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March 26, 2024
KnoWhy #724; 2 Nephi 26:16
How the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon Is Similar to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Cover of the Peace Maker pamphlet via Archive.org.
June 21, 2022
KnoWhy 634; Doctrine and Covenants 42:22
Who Wrote the Peace Maker Pamphlet?
Covered wagons traveling in Utah shortly before the Mountain Meadows Massacre, September 1857. Portraits of John D. Lee (left) and Brigham Young (right).
June 14, 2022
KnoWhy #633; Doctrine and Covenants 98:34
Why Were Violent Acts like the Mountain Meadows Massacre Committed by Latter-day Saints?
Portraits of Joseph Smith and Lilburn Boggs.
May 31, 2022
KnoWhy 632; Doctrine and Covenants 127:1
Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Assassinate Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs?
Photo of a bible by kiwihug via Unsplash.
January 18, 2022
KnoWhy 628; 1 Nephi 13:28
Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?
Nauvoo Expositor Destruction by Anthony Sweat.
January 7, 2022
KnoWhy 626; Doctrine and Covenants 135:7
Why Did the Nauvoo City Council Order the Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor Press?
Portrait of Emma Hale Smith. Oil on canvas, David Rogers, 1842. Image via the Joseph Smith Papers.
November 30, 2021
KnoWhy 625; Doctrine and Covenants 25:5–6
Why Did Emma Smith Remain in Nauvoo after the Death of Joseph Smith?
Painting of Carthage Jail by Al Rounds. Painting of The Prophet Joseph Smith, by Alvin Gittins.
November 25, 2021
KnoWhy 624; Doctrine and Covenants 135:1, 7
Why was Joseph Smith Murdered?
Painting of the "Steamboat Heroine" of 1832 by Peter Rindlisbacher. Image via The Oklahoman and The Oklahoma History Center.
November 4, 2021
KnoWhy 623; Doctrine and Covenants 104:78
Why Did Joseph Smith File for Bankruptcy?
Painting of the Heber C. Kimball home in Nauvoo by Al Rounds. Image of the Nauvoo Charter from the Library of Congress.
October 26, 2021
KnoWhy 622; Doctrine and Covenants 134:1
Why Was the Nauvoo City Charter Important for Protecting the Saints?
Windows at Liberty by Andrew Knaupp. Submitted to the 2021 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
October 19, 2021
KnoWhy 621; Doctrine and Covenants 121:1
Why Did Joseph Write His Famous Letter from Liberty Jail?
Cold Missouri Night by Joseph Brickey
October 12, 2021
KnoWhy #620; Doctrine and Covenants 121:6
Why Were the Saints Driven from Missouri in the Fall of 1838?
Christ Appears in Kirtland Temple by Walter Rane. Image via Gospel Media Library.
October 5, 2021
KnoWhy 619; Doctrine and Covenants 110:1
Why Is the “Pentecostal” Season in Kirtland Believable?
Doctrine and Covenants 88 and 109 via The Joseph Smith Papers. Image of the Kirtland Temple via Kenneth Mays
September 28, 2021
KnoWhy 618; Doctrine and Covenants 109:6
Why Was Doctrine and Covenants Section 88 Quoted in Section 109?
The Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Rome, Italy Temple Visitor Center. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
September 21, 2021
KnoWhy 617; Doctrine and Covenants 107:27
Why Must There Be Unity within the Presiding Quorums of the Church?
Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New York City Hall, New York. Drawn by Winslow Homer, 1869. Image via Met Museum.
September 14, 2021
KnoWhy 616; Joseph Smith—History 1:33
Why Did Joseph Smith File a Legal Complaint against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut?
Image of U.S. Constitution via Pixabay.
September 7, 2021
KnoWhy 615; Doctrine and Covenants 101:77
What Are the “Just and Holy Principles” of the US Constitution?
Statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
August 24, 2021
KnoWhy 614; Doctrine and Covenants 135:4
Why Was Hyrum Faithful to His Witness of the Book of Mormon?
Judith and Holofernes by Jan de Bray. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
August 10, 2021
KnoWhy 613; Doctrine and Covenants 91:1, 4–5
Why Study Ancient Apocryphal Literature?
Photograph of Rebecca Swain Williams
July 27, 2021
KnoWhy 612; Ether 12:19
Why Did Rebecca Swain Williams Defend the Book of Mormon?
Portrait of William McLellin via The Joseph Smith Papers.
July 1, 2021
KnoWhy 611; Doctrine and Covenants 66:1
Why Did William E. McLellin Call the Book of Mormon the “Apple of My Eye”?
Image of praying person by congerdesign via Pixabay.
June 17, 2021
KnoWhy 610; Doctrine and Covenants 65:4
Why Is Doctrine and Covenants 65 Called a Revelation on Prayer?
Portrait of Martin Harris colorized by Bryce M. Haymond. Martin Harris's baptism certificate courtesy of Trace Mayer.
June 3, 2021
KnoWhy 607; Doctrine and Covenants 5:26
Why Did Martin Harris Come Back to the Church?
Oliver and Joseph by Vernon Murdock.
May 27, 2021
KnoWhy 605; Doctrine and Covenants 20:3
Why Did Oliver Cowdery Come Back to the Church?
Bank notes of the Kirtland Safety Society. Landscape painting of Kirtland by Al Rounds.
May 18, 2021
KnoWhy 604; Doctrine and Covenants 64:21
Why Did the Kirtland Safety Society Fail?
Portrait of Oliver Cowdery. Landscape of Far West by Al Rounds.
May 11, 2021
603; Doctrine and Covenants 20:3
Why Was Oliver Cowdery Excommunicated from the Church?
Portrait of John Whitmer and text of D&C 15. Images via Joseph Smith Papers.
April 27, 2021
KnoWhy 602; The Testimony of Eight Witnesses
Why Did John Whitmer Continue to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
Portrait of Sidney Rigdon with the manuscript of D&C 76 from The Joseph Smith Papers.
April 13, 2021
601; Doctrine and Covenants 35:3
What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?
“Early Missionaries” by Robert Barrett
March 30, 2021
KnoWhy 600; Testimony of the Eight Witnesses
Why Was Peter Whitmer Jr. Chosen to Witness the Gold Plates?
Image of Hiram Page Grave Site by Kenneth Mays.
March 16, 2021
KnoWhy 599; Testimony of the Eight Witnesses
Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?