May 31, 2012 | Doctrine & Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Sabbath Day
D&C 77:12 says the earth was sanctified on the seventh day of creation just as it will be sanctified for the millennium. Does this mean that the earth was changed from Telestial (when prehistoric life could live and die – see Abr. Chp. 4) to Terrestrial...
May 30, 2012 | Bible, Blessings, Family Roots
Gramps I have a grandson and it stated in his blessing he was of the Tribe of Juda. None from our family has ever been from that tribe? I was told by a Patriarch that the lineage not a blood line issue but the area of governmental responsibility during the millennium?...
May 29, 2012 | Family, Temples, Testimony
So I am a convert. I am serving a mission and would like to know how to explain why my family won’t be able to attend the temple with me when i get married? It tears my heart to break the news to my family. My mom will be devastated not being able to see her son...
May 28, 2012 | Current issues
What does Revelation 22:18-19 mean? It says the same thing in Deuteronomy 4:2. Ryan ___________ Dear Ryan, Revelation 22:18-19 means pretty much exactly what it says. However many have tried to twist it into something that it does not say. Lets take a look at...
May 27, 2012 | Creation, Obedience
Was it because we needed a testing ground away from the purity of our heavenly home so that we would have the opportunity to experience the consequences of making wrong choices? David ______________ David, In a nutshell, your own answer is right. The process by which...
May 26, 2012 | Current issues
My best friend of 14 years is a lesbian. She has been this way as long as I have known her. I joined the church 2 years ago, married my bestfriend of 5 years, who is a VERY strong LDS man as he was raised in the church. My best friend is getting married to her...
May 25, 2012 | Love, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Mormon Policy
Why does the First Presidency frown upon bi-racial marriages? Isn’t everyone is equal and children of God? Does it have to do with the Book of Mormon and the idea of the color of the lamanite’s skin changing? Why doesn’t that happen today? Alice...
May 22, 2012 | Bible, Jesus Christ
It says in the book of Ether that the brother of Jared was the first man that Christ showed himself to because of his great faith. Didn’t Christ walk and talk with Enoch and the people of the city of Zion long before the brother of Jared was alive, so how could...
May 19, 2012 | Current issues
Question Gramps, She is Mormon and I have no religion, but believe in God. She told me she was not going to listen to her mind and what she was taught to believe; that she, instead, was going to listen to her heart. Recently she told me we should just be...
May 18, 2012 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Is it appropriate for a stake president to sit on the stand next to the bishop when attending his own ward sacrament meeting? Mark _______________ Mark, Yes. This is under the principle of presidency… meaning ‘to preside’. The ward is under his...
