May 2, 2020 | Current issues, Polygamy
Question Dear Gramps, Like many women, I have (really) struggled for decades with jealousy and plural marriage. I fear the Millennium because of the intimacy that will come with plural marriage. Any insight you can give to me, I will be grateful for. Ann...
May 1, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I waited my whole life to get married, and ended up marrying a divorced man. I’m his third sealing. Our marriage is cold and full of conflict because his family, his past, and his inability – or refusal – to deal with the...
Apr 30, 2020 | Current issues, Second Coming
Question Gramps, We know that there is to be a millenia or 1,000 years of peace after Christ returns. My question is simply why 1,000 years instead of say 2,000 or some other number of years before Satan is loosed again? Do you think that’s the amount of...
Apr 26, 2020 | Current issues
Question Was baptism for the dead part of the Law of Moses or did Christ initiate it during his ministry? Cynthia Answer Cynthia, No, it was not a part of the Law of Moses. No vicarious work for the dead was performed prior to the Atonement of...
Apr 25, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Can I pay tithing for another person? As in a person who neglects paying tithing? Richard Answer Dear Richard, This is an interesting question. In the Sunday morning session of the April 2002 General Conference, Elder Earl C....
Apr 23, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hello gramps, I’m newly wed and my wife and I have agreed on not having kids just yet. We have been considering birth control, but what types of birth control are acceptable? As we researched different types, many simply prevent conception from...
Apr 21, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, We name the years before Christ as in 2000 BC, 1500 BC, 600 BC, and so on. But how did those people at that time count their years? They couldn’t have used BC in any of their calendars. Or as time passed, did they even label or keep...
Apr 19, 2020 | Forgiveness, Repentance
Question Gramps, If I have repented for my sins and I am still tempted am I still guilty? I have not given in but I’m constantly reminded of my past. Sometimes I feel the shame so strong I flinch. Will I ever feel clean or will I suffer because of my...
Apr 18, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, With COVID-19 and all that it has entailed, do you think people have really learned anything from it? It’s a first for all of us, unless we lived through the depression. Liam Answer Dear Liam, Thanks for your question. I...
