Apr 24, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I’m sorry for my broken English but I read you every day. My question is: I paid full tithing when I worked but now I’m retired because I’m sick. Do I need to pay tithing on my retirement also? Pedro Answer Estimado...
Apr 22, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My husband and I have accumulated a great deal of debt. We know that the Mormon Church counsels its members to get out of debt and stay out. The Church also advises families that the mother should stay in the home and raise her children. My...
Apr 22, 2007 | Afterlife, Death
Question Dear Gramps, I was wondering what happens to your spirit when you die? Where does it go? Does your spirit go to judgment after you die? Connie Answer Dear Connie, The process of death is very much like taking off a coat. The body is the...
Apr 20, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I am absolutely mortified and I really need some advice. Yesterday I took my two young children to the 10am General Conference session at the Mormon Church here in New Mexico–my husband being too ill to attend. My three year old had...
Apr 19, 2007 | God, Jesus Christ
Question Gramps, I am wondering about Mother Mary. She was obviously very worthy to have been chosen to carry and bear the Son of GOD. Do you think that Mother Mary could possibly have been the wife of Our Heavenly Father is the Pre existence? Please let me...
Apr 18, 2007 | Priesthood, Satan
Question Gramps, You often read and hear how the Savior and his apostles and prophets cast out evil spirits… and we are taught in the Mormon Church that we will have enmity from Satan and his followers. Do Mormon Saints believe in demonic possession or not?...
Apr 17, 2007 | Creation, Natural Phenomena
Question Gramps, I love your wonderful, well-thought-out answers to gospel questions. I just wanted to bounce an idea off of you, concerning your response to the person who wrote in about the dinosaurs and creation. One of the scientific truths I was taught in...
Apr 16, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Is it breaking the Sabbath Day to walk a dog on Sunday? I realize that the commandment states that even cattle are to do no work on that day. I know that there are 6 other days in which one could walk the dog. However spending the Sabbath...
Apr 16, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have always been under the impression, from what several Mormon friends have said, that we did not choose the families we were born to, except perhaps for a few individuals in rare circumstances. But in church today a teacher stated that...
Apr 14, 2007 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, My understanding is that our Heavenly Father is a God of order. He knew what our needs would be one day while creating the earth. Dinosaurs were created…lived for a set amount of years and then died off. This is because of the orderly nature...
