KnoWhy chronological index — Articles 801 to 850 — Book of Mormon Central
Book of Mormon Central, a wonderful resource for all types of Book of Mormon information, has a series of articles dealing with various topics in the Book of Mormon. They are referred to as ‘KnoWhy’ articles. These articles can be referenced at ‘bookofmormoncentral.org‘. Following is a chronological index of articles, from #801 to #850.
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- #801 — Why does the Church give so much humanitarian aid? (Doctrine and Covenants 83:6)
- #802 — Why did the Saints move to the Rocky Mountains? (Doctrine and Covenants 81:2)
- #803 — How does the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood point to the temple? (Doctrine and Covenants 84:19-20)
- #804 — Why does the Lord talk about ‘One Mighty and Strong’? (Doctrine and Covenants 85:7)
- #805 — Why is Doctrine and Covenants 88 called the ‘olive leaf’? (Doctrine and Covenants 88)
- #806 — How does the construction of the Kirtland Temple follow ancient patterns? (Doctrine and Covenants 88:119)
- #807 — Why do Latter-day Saints obey the Word of Wisdom? (Doctrine and Covenants 89:1-2)
- #808 — Why do Latter-day Saints believe in a pre-mortal existence? (Doctrine and Covenants 93:29)
- #809 — What is ‘The Fulness of the record of John’? (Doctrine and Covenants 93:8)
- #810 — Why did the Lord call himself the “Creator of the First Day”? (Doctrine and Covenants 95:7)
- #811 — Why were the Latter-day Saints driven out of Jackson County, Missouri? (Doctrine and Covenants 101:4-5)
- #812 — Why did Joseph Smith organize Zion’s Camp? (Doctrine and Covenants 103:17-18)
- #813 — Why is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized according to ancient patterns? (Doctrine and Covenants 107:22)
- #814 — How did the Kirtland Temple dedication follow ancient patterns? (Doctrine and Covenants 109:4)
- #815 — Why do Latter-day Saints wear temple garments under their clothing? (Doctrine and Covenants 109:76)
- #816 — Why did Joseph Smith travel to Salem, Massachusetts? (Doctrine and Covenants 111:2)
- #817 — How did Brigham Young and the apostles fulfill prophecy in 1838? (Doctrine and Covenants 118:4-5)
- #818 — How was the Liberty Jail a ‘prison-temple’? (Doctrine and Covenants 122:9)
- #819 — Why was the Relief Society organized? (Doctrine and Covenants 124:55)
- #820 — Why did Joseph Smith publish the Book of Abraham just prior to revealing the temple endowment? (Doctrine and Covenants 124:26-27)
- #821 — Why do Latter-day Saints perform baptisms for the dead? (Doctrine and Covenants 128:22)
- #822 — Why did Joseph Smith teach about a sacred handclasp? (Doctrine and Covenants 129:45)
- #823 — What does the science of stylometry indicate about the authorship of Doctrine and Covenants 132? (Doctrine and Covenants 132:45)
- #824 — How does the Doctrine and Covenants prepare Saints for the Second Coming? (Doctrine and Covenants 133:4)
- #825 — Who killed Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith? (Doctrine and Covenants 135:1)
- #826 — Why did the prophetic mantle of Joseph Smith fall on Brigham Young? (Doctrine and Covenants 136:3)
- #827 — Why did the Lord show Joseph F. Smith a vision of the salvation of the dead? (Doctrine and Covenants 138:11)
- #828 — Why are the origins of the Articles of Faith important? (Articles of Faith 1:1)
- #829 — Why did the Church issue ‘The Family Proclamation’? (The Family Proclamation)
- #830a — How did modern-day prophets celebrate Christmas?
- #830b — How did modern-day prophets celebrate Christmas?
- #830c — How did modern-day prophets celebrate Christmas?
- #831 — Why is knowing ‘genre’ important for understanding the Old Testament? (Genesis 3:19)
- #832 — Why are other people with God when He is planning the Creation? (Genesis 1:26)
- #833 — What does it mean that Eve is a “help meet” for Adam? (Genesis 2:18)
- #834 — Why does the Lord tell Cain that “sin lieth at the door”? (Moses 5:23)
- #835 — Why does Genesis say that Enoch “walked with God” and that “God took him”? (Genesis 5:24)
- #836 — What were the curse and mark of Cain? (Moses 7:22)
- #837 — Why is the story of the Great Flood in Genesis similar in certain ways to other ancient flood stories? (Genesis 8)
- #838 — Why did the Lord tell Abraham that neither his servant nor Ishmael would be his heir? (Genesis 15:4)
- #839 — Why might similarities between the expulsion of Hagar and Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac be meaningful and significant? (Genesis 16:13)
- #840 — Why does Rachel want Leah’s mandrakes? (Genesis 30:14)
- #841 — Why is the Judah and Tamar story in the middle of the Joseph story? (Genesis 38:25)
- #842 — Why do the details of the Joseph story really matter? (Genesis 37:28)
- #843 — Why is Judah blessed with a scepter until Shiloh comes? (Genesis 49:10)
- #844 — Why were the Hebrews allowed to settle in Egypt? — (Exodus 1:8)
- #845 — Why is the Passover important for understanding Easter? (Exodus 12:27)
- #846 — Why did Moses have to walk a sacred path before delivering Israel? (Exodus 2:5-10, Moses 1)
- #847 — Why does contextualizing the Exodus story matter? (Exodus 14:4)
- #848 — Why are Egyptian ‘loan-words’ found in the Law of Moses? (Exodus 39:27-28)
- #849 — Why is Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) held in the fall of the year, at the end of harvest, rather than closer to the spring Passover? (Leviticus 16:30)
- #850 — Why do parts of Old Testament stories seem to contradict themselves? (Numbers 31:16)
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