Book of Mormon Central Archive

KnoWhy #1 - What Does It Mean To Be A Martyr? (Ether 12:37, 39). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #3 - Are There Mistakes in the Book of Mormon? (Book of Mormon Title Page, 1830 Edition). 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 #13 - What does the Virgin Mary Have To Do With the Tree of Life? (1 Nephi 11:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #19 - Who Called the Burial Place of Ishmael "Nahom"? (1 Nephi 16:34). 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 #34 - Why Does Jacob Choose a “Monster” as a Symbol for Death and Hell? (2 Nephi 9:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

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 #43 - Why Did Lehi “Suppose” the Existence of Satan? (2 Nephi 24:12; Isaiah 14:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #59 - What is the Purpose of Baptism in the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 31:6-7). 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 #77 - Why was Coriantumr’s Record Engraved on a “Large Stone”? (Omni 1:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #85 - Why Are Mormon’s Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant? (Mosiah 7:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #87 - How Can Barley in the Book of Mormon Feed Faith? (Mosiah 9:9). 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 #96 - Why was Abinadi Scourged with Faggots? (Mosiah 17:3). 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 #103 - Has an Ancient Artifact Relating to the Book of Mormon Been Found (Mosiah 25:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #104 - How was Mosiah a Type of Christ? (Mosiah 26:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #105 - Why did the Angel Speak to Alma with a Voice of Thunder? (Mosiah 27:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #107 - How Were Judges Elected in the Book of Mormon? (Mosiah 29:39). 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 #117 - Why is Amulek’s Household Significant? (Alma 10:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #118 - Why Would Zeezrom Attempt to Bribe Amulek? (Alma 11:22). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #120 - Why Did Alma Talk about Melchizedek? (Alma 13:14). 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 #122 - Why Did the People of Sidom Go to the Altar for Deliverance? (Alma 15:17). 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 #125 - Why Did the Servants Present Lamoni with the Arms of His Enemies? (Alma 17:39). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #126 - What is the Nature and Use of Chariots in the Book of Mormon? (Alma 18:9). 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 #129 - Why Did Mormon Include Flashbacks in His Narrative? (Alma 21:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #130 - Why Did Mormon Give So Many Details About Geography? (Alma 22:32). 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 #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 #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 #142 - Why Must There be an Infinite and Eternal Sacrifice? (Alma 34:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #144 - Why was Alma Converted? (Alma 36:21). 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 #147 - Why Was Corianton’s Sin So Serious? (Alma 39:5). 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 #155 - Why Did Mormon See Captain Moroni as a Hero? (Alma 48:17). 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 #157 - Why Are There So Many War Chapters in the Book of Mormon? (Alma 49:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #158 - What Was the Nature of Nephite Fortifications? (Alma 50:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #164 - How Realistic are Nephite Battle Strategies? (Alma 56:30). 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 #171 - Why Did Mormon Mention Hagoth? (Alma 63:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #173 - Why was Helaman’s Servant Justified in Killing Kishkumen? (Helaman 2:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #176 - Why Did Helaman Compare Christ to a Rock? (Helaman 5:12). 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 #180 - Why Was Seantum Convicted Without Any Witnesses? (Helaman 9:35-36). 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 #187 - Why Does Mormon State that Angels Did Appear unto Wise Men? (Helaman 16:14). 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 #194 - Why Did Mormon Introduce Himself in 3 Nephi 5? (3 Nephi 5:12). 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 #202 - Why Did the People Fall Down at the Feet of Jesus? (3 Nephi 11:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #206 - What Makes 3 Nephi the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 14:13–14; Matthew 7:13–14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #207 - Why Did Jesus Say That There Were “Other Sheep” Who Would Hear His Voice? (3 Nephi 15:21; cf. John 10:16). 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 #214 - Why Did Jesus Mix Together Micah and Isaiah? (3 Nephi 20:25). 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 #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.

What Would Jesus Do? (3 Nephi 11-28). 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 #229 - Why did the Lamanites Sacrifice Women and Children to Idols? (Mormon 4:14). 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 #231 - How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah? (Mormon 6:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

The Genealogy from Jared to Ether. 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 #233 - Why Did Moroni Write So Many Farewells? (Mormon 8:1). Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #234 - Why Did Moroni Conclude His Father’s Record with 22 Commands? (Mormon 9:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #235 - Why Does the Book of Ether Begin with Such a Long Genealogy? (Ether 1:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #236 - Where Does the Word “Deseret” Come From? (Ether 2:3). 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 #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 #241 - Why is The Book of Ether an Epic? (Ether 7:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #242 - Why Did Moroni Comment So Much Throughout Ether? (Ether 8:20). 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 #244 - Why Did Riplakish Construct a Beautiful Throne? (Ether 10:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #245 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations? (Ether 11:20-21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #246 - Why Must a Trial of Faith Precede a Witness of Truth? (Ether 12:6). 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.

"Because There Was No Darkness" - The Birth of Christ: A Book of Mormon Perspective. 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 #254 - How Will God Manifest the Truth of the Book of Mormon? (Moroni 10:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #256 - Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal? (1 Nephi 4:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

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

KnoWhy #255 - How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date the First Christmas? (3 Nephi 1:13). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

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 #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 #268 - Why Is Lehi Depicted as Similar to Moses? (2 Nephi 3:9-10). 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 #270 - How Important was Oliver Cowdery in Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 27:9). 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 #273 - Why Did the Book of Mormon Come Forth as a Miracle? (2 Nephi 27:23). 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.

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 #283 - Why Did Mormon Emphasize The Zoramites’ Costly Apparel? (Alma 31:28). 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 #287 - Why Did Lehi Teach About the “Two Ways”? (2 Nephi 2:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did Lehi Teach About the “Two Ways”?. 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 #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 #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 #301 - How Did King Benjamin’s Speech Lead To Nephite Democracy? (Mosiah 29:32). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #302 - How Can The Book Of Mormon Strengthen Marriages And Families? (Jacob 3:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

KnoWhy #304 - Why Did Nephi Say An Angel Had Revealed The Name Jesus Christ? (2 Nephi 25:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 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 #310 - Why Did Abinadi Use A Disguise?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #317 - Why Would Mankind “Unavoidably Perish” Without The Atonement Of Jesus Christ? (Alma 34:9-10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Would Mankind “Unavoidably Perish” Without The Atonement Of Jesus Christ?. 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 #322 - Why You Should Care About The Nephite Weights And Measures System (Alma 11:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #325 - Why Did Lehi Quote From A Psalm Of Repentance In His Dream? (1 Nephi 8:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #328 - What Does Archaeology Reveal About Warfare During Early Nephite Times? (Jarom 1:7-8). 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 #341 - What Can We Learn From The Savior’s First Words At Bountiful? (3 Nephi 11:10-11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

What Can We Learn From The Savior’s First Words At Bountiful? (3 Nephi 11:10-11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2017.

KnoWhy #346 - Was Chiasmus Known to Ancient American Writers? (Alma 29:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #350 - How Does Grace Help Us Overcome Weakness? (Ether 12:27). 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 #354 - How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World? (1 Nephi 5:18). 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 #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 #363 - How Can the Old Testament Covenants Help Us Understand the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 2:12-13). 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 #374 - What Can We Learn From Abish’s Member-Missionary Work? (Alma 19:17). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #381 - How Can We Stop the Cycle of Revenge? (Mosiah 21:11). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

KnoWhy #382 - What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Families? (Mosiah 25:12). 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 #393 - How Can the Book of Mormon Survivors Give Us Hope? (Mormon 8:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #396 - How Do the Book of Moses and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Endowment? (1 Nephi 11:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #401 - What Was the Sword of Laban Like? (1 Nephi 4:9). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #402 - Why Do We Still Have to Cling to the Iron Rod Even Though the Path is Strait? (1 Nephi 8:13-14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #403 - Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable? (Testimony of the Eight Witnesses). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

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 #414 - How Does the Book of Mormon Use an Ancient Storytelling Technique? (Alma 27:24-25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #415 - Why Did Nephite Authors Use Repetitive Resumption? (Alma 19:36). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #425 - What Does Mormon Teach Us about Ministering as Angels? (Moroni 7:29). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #426 - Why Don't We Know the Names of the Angels in the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 3:29). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #429 - Is There Evidence of Sunken Cities in Ancient America? (3 Nephi 9:7). 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 #433 - How Have LDS Women Shared the Book of Mormon? (Alma 32:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #434 - Why Should Readers Pay Close Attention to the Mulekites? (Omni 1:19). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #435 - Did "Others" Influence Book of Mormon Peoples? (Jacob 3:13). 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 #442 - Why Did Nephi Want to Know the Mysteries of God? (1 Nephi 2:16). 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 #448 - Why Did Nephi Clarify That the Messiah Was the Savior of the World? (1 Nephi 10:4). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #452 - What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?. 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 #470 - Is There Evidence for Highways in Ancient America? (3 Nephi 6:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #472 - Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters? (Mosiah 9:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #477 - When Did Mormon Write His Letter Recorded in Moroni 9? (Moroni 9:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #485 - How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It (2 Nephi 21:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #486 - Who Are the Lamanites? (2 Nephi 5:14). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #488 - The Simple Miracle That Helped the Whitmers Further the Book of Mormon (Alma 37:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #490 - Does the Book of Mormon Really Have “Bad” Grammar? (Ether 12:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #492 - Why Were Lehi and Nephi Guided by Angelic Escorts in Their Visions? (1 Nephi 11:11). 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 #499 - What Does It Really Mean To Be A Good Person? (Moroni 10:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

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 #503 - How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith? (Words of Mormon 1:5). 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 #510 - Why Should Readers Pay Attention to the Book of Mormon’s Editorial Promises? (3 Nephi 18:37). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #512 - Is the Book of Mormon Like Other Ancient Metal Documents? (Jacob 4:2). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #513 - Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian? (Mormon 9:32). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #514 - Why Did Martin Harris Consult with Scholars like Charles Anthon? (2 Nephi 27:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #515 - What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”? (Mosiah 8:12). 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 #519 - Why Is the Book of Mormon Called an “Abridgment”? (Title Page). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #522 -Why Does Part of the Long Ending of Mark Show Up in the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 9:24). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #528 - Why do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 2: The Resurrected Jesus as the Source (3 Nephi 5:12-13). 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 #534 - What Do We Learn About Ministering from the Account of Sherem? (Jacob 7:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #538 - Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 27:26/Isaiah 29:14). 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 #540 - Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 8: Were These Expressions Parts of Joseph Smith's Linguistic Toolbox? (Introduction). 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 #548 - Why Did Nephi’s “Fine Steel” Bow Break? (1 Nephi 16:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

KnoWhy #549 - Why Did Jacob Condemn “Deliberately” Killing? (2 Nephi 9:35). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.

Book of Mormon Central Staff. "Because There Was No Darkness" - The Birth of Christ: A Book of Mormon Perspective. 2nd ed. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021.

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