Sep 12, 2007 | Worthiness
Question Gramps, Since no one is perfect anyway, what is the purpose of worthiness, and how can it be established? Frank Answer Dear Frank, There is a significant difference between perfection and worthiness. There has been only one perfect mortal...
Sep 12, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Pearl of Great Price
Dear Gramps, At the time Joseph Smith received the record of Abraham, which was subsequently translated into what we now know as the Book of Abraham in the Pearl Of Great Price, he also received the record of Joseph. That record was apparently translated, but not...
Sep 10, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants
Dear Gramps, In the book of Revelation, John says he saw a vision of the New Jerusalem coming down from God out of the heavens so to speak, but in the Doctrine and Covenants it says that the New Jerusalem will be built, can you help me understand this? Andy, from...
Sep 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Gramps, What do we look like when we die? Rosella, from England Dear Rosella, I assume that you mean, “what do we look like as spirits in the spirit world after we die?” If that is your question, we understand that the form of the body is patterned after that of the...
Sep 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, Who was Mary Magdalene? What type of woman was she? How did the Savior meet her? Christie Answer Dear Christie, The only things known about Mary Magdalene are those recorded by three of the four writers of the gospel,...
Sep 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Miscellaneous
Question Gramps, I have a few friends who wish to know why is it that the Mormon Church celebrates, or at least, does not discourage, the festivity of Halloween. They feel it is demonic, satanic, etc,etc. I Try to tell them that we do not “celebrate” Satan, but...
Sep 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, You have stated that the blacks were denied the Priesthood after 1835. Yet I find recorded at least two instances of ordination after that time. Can you find out why? I could not find an answer anywhere. On November 27, 1900, Enoch Abel, son of Elijah...
Sep 7, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Repentance, Temples
Dear Gramps, If someone goes to the temple unworthily to do baptisms for the dead (or anything else) what happens to the dead that were supposed to get baptized? Do they not have a chance anymore? and what happens to the unworthy person? Frank, from Vista, California...
Sep 6, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Divorce, Family, Happiness, Life's Lessons, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Temples
Dear Gramps, I am sealed to my parents by being Born in the Covenant. However, my parents later divorced due to his abuse and affairs. He has since married in the temple again, but is not leading a worthy life. I am really struggling with the fact that I am sealed to...
