Oct 21, 2011 | Family, Love, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Hi Gramps I was abused as a child and then married to a porn addict. Now I’m free from both situations but am very unclear on what healthy,married sexual relations should be. Is there anything from the brethren stating any clear guidelines? Surely just because...
Oct 20, 2011 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, I really like this website, plenty of good answers to gospel questions I’ve often wondered about. In my searching of your site I have not found an answer that addresses one of my questions I’ve often wondered about concerning race. I come from...
Oct 19, 2011 | Mormon Policy, Temples
Does a spouse of a non member need their permission to receive a temple recommend? I am a former Bishop and I thought I remember in the handbook that if a women wanted to go to the temple, she needed the permission of her husband to get a temple recommend and take out...
Oct 17, 2011 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I recollect that Mormon Doctrine says (at least the first edition) says that face cards carry the inherit spirit of Satan (or words to similar effect). This refers more directly to the question than your answer (which was a good answer), but I frankly...
Oct 16, 2011 | Current issues
Hey Gramps, I thought that when the Second Coming came to pass, then we’d all die and be resurrected in the blink of an eye. Than Satan would be bound and we’d live in the Millennium without his influence. But my parents think that only people who lived in...
Oct 15, 2011 | Current issues
When giving blessings, we are pronouncing a blessing as directed by the Spirit. This is different than a prayer. We, as priesthood holders, are receiving revelation as to what to say from the Father. Should we use the same language (thy,thou, etc.) in giving blessings...
Oct 14, 2011 | Book of Mormon, Current issues
Alma 3:9-10 says that if Nephites are “led away” by Lamanites their seed would have the “curse” of the Lamanites. But what if a Lamanite were converted by a Nephite, would the curse be lifted from their seed? Shawn...
Oct 12, 2011 | Current issues
Hi Gramps, When buying books written by the General Authorities of the Church, do we support them economically? Thanks John _______________________________________ Yes. Just keep in mind that one does not “get rich” by writing books for the LDS community....
Oct 11, 2011 | Love, Marriage
HI, I am a 29 year old guy who was in love with a 28 year old gal. She said she loved me a lot. I too liked her a lot. Her parents approved but my parents didnt and due to this all of a sudden she got engaged to another guy even without giving me time to convince my...
Oct 10, 2011 | Current issues
Question Gramps, We know that all true power comes from God, or the priesthood, so what’s the source of Satan’s power? Joseph Smith felt it before the first vision, and the priests conjured up serpents before Moses’s ate them. I know...
