Jul 29, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Faith
Question Hello Gramps, I am a recently (May 2007) Baptized member of the Mormon Church, and my new husband has paid tithing all his adult life… except for last year when he was separated from his previous job and the company he helped to create. Then he started...
Jul 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Pearl of Great Price
Gramps, I have a question for you. What means the circle that is in the book of The Pearl of Great Price? I think that the circle is very similar to the Aztec calendar, and by my opinion it seems a spaceship with passengers, just in the middle of the circle are two...
Jul 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Scriptures
Dear Gramps: Please help, I have been looking for a useful and practical Scripture marking system for my Scriptures. My wife gave me a new Large Print set for our 13th anniversary and I want to be able to mark them in such a way that will be useful and make sense. My...
Jul 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Prophets
Question Dear Gramps, How do you identify a real prophet from a fake one? Look at all the people who believed Mohammad for example. Peter Answer Dear Peter, There are an number of criteria by which a true prophet of God may be determined. First, we learn from...
Jul 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Addictions, Hobbies
Dear Gramps, Has a prophet told us not to play with face cards? We are grandparents and remember hearing it when we were younger. Our children and grandchildren say they have never heard this, so they think it is all right to play games using face cards. We would...
Jul 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Happiness, Mormon Doctrine, Premortal Life, Repentance, Satan, Scriptures
Dear Gramps, From Romans 9:13-24— 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have...
Jul 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology, World History
Gramps, Lev. 23:16 talks about a corn harvest. Was there corn in the old world in pre-Columbian times? Clive, from Powell, Wyoming Dear Clive, Corn is mentioned 86 times in the Old Testament and 8 times in the New Testament, so I conclude that is was grown in the...
Jul 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Baptism
Dear Gramps, Concerning baptism for the dead, would it be possible to wait until everyone has been resurrected then those who accept the gospel can be baptized for themselves. In other words, why baptize for the dead when everyone will eventually get resurrected and...
Jul 26, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Forgiveness, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Life's Lessons, Love, Marriage, Pearl of Great Price, Prayer, Testimony
Gramps, I have a question that troubles me greatly. I was baptized at age 8 but became inactive at age 17-18. I married outside of the church and had a child. I did a horrible thing and committed adultery, ended my marriage and went on to marry the woman I had the...
Jul 25, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Satan
Gramps, Every time in the Bible when the Angel of the Lord (Christ) appears or angels appear (as with the Assyrians) there is no dark force that accompanies them or tries to “overtake” them. I mention this because Joseph Smith was overtaken by a dark force prior his...
