Jul 8, 2018 | Current issues
Question Hello Gramps, I am confused. There are just too many faiths. Actually they all accept the fact we are spiritual beings and we are here for just a while. Do we really need religions? Because somehow I think Jesus wasn’t for organized religions but...
Jul 6, 2018 | Miracles, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, I have been spending a lot of time reading the scriptures lately, especially the Book of Mormon and the New Testament. Both books are filled with many miracles performed by righteous prophets, church leaders and the Savior himself. There...
Jul 3, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, A few days ago I ran onto a website set up to “save the Mormons,” and the video was trying to question whether or not President Hinckley was a “Prophet, Seer, and Revelator.” I don’t understand why people from a bunch of different faiths...
Jul 2, 2018 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why were the Levites chosen to be in charge of the temple? Levi was just as rotten as his brothers, so why were they set apart from the others? Erin Answer Dear Erin, I’m curious if you have your own personal Urim and Thummim. We...
Jun 16, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I am a 26 year old male. I have no desire for a wife. Im not sinning in a sexual way at all. Is it a sin to simply go through life without a mate? I’m a very independent person and the thought of constant company of another person...
Jun 15, 2018 | Creation, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, In reading the book of Moses and Genesis, the description of the creation seems to indicate that the beasts of the field were created at the same time as Man and Woman. There are teachings that indicate Adam and Eve were created separately...
Jun 14, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I understand that some of the tribes of Israel that were lost, went north. Over 30 years ago I worked in the northernmost part of Norway for several years. Once when a friend of mine, who was in the insurance business, and I went to a Sami...
Jun 13, 2018 | Mormon Policy
Question Hi Gramps, Regarding your response to the woman in Idaho about honoring the monthly fast day, etc– The older General Handbook of Instructions, the older Gospel Principles book and local tradition, depending on the interpretation of the principle based...
Jun 10, 2018 | Mormon Doctrine, Priesthood
Question Gramps, The Mormons teach that we are not held responsible for the sins of Adam and Eve (in the Catholic Church a child is born with “Original Sin”–the sin of Adam and Eve). So….why would the Mormon Church teach that all generations of blacks are held...
