Why Is the Book of Mormon So Focused on Jesus Christ?
“And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a...
View ArticleHow Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
“And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” 2 Nephi 21:12The KnowFor many...
View ArticleWho Are the Lamanites?
“And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us” 2 Nephi...
View ArticleWhat Role Should Scholarship Play in Studying the Book of Mormon?
“But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.” 2 Nephi 9:29The KnowBecause the Book of Mormon is full of fascinating content, it invites numerous ways to study it. Since the day...
View ArticleThe Simple Miracle That Helped the Whitmers Further the Book of Mormon
“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass.”Alma 37:6The KnowIn 1829, when Joseph Smith was in the middle of translating the Book of Mormon, he and his family began to experience some...
View ArticleWhere is the Location of the Hill Cumorah?
“Therefore I made this record out of the plates of Nephi, and hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were these few plates which I...
View ArticleDoes the Book of Mormon Really Have “Bad” Grammar?
“Wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.” Ether 12:25The KnowThe prophet Moroni felt...
View ArticleHow Are the Words of the Book of Mormon Like “One That Hath a Familiar Spirit”?
“For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of the ground, and their speech shall be low out of the dust, and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit.” 2 Nephi 26:16The...
View ArticleWhy Were Lehi and Nephi Guided by Angelic Escorts in Their Visions?
“I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.” 1 Nephi 11:11The KnowLehi and his son...
View ArticleWhy Should Latter-day Saints Beware Fraudulent Artifacts?
“For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness.” 2 Nephi 26:23The KnowThe existence of the Book of Mormon has motivated Latter-day Saints since the days of...
View ArticleWhy Is the Book of Mormon “Another Testament of Jesus Christ”?
“And that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and...
View ArticleWhy Does the Book of Mormon Talk about a “Land of Jerusalem”?
“And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness, with our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem” 1 Nephi 3:9The KnowThe Book of Mormon and the Bible are both ancient records which...
View ArticleHow Can the Book of Mormon Provide Peace and Meaning to Those in Military...
“The Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed. Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending with the Lamanites, to defend themselves, and their families, and their...
View ArticleWhere is the Land of Promise?
“Notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the...
View ArticleHow Does Prophecy Shape the Book of Mormon’s Content and Structure?
“Yea, and I also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day have been fulfilled, and as many as go beyond this day must surely come to pass.”Words of Mormon 1:4The...
View ArticleWhat Does It Really Mean to Be a Good Person?
“And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.”Moroni 10:6The KnowSometimes, the Book of Mormon uses the word good the...
View ArticleIs the Book of Mormon Musical?
“And they did sing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did thank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Be “Born Again?”
“And the Lord said unto me: Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state,...
View ArticleIs the Book of Mormon Like Any Other Nineteenth Century Book?
“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise”Alma 37:6The KnowWhen the Book of Mormon was published in March 1830, it was...
View ArticleHow Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?
“Wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the plates of Nephi.”Words of Mormon 1:5The KnowMany readers of the Book of Mormon...
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