Sustaining a Prophet? (Alma 45:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #156 - How Did Democracy Help the Nephites Withstand Their Enemies? (Alma 48:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #159 - Why Would Pahoran Not Allow the Law to Be Amended? (Alma 51:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #161 - How Old Were the Stripling Warriors? (Alma 53:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #163 - Why Did Moroni Change His Mind about Exchanging Prisoners with Ammoron? (Alma 55:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #165 - Why Did the Stripling Warriors Perform Their Duties “With Exactness”? (Alma 57:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #167 - How Did Helaman’s Army Maintain Faith While Being Cut Off from Provisions? (Alma 58:37). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #168 - Why Was Moroni’s Correspondence with Pahoran Significant? (Alma 59:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #169 - Why Did Moroni Refer to Vessel Impurity in Condemning the Central Government? (Alma 60:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #17 - How Did God Call His Prophets in Ancient Times? (1 Nephi 15:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #172 - How Was a Void in Leadership Dangerous for the Nephites? (Helaman 1:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #175 - How Did the Nephites Become Weak in Such a Short Time? (Helaman 4:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #177 - Why was Chiasmus Used in Nephite Recordkeeping? (Helaman 6:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #178 - Why Did Nephi Prophesy Near “the Highway Which Led to the Chief Market”? (Helaman 7:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #179 - Why Did Nephi Appeal to So Many Earlier Testimonies of Christ? (Helaman 8:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #181 - Why is There Temple Imagery in Helaman 10? (Helaman 10:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #183 - Why Did Mormon Say the Children of Men are Less than the Dust of the Earth? (Helaman 12:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #184 - Why Did Samuel Give Such Chronologically Precise Prophecies? (Helaman 13:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #185 - Why did Samuel Rely So Heavily on the Words of Past Prophets? (Helaman 14:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #186 - Why Did Samuel Say the Lord “Hated” the Lamanites? (Helaman 15:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #187 - Why Does Mormon State that Angels Did Appear unto Wise Men? (Helaman 16:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #188 - How was There a Night Without Darkness? (3 Nephi 1:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #189 - Why Were Many Nephites So Quick to Disbelieve the Signs of Christ’s Coming? (3 Nephi 2:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #190 - Why was Giddianhi So Polite? (3 Nephi 3:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #192 - Why Did the People Cut Down the Tree after Hanging Zemnarihah? (3 Nephi 4:28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #193 - Why Did Moroni Deliver the Plates on September 22? (Joseph Smith-History 1:59). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #195 - Why did the “Pride Cycle” Destroy the Nephite Nation? (3 Nephi 6:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #199 - Is there Precedent for General Conference in the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 11:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #2 - An Apostle's Witness (2 Nephi 33:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #202 - Why Did the People Fall Down at the Feet of Jesus? (3 Nephi 11:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #204 - Why Is the Lord’s Prayer Different in 3 Nephi? (3 Nephi 13:9; Matthew 6:9; cf. Luke 11:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #208 - Why is the Sermon at the Temple Echoed throughout the Rest of 3 Nephi? (3 Nephi 16:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #209 - Why Did Jesus Minister to the People One by One? (3 Nephi 17:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

Book of Mormon Central Staff. KnoWhy #210 - Why has 3 Nephi been Called the Crown Jewel of the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 17:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #212 - Why Did Jesus Allude to the Priestly Blessing in Numbers 6? (3 Nephi 19:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #213 - Why Is 3 Nephi Important for Understanding the Godhead? (3 Nephi 19:23, cf. v. 29). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #215 - Who is the Servant Spoken of by Christ? (3 Nephi 21:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #216 - Why Did Jesus Quote all of Isaiah 54? (3 Nephi 22:5; Isaiah 54:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #217 - Why Would Jesus Call Isaiah’s Words Great? (3 Nephi 23:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #218 - Why Did Jesus Give the Nephites Malachi’s Prophecies? (3 Nephi 24:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #219 - Why Will God Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children? (3 Nephi 25:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #22 - What Kind of Ore did Nephi Use to Make the Plates? (1 Nephi 19:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #220 - Why Are Children So Prominent in 3 Nephi? (3 Nephi 26:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #222 - Why Is 3 Nephi Sometimes Called the “Fifth Gospel”? (3 Nephi 27:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #223 - Why Was the 3 Nephites’ Wish Helpful for Mormon and Moroni (3 Nephi 28:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #224 - Why Did Mormon End Third Nephi with Such Serious Woes? (3 Nephi 29:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #225 - Why Did the Peace Last So Long in 4 Nephi? (4 Nephi 1:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #226 - What Do We Know about Mormon’s Upbringing? (Mormon 1:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #227 - Why Did Mormon Write So Little about His Own Time Period? (Mormon 2:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #228 - Why is the 10-Year Peace Treaty Important? (Mormon 3:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #230 - What Was Mormon’s Purpose in Writing the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 5:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #232 - How Did Mormon React to Seeing His People Slain? (Mormon 6:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #237 - Why Did Moroni Use Temple Imagery While Telling the Brother of Jared Story? (Ether 3:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #238 - Why Should We Take the Time to Give Thanks to God? (Mosiah 24:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #239 - Why Do So Many of Mormon’s Teachings Appear in Ether 4 and 5? (Ether 4:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #24 - Who is the Servant Spoken of in Isaiah 49 and 1 Nephi 21? (1 Nephi 21:3; Isaiah 49:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #240 - Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones? (Ether 6:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #241 - Why is The Book of Ether an Epic? (Ether 7:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #243 - Why Did Snakes Infest Jaredite Lands During a Famine? (Ether 9:30). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #247 - Why Do the Prophets Speak of Multiple Jerusalems? (Ether 13:3-6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #249 - Why Did Moroni Keep Writing? (Moroni 2:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #250 - Where did Moroni Get the Sacramental Prayers From? (Moroni 4:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #251 - Why Was Singing Hymns a Part of Nephite Worship Services? (Moroni 6:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #253 - Why Did Moroni Include Mormon’s Condemnation of Infant Baptism? (Moroni 8:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #257 - Why Doctrinal Mastery? (3 Nephi 11:39). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #258 - Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”? (2 Nephi 31:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #26 - Did Lehi Quote Shakespeare? (2 Nephi 1:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #264 - Why Are there Multiple Accounts of Joseph Smith and Alma’s Visions? (Alma 36:6-7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #265 - How Did Enos Liken the Scriptures to His Own Life? (Enos 1:27). Salt Lake City: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #266 - How Are the Book of Mormon’s Teaching about the Godhead Unique? (3 Nephi 11:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #267 - Why Were Three Key Witnesses Chosen To Testify Of The Book Of Mormon? (Ether 5:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #268 - Why Is Lehi Depicted as Similar to Moses? (2 Nephi 3:9-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #269 - Why Did Lehi Teach that the Fall was Necessary? (2 Nephi 2:22-25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #271 - Why Did Nephi Use Chiasmus To Testify Of Christ? (2 Nephi 11:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #272 - Where Can You Best Learn about God’s Plan of Salvation? (Alma 24:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #274 - Why were the People of Ammon Exempted from Military Duty? (Alma 27:24). Salt Lake City: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #277 - Why Does Jacob Describe God as a Divine Warrior? (2 Nephi 6:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Book of Mormon Central Staff. KnoWhy #279 - Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize? (3 Nephi 11:24-25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #280 - Why Hasn’t Lehi’s DNA Been Found? (Introduction, 2013 edition of the Book of Mormon). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #284 - What Does The Book Of Mormon Teach About Prophets? (Helaman 13:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #285 - Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings On The Family? (3 Nephi 18:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #286 - Have The Valley Of Lemuel And The River Laman Been Found? (1 Nephi 2:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #287 - Why Did Lehi Teach About the “Two Ways”? (2 Nephi 2:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #288 - What Role Does The Book Of Mormon Play In Missionary Work? (2 Nephi 30:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #289 - What Does The Book Of Mormon Teach About The Priesthood? (Mosiah 23:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #29 - Should 2 Nephi Chapters 1–4:12 Be Called the “Testament of Lehi”? (2 Nephi 3:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #290 - Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel? (2 Nephi 21:11; Isaiah 11:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #291 - How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 27:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #293 - What Unique Doctrines Did the Lord Reveal through the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 3:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #294 - How Did President Gordon B. Hinckley Emphasize the Importance of the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 2:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #295 - Why Did Alma Ask About Having God’s Image Engraven Upon One’s Countenance? (Alma 5:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #296 - Why Are Ordinances So Important? (Alma 13:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #298 - Why Must One Pray Always To Endure To The End? (2 Nephi 32:8-9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #30 - Was Nephi’s Psalm Really a Psalm? (2 Nephi 4:16-17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #300 - How Does The Book Of Mormon Help Date Christ’s Death? (Helaman 14:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #301 - How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead To Nephite Democracy? (Mosiah 29:32). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #305 - Why Does The Lord Require People To Live The Laws Of Tithing And Fasting? (3 Nephi 24:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #306 - How Can One “Feast Upon The Words Of Christ”? (2 Nephi 32:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

KnoWhy #308 - How Are Acts Of Service Related To Wisdom? (Mosiah 2:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

KnoWhy #309 - What Does The Book Of Mormon Teach About The Temple? (2 Nephi 5:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #310 - Why Did Abinadi Use A Disguise?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #312 - Why Are There So Many Different Names For The Plan Of Salvation? (Alma 42:5, 8, 13, 15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #313 - Why Did Zenos Quote From Psalm 46 In His Prophecy Of Christ’s Death? (1 Nephi 19:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #318 - What Did The Early Saints Learn About The Second Coming From The Book Of Mormon? (3 Nephi 29:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #319 - Why Did Lehi Divide His People Into Seven Tribes? (Jacob 1:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #321 - How Does The Book Of Mormon Help Explain The Origins Of The Word Of Wisdom? (Alma 55:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #327 - How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like The Nephites Were? (Helaman 13:5-6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #33 - When Does the Book of Mormon First Talk about the Plan of Salvation? (2 Nephi 9:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #330 - What Did The Book Of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders About The Order And Offices Of The Priesthood? (Alma 13:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #332 - Why Did Helaman Want His Sons To Remember To Build Upon The Rock? (Helaman 5:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #333 - How Does the Book of Mormon Prepare Missionaries to Sacrifice, Serve, and Preach? (Alma 4:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #334 - How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829? (1 Nephi 3:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #335 - What Does It Mean to Be Perfect? (3 Nephi 12:48). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #336 - Who Was Zelph? (Helaman 6:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #339 - What Did The Book Of Mormon Teach The Early Saints About Enduring Persecution? (2 Nephi 26:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #340 - How Did Biblical And Ancient Near Eastern Authors Use Chiasmus? (Alma 34:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #342 - Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From? (3 Nephi 20:40, Isaiah 52:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #343 - Can Chiasmus Survive Translation? (Mosiah 5:11-12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #344 - Why Does Jesus Say that “Ye Must Watch and Pray Always”? (3 Nephi 18:15, 20-21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #348 - How Do the Bible and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Sealing Power? (3 Nephi 25:5-6, Malachi 4:5-6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #349 - What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? - Part 1 (2 Nephi 25:26). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #351 - Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred? (Alma 14:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #352 - What Can We Learn from 10 of the Best Chiasms in the Book of Mormon? - Part 2. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #356 - How Can Trials of Faith Lead to Spiritual Growth? (Ether 12:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #358 - Does Chiasmus Prove Anything about the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 11:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #359 - How Important Was It to Moroni that We Pray about the Book of Mormon? (Moroni 10:4-5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #360 - Why Does God Sometimes Send Angels to Help People? (Alma 24:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #361 - What Does It Really Mean to Have Charity? (Moroni 7:45, 47-48). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #364 - Why Do We Need Prophets? (3 Nephi 5:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #370 - Why Did Jesus Quote the Words of Malachi 3-4 in 3 Nephi 24-25? (3 Nephi 25:5-6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #375 - Why Did Nephi Connect Isaiah’s Prophecies with Joseph Who Was Sold into Egypt? (2 Nephi 25:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #376 - What Were the “Other Records” Nephi Saw in Vision? (1 Nephi 13:39). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #383 - How Is Prosperity Defined in Nephi’s Small Plates? (Words of Mormon 1:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #387 - Why Doesn’t God Punish Us the Moment We Sin? (Mormon 2:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

KnoWhy #388 - Why Bother Studying the Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon? (Words of Mormon 1:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #392 - Why Did the Wise Men Give Jesus Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh? (2 Nephi 2:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #397 - Why Would God Choose an Uneducated Man to Translate the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 27:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #398 - How a Tangent About Foreordination Helps Explain Repentance (Alma 13:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #40 - How Did Nephi Read Isaiah as a Witness of Christ’s Coming? (2 Nephi 17:14; Isaiah 7:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #404 - What Does an Ancient Book About Enoch Have to Do With Lehi’s Dream? (1 Nephi 12:16-17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #406 - How Does the Book of Mormon Use a Hebrew Pun on King Noah's Name? (Mosiah 11:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

Book of Mormon Central Staff. KnoWhy #408 - Are There Any Conditions to the Abrahamic Covenant? (3 Nephi 20:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #41 - Has the Prophecy of the Lord’s House Established in the Mountains been Fulfilled? (2 Nephi 12:2; Isaiah 2:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #412 - How Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac Illuminates the Atonement (Jacob 4:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #413 - How Can We Know What to Believe about Joseph Smith’s Personal Character? (3 Nephi 8:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #417 - Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim? (Alma 37:24). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #418 - How Lehi Likened the Scriptures to Himself (2 Nephi 3:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #420 - Were Nephite Prophets Familiar with the Passover Tradition? (Mosiah 13:30). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #421 - Why Did Nephi Include the Story of the Broken Bow? (1 Nephi 16:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #430 - Why Did Moroni Speak of Pulling Down Pride? (Alma 51:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #431 - Where Did the Book of Mormon Happen? (2 Nephi 1:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #437 - How Do the Psalms Quoted in the Book of Mormon Teach about the Temple? (2 Nephi 25:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #438 - Why Do Biblical Psalms of Lament Show Up in the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 8:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #439 - Why Are Certain Biblical Psalms Used by Book of Mormon Authors? (Jacob 6:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #44 - What is the Day of the Gentiles? (Isaiah 49:22; 1 Nephi 21:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #440 - Did Prophets Such as Ezekiel Know the Writings of Zenos? (Jacob 5:24). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #441 - Who Were the “Many Prophets” in Jerusalem During Lehi’s Time? (1 Nephi 1:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #444 - How is the Phrase "Make a Record" an Evidence for the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 19:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #447 - How Can We Be Delivered through the Lord’s Tender Mercies? (1 Nephi 1:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #451 - Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed? (1 Nephi 2:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #456 - Is the Path to Eternal Life “Strait” or “Straight"? (1 Nephi 8:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #457 - What Did It Mean for Lehi to be a Visionary Man? (1 Nephi 5:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #458 - How is the Name Zoram Connected with Pride? (Alma 31:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #459 - Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings? (1 Nephi 1:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #460 - Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences? . Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #462 - Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren? (1 Nephi 2:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #463 - How Could Nephi Have Known about Jeremiah’s Imprisonment? (1 Nephi 7:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #465 - How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land? (1 Nephi 2:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #466 - Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree? (1 Nephi 10:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #468 - How Does Chiasmus Teach Us to Reverse the Pride Cycle? (Alma 62:48-49). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #47 - How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah? (2 Nephi 25:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #473 - Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Quote Long Passages of Scripture? (1 Nephi 19:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #48 - How Does Nephi use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #480 - Why Is the Book of Mormon’s Historical Authenticity So Important? (Moroni 10:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #482 - Why Must Christ’s True Church Be Called after His Name? (3 Nephi 27:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

Book of Mormon Central Staff. KnoWhy #49 - Why is the Lord’s Hand “Stretched Out Still”? (2 Nephi 19:12; Isaiah 9:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #494 - Why Is the Book of Mormon “Another Testament of Jesus Christ”? (2 Nephi 3:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #495 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Talk about a “Land of Jerusalem”? (1 Nephi 3:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #496 - How Can the Book of Mormon Provide Peace and Meaning to Those in Military Service? (Alma 43:47). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #497 - Where is the Land of Promise? (2 Nephi 1:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #498 - How Does Prophecy Shape the Book of Mormon’s Content and Structure? (Words of Mormon 1:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #5 - Did Lehi Use the Poetry of the Ancient Bedouin? (1 Nephi 2:9-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #50 - Why Did Moroni Quote Isaiah 11 to Joseph Smith? (2 Nephi 21:10; Isaiah 11:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #500 - Is the Book of Mormon Musical? (Ether 6:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #502 - Is the Book of Mormon Like Any Other Nineteenth Century Book?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #508 - Why Did Christ Perform Miracles? (Mosiah 3:5, 9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #51 - Why Does Nephi Quote a Temple Psalm while Commenting on Isaiah? (2 Nephi 25:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #511 - What Does the Book of Mormon Teach Us about the Resurrection? (2 Nephi 9:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #518 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Warn Against Seeking after Riches? (Jacob 2:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #526 - How Were Jonah and the Brother of Jared Able to Find Comfort? (Ether 3:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #527 - Why Must We Beware Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing? (3 Nephi 14:15 cf. Matthew 7:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #529 - Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show up in the Book of Mormon? Part 3: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as a Source (Alma 7:9 cf. Matthew 3:2-3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #531 - Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 4: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as the Source (Part B) (Helaman 10:7; Matthew 16:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2019.

KnoWhy #539 - Why Did Samuel Say the Wealth of Some Nephites Would Become “Slippery”? (Helaman 13:31). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #542 - Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 9: Above All, Were These Words Given by the Gift and Power of God? (2 Nephi 29:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #543 - Why Didn’t Nephi Mention Mary’s Name? (1 Nephi 11:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #546 - What is the Significance of the Great and Spacious Building? (1 Nephi 12:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #547 - Why Did Nephi Prophesy of Christopher Columbus? (1 Nephi 13:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #550 - Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion? (2 Nephi 13:16-17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #554 - Why Did Jacob Include the Case of Sherem? (Jacob 7:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #556 - Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada? (Alma 26:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #56 - Why is There a Need for the Testimony of the Two Nations? (2 Nephi 29:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #60 - What is it to Speak with the Tongue of Angels? (2 Nephi 32:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #62 - Why Does Jacob Quote So Much from the Psalms? (Jacob 1:7; cf. Psalm 95:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #64 - What Does the Book of Mormon Say About Polygamy? (Jacob 2:30). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #65 - Why Did Jacob Call His Record the “Plates of Jacob”? (Jacob 3:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #66 - Why did Jacob Share the Allegory of the Olive Tree? (Jacob 4:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #67 - Is anything known of the prophet Zenos outside of the Book of Mormon? (Jacob 5:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #68 - Why Do Church Leaders Frequently Testify of the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 23:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #73 - Why Did Sherem Die? (Jacob 7:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #81 - Why Do the Scriptures Compare Hell to an Unquenchable Fire? (Mosiah 2:38). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #86 - Why is a Seer Greater than a Prophet? (Mosiah 8:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #89 - Why Would Noah’s Priests Quiz Abinadi on Isaiah? (Mosiah 12:20–21; cf. Isaiah 52:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #90 - Did Abinadi Prophesy during Pentecost? (Mosiah 13:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #91 - Why Did Abinadi Talk about the Suffering Messiah? (Mosiah 14:4; Isaiah 53:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #93 - Why Does Abinadi Use the Phrase “the Bands of Death”? (Mosiah 15:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #94 - Why Did Abinadi Stretch Forth His Hand as He Prophesied? (Mosiah 16:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #95 - Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Speak of Future Events as if They Had Already Happened? (Mosiah 16:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #96 - Why was Abinadi Scourged with Faggots? (Mosiah 17:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #98 - Why did the Lamanites Break Their Treaty with King Limhi? (Mosiah 20:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #99 - Did King Benjamin or King Mosiah Have the Gift of Interpretation? (Book of Mormon, 1830 edition; cf. Mosiah 21:28). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

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