Feb 17, 2011 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Gramps I would like to learn what is the church’s position on plays in the church building are? I am asking you because our stake has just been reorganized and no one I have asked knows for sure.Thank you. Donald, from New Mexico Dear Donald, You might try the...
Feb 16, 2011 | Current issues, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Gramps, I understand that when a man in the church is called to serve in a bishopric he is ordained as a high priest. As a result, the high priest group in my ward consists of many members of past bishoprics. However, there are others in the group that I know have not...
Feb 14, 2011 | Missionary Work, Temples
Dear Gramps, I have a dilemma. I am a recent convert and am starting to work on my family history. I e-mailed my cousin, a non-member, and asked her for information on her parents and brother, all deceased. She said she would be happy to, but wanted to know what the...
Feb 13, 2011 | Afterlife, Etymology
Gramps, Thank you, I have been going to the discussions of a woman my husband and I met at Church. The missionaries introduced her to us because she is Catholic and my husband was Catholic before he joined the church. She is a golden contact and accepts all that she...
Feb 12, 2011 | Premortal Life
Question Gramps, Do you feel the inhabitants of these other worlds went through the same process of a pre-existent state? Were they given a choice to follow the Savior and if so would gain a mortal state? Then an immortal state and face a final judgement such...
Feb 11, 2011 | Afterlife, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, I have a query from a friend who has recently lost her son, aged 33 from cancer. He was an active member of the Church but had not reached the stage of being ordained a High Priest. She would like to know, will he be made a High Priest in the Spirit...
Feb 10, 2011 | Second Coming
Question Gramps, At the time of the Savior’s return to the earth, a conference is to be held at Adam-Ondi-Ahman with the Savior and invited Church leaders. What is the agenda of this conference and who will be the invited guests? Thanks. Ross ...
Feb 9, 2011 | Current issues, Second Coming
Gramps, I would like your opinion or a reference if you know of one. If there will be no disease or infirmities in the millennium will we still get tired? I know there will be differences and similarities to life as we now know it. Thank you for your time, Dean Dear...
Feb 8, 2011 | Current issues, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ
Gramps, How could the Holy Ghost and Jehovah become Gods in the pre-existence? If it was possible to become gods there, then why the need for physical bodies? We were sent to this earth to be tested and prove our worthiness and ability to become a god (this I can...
Feb 6, 2011 | Babies, Death
Gramps, What do you say to a mother who carried a little boy for six months. Gave birth to this premature little child, whose weight was only 1 lb. My friend saw and held this little boy, named him, and after only 2 days the little boy died. This child was my...