Dec 21, 2017 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps! Great big squeezes and hugs! I would like to know why my dad believes that the ten lost tribes live at the North Pole under all that ice. He says that they will return some day, but right now they are living inside the earth. Maybe with the...
Dec 20, 2017 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Help! I have five children which I can barely cope with. My youngest is eight months old. I have found out I am pregnant again. Both my husband and I cannot cope, but the guilt and shame of termination is killing me and tearing me apart....
Dec 19, 2017 | Etymology, Scriptures
Question Dear Gramps, Why do we not accept all of the canonized books of the Vulgate bible? Do we actually use a protestant version of the bible? Why did we exclude some of the books the Catholic church accepts? Rebecca Answer Dear Rebecca, The...
Dec 18, 2017 | Current issues, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, I was stunned reading Nephi the other day where Jesus Christ destroyed entire towns, women and children. I asked my Mormon neighbor, who rhetorically asked about Sodom and Gomorrah. But I was shocked that the Savior of the World, the...
Dec 17, 2017 | Current issues, Mormon Doctrine
Question Gramps, Do we as a church teach and subscribe to replacement theology? Andrew Answer Dear Andrew, For my readers that aren’t familiar with replacement theology, it is the teaching that since “God is able of these stones to...
Dec 16, 2017 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question Gramps, Two weeks ago I attended the local Mormon Church. I was on time, neatly dressed and very respectful of my surroundings. I took a seat in back so that I could observe fully what was taking place. I must confess I enjoyed the service. I believe...
Dec 15, 2017 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Why do we speak of time and all eternity? Can eternity be subdivided? Can one be married for time and one-half of eternity? Otis Answer Dear Otis, The concepts of both time and eternity are very profound. Remembering nothing...
Dec 14, 2017 | Joseph Smith
Question Dear Gramps, I would like to know the exact way the Prophet Joseph translated the Book of Mormon. For instance, I read that at first he used a seer stone instead of the Urim and Thummim which he placed in his hat and buried his face into the hat to...
Dec 13, 2017 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, My son asked me yesterday if it was acceptable for someone who was terminally ill and in severe pain and suffering to commit suicide or have assisted suicide. I gave my own opinion to him, but I wondered what you would say about it. Pat...
Dec 12, 2017 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Can you tell me where I can find the conference address given by Joseph Smith or Brigham Young concerning Oliver Cowdery and his letter he wrote asking to come back to the Church? Thanks, Christine Answer Dear Christine,...
