Aug 26, 2014 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I have been suffering from depression and anxiety most of my life. I don’t know if the Lord will remove it in this life or the next life. It has been a struggle for me as well as for my marriage. I love Elder Holland’s talk a...
Aug 25, 2014 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps,I understand the three levels of Heaven. If non-Mormons cannot enter the celestial kingdom, does that mean that it was empty of spirits before The Book of Mormon had been translated and the LDS church started? It hard to believe an eternal...
Aug 23, 2014 | Current issues, Priesthood
Question Gramps, Are their degrees of priesthood power? The Savior said that if we had the faith as a grain of a mustard seed that we could move mountains. In my mind he has set the bar or standard. If we have faith less than the grain of a mustard seed then...
Aug 22, 2014 | Current issues, Prayer
Question Gramps, Why do we use old English when we say prayers? Also, how do we do it correctly? Words like “Canst” “Wilt” and similar conjugations can be confusing. Thanks! Tyler Answer Tyler, I thank thee for thy...
Aug 21, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Many of the hymns we have in the LDS hymnal have copyright restrictions, which prevent us from fully utilizing the material as we would sometimes like to. My question for you is this: Shouldn’t the use of our talents for the...
Aug 20, 2014 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I understand that there are different levels of kingdoms, as explained in D&C 76, but how come the Book of Mormon sounds so polarized between Eternal Life and Perdition/Hell? Did the Lehites have knowledge of Telestial and Terrestrial...
Aug 19, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My wife and I were not sealed in the temple until some time after our civil marriage. My life has revolved around her and our daughter. They mean everything to me. My daughter is currently inactive. Will there be any hope that she can be...
Aug 18, 2014 | Current issues, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, Were there covenants and ordinances made in the premortal life?Marco Answer Marco, I believe that there are indeed covenants that can be made in the premortal life. A number of latter-day prophets and apostles have implied...
Aug 17, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Recently I went to a planetarium with a group and the subject came up that Mormons do not believe in the Big Bang theory. Is that true and if it is why? Alli Answer Dear Alli, I think there’s some misunderstandings in play...
Aug 16, 2014 | Current issues
Question Hello Gramps, My husband and I often disagree on the topic of free will vs pre-destination. He believes that certain people’s lives and events are predetermined by the Lord. I believe that we can be foreordained for something, but that just like...
