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Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants 3–5, Jan 18-24) by Book of Mormon Central

By 1820, religious freedom had been spreading and developing in America for nearly two hundred years. These centuries worth of developments increasingly allowed people to follow their own religious conscience. These legally granted religious freedoms made the Restoration possible. https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-was-it-easy-to-join-a-church-in-joseph-smiths-day

Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith—History 1:27–65, Jan 11-17) by Book of Mormon Central

Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants—Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26, Jan 4-10) by Book of Mormon Central

Come Follow Me Insights (Doctrine and Covenants—Section 1, Dec 28-Jan 3) by Book of Mormon Central

As Moroni prepared to seal up the record that he and his father had worked so diligently to compile, abridge, and preserve, he thought it was important to add some final “words by way of exhortation” to future generations of Lamanites and ultimately to all the world (Moroni 10:2). He then proceeded to use the word “exhort” eight times, each time offering a specific exhortation. Read at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-moroni-conclude-with-so-many-exhortations

Come Follow Me (Insights into Christmas, December 21-27) by Book of Mormon Central

Come Follow Me (Insights into Moroni 10, December 14-20) by Book of Mormon Central

Come Follow Me (Insights into Moroni 7-9, December 7-13) by Book of Mormon Central

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In the Old Testament, people were often warned that if they did not repent, they would die and their bodies—instead of being properly buried—would be devoured by wild animals. Such a fate was seen by many ancient peoples not only as a tragedy, as it would be today, but a disgrace and an indication of divine judgment. That judgment would carry over into the afterlife, where a person’s role and identity was thought to be determined and facilitated by where and how their body was buried. Read at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-were-the-unburied-dead-so-troubling-to-the-jaredites

Come Follow Me (Insights into Moroni 1-6, Nov 30-Dec 6) by Book of Mormon Central

By recognizing the connection between secret combinations and Cain’s initial slaying of Abel, we are better able to appreciate how insidious and ancient these conspiracies or private coalitions truly are. Read at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-are-secret-combinations-associated-with-cain-and-getting-gain

Come Follow Me (Insights into Ether 12-15, November 23-29) by Book of Mormon Central

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Come Follow Me (Insights into Ether 6-11, November 16-22) by Book of Mormon Central

The Book of Mormon says that the Nephites wrote in Egyptian and Hebrew (Mormon 9:32-33), but these languages had been "altered" to the point that "none other people knoweth our language" (Mormon 9:34). New evidence linking the Uto-Aztecan language family (spoken primarily in western Mexico and the southwestern US) to Semitic and Egyptian languages may help us better understand how Nephite language changed over time.

Come Follow Me (Insights into Ether 1-5, November 9-15) by Book of Mormon Central

Careful study of Mormon’s autobiographical book can help readers better understand the inspiring and also tragic events that influenced his life’s legacy and work, the Book of Mormon. Three significant events—his calling as a historian and recordkeeper, his installment as a military leader, and the visitation of the Savior—likely influenced much of his editing and telling of the Nephite story. Read at bit.ly/knowhy582

Come Follow Me (Insights into Mormon 7-9, November 2-8) by Book of Mormon Central