Oct 1, 2019 | Afterlife, Current issues
Question Hello, Gramps. I’ve been following your blog for years now, and I finally had the inspiration for my own question. What would happen if a man or woman remarried after the death of their previous spouse? Who will they be in a stable relationship with...
Sep 26, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have been separated now for 21 months. Would it be ok for me to start seeing other women? Charlie Answer Charlie, If you are not legally divorced, then no it is not okay. According to some state laws, the divorce must be...
Sep 25, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I am 80 and have no living son or husband. I paid tithing for years when I worked and raised two families. I now am totally alone and live on a very small pension (200.00) and a small social security. My bishop and stake president say I am...
Sep 24, 2019 | Addictions, Holy Ghost
Question Gramps, By the grace of the atonement I was able to overcome a drug addiction a number of years ago. A disagreement that my wife and I have always had is that someone who is still involved in their addiction can still receive guidance or promptings...
Sep 17, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, In Joseph Smith history he states he was in his fifteenth year (JSH 1:7)… Though he was 14 when he had the first vision. Why is this the case I’m just a little confused by it. Jordan Answer Dear Jordan, This seeming...
Sep 16, 2019 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, In 2 Nephi 26:16 it says in part, “…the Lord God will give unto him power…” Just who is the “him” referenced in this scripture? We have read this verse over and over again, along with the verses that come before and after and cannot come...
Sep 12, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Comment on baptism for the dead. No documents of the early Christian congregation testify to the practice of baptism for the dead. The Bible principle is clearly stated: each person is answerable for his/her own deeds. Who are the dead one must...
Sep 10, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, When I was a full time missionary in the MTC in Provo (January-March ’82), we were taught to keep our left arms and hands at our side. That is, we were specifically told not to bend our left arm behind our backs, as do some worldly...
Sep 1, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I regularly hear members and leaders refer to baptism as a covenant, which is a formal promise made by a coventantor to a covenantee before witnesses. Yet at a baptismal ceremony, the person being baptized makes no promises nor do they signal...
Aug 27, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, What does it mean that God is a jealous god in Mosiah 11? Brian Answer Brian, As used in the scriptures, the word jealous has two meanings: (1) to be fervent and to have sensitive and deep feelings about someone or something, and...
