Jan 15, 2007 | LDS Scriptures, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, The sixth Article of Faith says: “We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.” The footnote referred from...
Jan 15, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, With all the health benefits of green tea, can we use it in supplement form? And if not, what else can we get the antioxidants from? Barbara Answer Dear Barbara, I wonder why it is that some people seek for every excuse to...
Jan 15, 2007 | Etymology, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, I have read several different names for Jesus including Jehovah and Joshua. If I were walking with Jesus during his life and someone said his name, what is the name I would have heard? Lynn Answer Dear Lynn, You would have...
Jan 15, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I just have a question about the repentance process. So, we sin everyday, all the time. We are supposed to repent when we sin, but until we do we remain unforgiven. So, do we just hope that we die when we are at the peak of the repentance...
Jan 14, 2007 | Bible, Etymology
Question Dear Gramps, I am a Jew living in Israel. Naturally I have learned Hebrew, and so I have become interested in the differences between the Hebrew Torah (to Christians, the Old Testament) and the King James Bible. Now I understand that the Hebrew Torah...
Jan 14, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, For the past couple of months I have been thinking a lot about a temple marriage. I belong to the Mormon Church, but am currently inactive. My boyfriend is also a Mormon, but currently inactive as well. We are quitting smoking, for our...
Jan 13, 2007 | Afterlife, LDS Scriptures
Question Dear Gramps, I have a co-worker that I have been discussing religion and the Church with lately and he has many questions and ideas that are getting hard for me to answer. Last week we were discussing life after death and he believes that when we die...
Jan 13, 2007 | Addictions, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps I know it’s wrong to have sex before marriage, but is it wrong to masturbate? It’s a weird question but you hear about it a lot in the world and I didn’t know if that would be breaking the Law of Chastity? Thanks! Curious Answer...
Jan 13, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I had a question while reading the Book of Mormon. In Omni 1:20 it says that the record of the Jaredites was found engraved upon a large stone. However, In Mosiah 8:9 it says that the Jaredite record was found written upon 24 plates. Did...
Jan 13, 2007 | Afterlife, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, As an addition to the previous question, are persons who enter the terrestrial and telestial kingdoms entering into an eternity of solitude, forever cut off from their families and loved ones? Shane Answer Dear Shane, Persons...