Would a sister who marries outside the Church have the same blessings as someone who married in the temple?
Dear Gramps, I love your columm. As a young woman I have always been taught that the prophets advised singles to not marry outside the church. Adhering to that advise I am still single, never had the chance to be a mother, even though I had chances to marry outside...
Would I be excluded from exaltation if my spouse never wants to take the ordinances?
Dear Gramps, For full exaltation, one cannot make it alone. One must be accompanied by one’s spouse. However, what if that spouse is a non-member who is highly unlikely to ever join the church, and thus be eligible to be sealed with me in the temple? I would...
In reading Matthew 22:30, how do we explain marriage for eternity?
Question Dear Gramps, I don’t understand how one can seal their marriage for all eternity when Matthew 22:30 says that we will be like angels, not married. Marilyn Answer Dear Marilyn, First the Pharisees and then the Sadducees tried to entangle...
Preserving Ones Marriage
Dear Gramps, My husband and I are active church members. We serve in the temple. The problem is we argue much too much. I have fasted and prayed about this many times over and have begged him to try to help us have a happier marriage. I have asked him to go to...
Why cannot women be sealed to someone else after the husband has died, while men can?
Dear Gramps, I’m glad I found your site. There is an investigator in my branch of the Mormon Church who is troubled about eternal marriage. He wants to know why women cannot be sealed after the husband has died, while men can. I’m not even sure whether that’s the...
Could I be married to my deceased boyfriend if I were to join the Church?
Question Dear Gramps, I had a best friend who was Mormon. He was also my first love, and I honestly knew in my heart I was going to marry him since we were little. I have always loved him, and still do. He, unfortunately, died in a car accident in January. He...
Can a member have their non member family sealed to them?
Question Dear Gramps, This is my third question to you in the past month. I want to thank you for your previous answers. I checked “sealings” in “search Ask Gramps” as you recommended to another reader, but didn’t find an answer to the following: If a person...
How does Matthew 20:30 fit in with celestial marriage?
There is no marrying in heaven, but those who are married in the holy temple during mortality, if they keep the covenants made in that holy ordinance, they will remain as husband and wife in their exalted state throughout all eternity.
Was Jesus Christ married?
As recorded in Isaiah, Jesus Christ was married and had children.
