Jun 28, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Is asking questions regarding doctrine and policy considered apostasy? I question sometimes but I don’t want to be considered an apostate. Bryan Answer Bryan, I received your question today. I don’t know if this...
Jun 26, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My granddaughter has stolen a considerable amount of money from me. I can’t prove it but I am sure she did. I asked her about it. Her comment was “how can you accuse your own granddaughter?” I don’t know what to do at...
Jun 24, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Where did the phrase, “This too, shall pass” come from? It sounds Book of Mormon, or at least LDS in the spirit of what it conveys, but I can’t find it in the scriptures. It is used very often by people within and...
Jun 23, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I live in northern Utah. There is a very wealthy LDS family here who over the years has donated millions of dollars to various causes. You can see their family surname posted prominently on all kinds of buildings and facilities. Yet,...
Jun 21, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, As we know, J.D. Lee was excommunicated and executed for his role in the Mountain Meadow Massacre. He was then posthumously reinstated in the 1960’s. Doesn’t that mean that he has been forgiven all his sins and eligible for the...
Jun 20, 2014 | Current issues, Tithing
Question Gramps, I have asked many questions of you. Some you answered, some not. This very important question affects a lot of people. I try so hard to follow D&C 119 and Section 83. A lot anonymously (not bragging). But my inspiration leads me to think...
Jun 19, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why does the Bishop’s storehouse stock and give out food that is not healthy and loaded with GMOs? Marie Answer Marie, The Bishop’s Storehouse is not in the business of following the latest food trends or diet fads. ...
Jun 18, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps,In the April 2014 LDS General Conference, Elder Timothy J. Dyches quoted a statement from the “Preach My Gospel” handbook, “…all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus...
Jun 17, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My question is short, as I was not able to find any info in your archives. Have the General Authorities, at any time, said anything, pro or con, about soap operas? Thanks Gramps. Jacqueline Answer Hi Jacqueline, I hope you...
Jun 15, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Was the Savior ever called the Father in the scriptures? Thank you for the information. Renee Answer Renee, I have come up with 3 for you: Isaiah 9:6 (And 2 Nephi 19:6) “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is...