Jul 4, 2010 | Pearl of Great Price
Question Gramps, I seem to find myself in need of asking you another question. The thing is that I have been asked about the Book of Abraham. I felt as if I were a child for not knowing the answer. Would you happen to know the final dispensation of the original...
Sep 13, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Pearl of Great Price
Dear Gramps, The above scripture (Moses 6: 59)reference seems to be divided into two parts, the first to do with Adams physical creation, the second, the need for a spiritual rebirth (baptism etc). Why in the first part does it mention Blood when blood didn’t exist in...
Apr 29, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price
Dear Gramps, What is the relationship of Kolob & Earth in the beginning and when the earth is turned to glass? Byron Dear Byron, Kolob is the name of the planet nearest to the residence or planet upon which God resides. Kolob by definition means the “the...
Apr 20, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price, Temples
Dear Gramps, What is LDS Church policy regarding civil unions? Garth Garth, When you refer to “civil unions”, I am assuming you mean civil marriages between a man and a woman that has been performed by an individual authorized by the local government. The Church...
Aug 13, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Pearl of Great Price
Gramps I have a friend that is all up in arms over the anti-Mormons saying that Joseph Smith was wrong in his translation of the Pearl of Great Price. How do I help him get passed this. It has becomes a stumbling block to him. Don Dear Don, If I understand your...
Aug 12, 2008 | Pearl of Great Price
Question Dear Gramps, This is my second time sending you this question, and either last time I did this wrong, or you couldn’t answer. So I am writing again. This is something that has really been bothering me for a long time. About four months ago I started...
Aug 8, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, LDS Scriptures, Pearl of Great Price, Scriptures
Dear Gramps, I stumbled on your site this evening and love it! I am feeling a bit dumb, but since all questions are good……..where is the best place to start with scripture study? I’ve been a member all my life and have only recently really wanted to...
Aug 7, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Pearl of Great Price
Gramps, I have a question for you. What means the circle that is in the book of The Pearl of Great Price? I think that the circle is very similar to the Aztec calendar, and by my opinion it seems a spaceship with passengers, just in the middle of the circle are two...
May 4, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, God, Happiness, Jesus Christ, Life's Lessons, Mormon Doctrine, Obedience, Pearl of Great Price, Satan, Worthiness
Gramps, Are we foreordained or predestined? Matt, from Idaho Falls, Idaho Dear Matt, There is no such thing as predestination. The existence of such a concept would negate the entire purpose of the existence of mankind. In the pre-mortal spirit world Satan promoted...
Jan 13, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price
Gramps, What does figuratively mean in the following quote from Spencer W. Kimball, “The Blessings and Responsibilities of Womanhood,”Ensign, Mar. 1976, 70— “And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female...
