Book of Mormon Central Archive

KnoWhy #5 - Did Lehi Use the Poetry of the Ancient Bedouin? (1 Nephi 2:9-10). 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 #35 - Why does Jacob Declare so Many Woes? (2 Nephi 9:27). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #36 - Why Does An Angel Reveal The Name Of Christ To Jacob? (2 Nephi 10:3). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

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 #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 #58 - What is the Doctrine of Christ? (2 Nephi 31:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #61 - Why did Nephi End His Sacred Record with His Testimony of the Redeemer? (2 Nephi 33:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

Christ in America Timeline. 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 #74 - Why Do the Authors on the Small Plates Follow a Pattern? (Jacob 7:27). 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 #86 - Why is a Seer Greater than a Prophet? (Mosiah 8:15). 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 #97 - What Do We Covenant to Do at Baptism? (Mosiah 18:10). 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 #106 - What do the Jaredites Have to Do with the Reign of the Judges? (Mosiah 28:17). 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 #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 #120 - Why Did Alma Talk about Melchizedek? (Alma 13:14). 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 #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 #148 - Why Was Corianton So Concerned About The Resurrection? (Alma 40:9). 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 #187 - Why Does Mormon State that Angels Did Appear unto Wise Men? (Helaman 16:14). 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 #194 - Why Did Mormon Introduce Himself in 3 Nephi 5? (3 Nephi 5:12). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #196 - How Was Nephi, son of Nephi, Similar to John the Baptist? (3 Nephi 7:23-24). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

KnoWhy #201 - Why has 3 Nephi been called “the focal point, the supreme moment” in the Book of Mormon? (3 Nephi 11:10). 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 #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 #211 - Why Did the Savior Emphasize His Risen Body in the Nephite Sacrament? (3 Nephi 18:7). 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 #222 - Why Is 3 Nephi Sometimes Called the “Fifth Gospel”? (3 Nephi 27:21). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.

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

The Genealogy from Jared to Ether. 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 #235 - Why Does the Book of Ether Begin with Such a Long Genealogy? (Ether 1:16). 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 #240 - Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones? (Ether 6:3). 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 #254 - How Will God Manifest the Truth of the Book of Mormon? (Moroni 10:4). 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 #260 - Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge: Act in Faith (1 Nephi 2:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #262 - Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received? (1 Nephi 6:5-6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #263 - Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way? (1 Nephi 3:7). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way?. 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 #275 - How Are Atonement, Resurrection, Judgment, and Redemption Interconnected? (Mosiah 3:17). Springville, UT: 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 #278 - Why Did Nephi Say That All Are Alike Unto God? (2 Nephi 26:33). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Did Nephi Say That All Are Alike Unto God?. 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 #281 - Why Is The Book Of Mormon So Important To The Restoration? (Mormon 9:36). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #282 - Why Did The Lord Quote The Book Of Mormon When Reestablishing The Church? (3 Nephi 11:24). 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 #286 - Have The Valley Of Lemuel And The River Laman Been Found? (1 Nephi 2:6). 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #307 - Why Did King Benjamin Say That His People Would Be Sons And Daughters At God’s Right Hand? (Mosiah 5:7). 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.

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

Where Was the Aaronic Priesthood Restored?. Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

KnoWhy #315 - What Does The Book Of Mormon Teach About Life After Death? (Alma 40:11). 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 #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 #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 #329 - Why Can Wickedness Never Bring Happiness? (Alma 41:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

Why Can Wickedness Never Bring Happiness? (Alma 41:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

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.

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

KnoWhy #338 - How Does the Gospel Bring Us Unto Christ? (3 Nephi 27:20). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.

How Does the Gospel Bring Us Unto Christ? (3 Nephi 27:20). 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.

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 #345 - Why Is It Important to Keep Records? (1 Nephi 9:5). 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.

The Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. 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 #376 - What Were the “Other Records” Nephi Saw in Vision? (1 Nephi 13:39). 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 #387 - Why Doesn’t God Punish Us the Moment We Sin? (Mormon 2:15). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central Staff, 2017.

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

KnoWhy #400 - Why Do We Have Three Different Accounts of the Creation? (2 Nephi 2:22). 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 #407 - Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 8:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central , 2018.

KnoWhy #410 - What Parts of the Old Testament Were on the Plates of Brass? (1 Nephi 5:10). 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 #417 - Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim? (Alma 37:24). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #424 - How the Law of Moses Teaches about the Atonement (Alma 34:14). 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 #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 #432 - What is the Difference Between "Robbers" and "Thieves" in the Book of Mormon? (Helaman 6:18). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.

KnoWhy #436 - How the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament Help Us Understand What it Means to be Redeemed (2 Nephi 2:3). 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 #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 #476 - Why Does Nephi Begin by Saying “I, Nephi . . .”? (1 Nephi 1:1). 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 #479 - How is the Day of Atonement Understood in the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 2:10) . 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.

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

KnoWhy #501 - What Does It Mean to Be “Born Again?” (Mosiah 27:25). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #504 - What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages? (Helaman 12:23). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

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 #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 #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 #533 - Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 5: How Often Were Scriptures on the Plates of Brass the Common Source? (Jacob 1:7, cf. Hebrews 3:8; Psalms 95:8). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

KnoWhy #541 - Why Was the Heavenly Book Sealed with Seven Seals? (Revelation 5:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2019.

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.

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