Jun 27, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine
Question Gramps, A friend of mine, a former Bishop, believes that ghosts are real, but he cannot explain why some ghosts are friendly vs the ghosts that are of the devil. I cannot understand why a spirit would be allowed to stay on this earth and be seen...
Jun 26, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine
Question Gramps, I believe God will never cease to have children, and those children all need to go through life on an earth. So after Christ’s second coming, is the cycle restarted and begins all over again with a new Christ and new earth(s)? This brings...
Jun 25, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith
Question Gramps, I am struggling with my faith. No big event triggered it, just a culmination of things. I am doing what I can to overcome it. But it seems that the canned answers of “study the scriptures, “pray sincerely,” fasting, searching, reading the...
Jun 24, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith
Question Gramps, Hello, my question for you today is, is there such a thing as a blessing of faith? One given by the laying on of hands but not with priesthood authority. Just by the faith of the person giving and receiving the blessing. I ask this as I hold...
Jun 23, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family
Question Gramps, We have a daughter at BYU Idaho dating a person that is a religious zealot and they are engaged and he uses everything to the letter with regards to what general authorities have counseled to his advantage. They have dated less than six months...
Jun 22, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have an Anxiety Disorder, OCD, and a few phobias. All have to do with fear. If Satan makes us fear, are my mental illnesses just a creation of Satan’s? Did I get these because I’m not worthy enough? I thought fear is what kept us...
Jun 21, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, When explaining why she ate the forbidden fruit, Eve states that the “serpent” beguiled her. In this instance is the word serpent meant to be a metaphor, or are we to understand that Satan took that form when speaking to Eve,...
Jun 20, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Tithing
Question Gramps, I have always had this doubt about tithes. If we could assign this principle to one of these two laws, what would it be? Felipe Answer Dear Felipe, You’re not alone in your struggle regarding tithing. However, the...
Jun 12, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, It is widely known that black men could not receive the priesthood, and therefore, could not enter the temple. I don’t remember anything said about black women though. They have nothing to do with the priesthood -it not being a...
Jun 11, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have avoidance personality disorder. My whole life I’ve been labeled as shy and introverted and could never make a real connection with anybody. Not even members of my own family. Because of it I was never able fulfill pretty much...
