Feb 20, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Life's Lessons, Love, Missionary Work, Preparedness
Dear Gramps, I have a missionary who is currently serving a mission in France. Is it OK for a missionary to leave a girlfriend at home? While he is gone, what should I focus on when I write to him? Since he is gone and growing a great deal spiritually, what should I...
Feb 20, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Happiness, Jesus Christ, Obedience, Premortal Life, Satan
Dear Gramps, Every person get the bad qualities from his surroundings. So Satan was with God, where only good things happened. From where did he get the devilish quality? How? Babit, from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Dear Babit, We must first examine your premise. If...
Feb 19, 2008 | Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, I believe in the head covering for women as the Amish and Mennonite practice. What does the Mormon Church say about this issue? Caroline Answer Dear Caroline, Should any woman choose to adopt this practice as a way of showing...
Feb 18, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine
Dear Gramps, How can I describe that Godhead consists of three members using the Bible to my friends? How can I prove that to them? Babit, from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Dear Babit, It is curious that when the apostles were taken from the earth after the death of...
Feb 18, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings, Missionary Work
Gramps, My family, including children and grandchildren, watched General Conference last weekend together. It seemed to me that many of the talks emphasized senior couples going on missions. I absolutely do not want to go on a mission, yet our children keep urging us...
Feb 17, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, My fiancee would like to know why can’t women hold the Priesthood and other callings that men can? She thinks that men think that women couldn’t do as good of a job, and that if a woman can do something better than a man could why not then the woman be in...
Feb 16, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Temples
Question Dear Gramps, And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. I’m teaching a person the gospel and they have the question about this verse in Matthew 27:51 and Mark 15:38....
Feb 16, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Life's Lessons, Mormon Policy, Obedience
How Can I Teach My Children Not to Watch Pg-13 Rated Movies? Dear Gramps, I am having a hard time teaching my children that PG-13 movies aren’t appropriate material for them just because everyone else goes to see them. When is the Mormon Church going to take a stand...
Feb 15, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Bible, Mormon Doctrine
Dear Gramps, I heard on the radio this morning a preacher quote Jeremiah and said that the bible is all we need for salvation. We don’t need any more revelation to get to heaven. Although that is sorta kinda true, he doesn’t understand the true concept of heaven and...
Feb 15, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family Roots
Hi Gramps, I have been really curious about our lineage when receiving a patriarchal blessing. I have heard of parents both descending from one line but their children descending from totally different lines. How is this possible? And where can I find out about each...
