Feb 17, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Gramps, Growing up, I was always amazed by a picture I saw in the Richland, WA Stakehouse. It showed Peter, James and John with their hands on the head of Joseph Smith. We all know the story but all of these persons looked identical. Does that mean as...
Feb 16, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Death
Question Gramps, I remember attending the funeral of a young father who had taken his own life. At the time, my return missionary told me that God is a just god, and doesn’t compensate for certain sins. It made me sad to think of this young man’s family...
Feb 14, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Scriptures
Question Gramps, Why is 666 the number of the beast? Is it symbolic? Is the mark simply the fact that these people worship Satan and, therefore, not an actual visible body marking, such as a tattoo or colored skin? Cam Answer Cam, I have...
Feb 13, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, God, Happiness, Jesus Christ, Love, Missionary Work, Mormon Doctrine
Is there somewhere in the scriptures any reference related to the three dimensions of the Church (Preach the gospel, Perfect the Saints and Temple work) as a whole? Luis ____________ Luis, The purpose of the Church has been defined by revelation from its earliest...
Feb 12, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, I ran into your website just an hour ago and I’m so glad that I did. I can’t even keep track of how many questions and answers I’ve read already. But anyway, I have a question about the priesthood. When the law of Moses was established was...
Feb 10, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Sexual Issues
Hey there, I recently caught my father watching gay porn. He doesn’t know I saw. This isn’t the first time I’ve caught him. The first time I was like 10, and I’m 19 now. I don’t think my mom knows but I just don’t know what to do....
Feb 9, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps, Why would the premortal Jehovah tell the Israelites that stoning was the mandatory penalty for adultery, and then not agree to its implementation when the woman taken in adultery was brought before him in mortality? Why wasn’t His leniency part of...
Feb 8, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Was Alma the Elder married to one of the daughters of the Lamanites who were carried away into the wilderness by Noah? Karen __________ Hello Karen, We have no way of knowing for certain who Alma’s wife was. However, we know that Alma the Elder left the priests...
Feb 7, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Temples
I’m getting sealed to my husband and I was wondering if his son could get sealed to us without me adopting him. His mother will never be sealed in the temple. Savannah ________________ Hello Savannah, Under current policy, the Church will not seal a person to...
Feb 6, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Divorce, Jesus Christ, Self Worth
Dear Gramps, Six years ago I lost my family through divorce (through no fault of my own (my mother-in-law caused it). We had not been sealed in the temple yet. We have had no contact in all this time. I love and miss them so much that I cannot stand to live my life. I...
