Jan 17, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps I would like to learn what is the Mormon Church’s position on plays in the church building? I am asking you because our stake has just been reorganized and no one I have asked knows for sure. Thank you. Donald Answer Dear Donald,...
Jan 17, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Can you recommend any scriptures that speak out against a person tampering with their body, when it comes to sex change operations? Susan Answer Dear Susan, Even the modern scriptures were written before modern medicine developed...
Jan 17, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My married daughter has lost her testimony. I have a handout on evidences of feelings of the Holy Ghost and feelings you have when you don’t have the spirit. It was hanging on my fridge. Today I noticed a footnote she put there. It said, “We...
Jan 16, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, The past few years I have become afflicted with arthritis in my legs more and more. It makes it harder and harder for me to get down on my knees to say my prayers. But I just don’t feel like it is reverent enough, or respectful...
Jan 15, 2007 | LDS Scriptures, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, The sixth Article of Faith says: “We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.” The footnote referred from...
Jan 15, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, With all the health benefits of green tea, can we use it in supplement form? And if not, what else can we get the antioxidants from? Barbara Answer Dear Barbara, I wonder why it is that some people seek for every excuse to...
Jan 15, 2007 | Etymology, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, I have read several different names for Jesus including Jehovah and Joshua. If I were walking with Jesus during his life and someone said his name, what is the name I would have heard? Lynn Answer Dear Lynn, You would have...
Jan 15, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I just have a question about the repentance process. So, we sin everyday, all the time. We are supposed to repent when we sin, but until we do we remain unforgiven. So, do we just hope that we die when we are at the peak of the repentance...
Jan 14, 2007 | Bible, Etymology
Question Dear Gramps, I am a Jew living in Israel. Naturally I have learned Hebrew, and so I have become interested in the differences between the Hebrew Torah (to Christians, the Old Testament) and the King James Bible. Now I understand that the Hebrew Torah...
Jan 14, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, For the past couple of months I have been thinking a lot about a temple marriage. I belong to the Mormon Church, but am currently inactive. My boyfriend is also a Mormon, but currently inactive as well. We are quitting smoking, for our...
