Sep 18, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Mormon Policy
Why do members of the church wear white shirts only? Is this according to a dress code or can we choose other colors too? Dylan ______________________________________________ Dylan, Many of us who were raised in the church were counseled and raised to model the...
Sep 14, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Divorce, Life's Lessons, Priesthood, Self Worth
Dear Gramps, Getting divorce and being LDS is such an oxymoron. I have been facing my biggest fear…being divorced while having children. It’s been a growing trial. I find myself breaking down with fellings of failure and being unable to recieve inspiration...
Sep 2, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues
I’ve read that DNA can be used to estimate how many generations there have been since our most recent common ancestor, presumably Adam. These studies indicate he lived at least 100,000 years ago, and yet, D&C 77 says (and you said in another question) that...
Aug 30, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Current issues, Death, Happiness
Since we got the surprising news about Osama Bin Laden’s death we all rejoiced. But I remembered a scripture not to do this kind of thing. “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.” Proverbs 24:17...
Aug 28, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Life's Lessons, Love, Scriptures
From Arkansas, I was inexplicably led to an island off the coast of Alaska. Not knowing why, but simply that I must, I set out for Alaska. I knew no one, and had not the means to make the trip but the Lord made bare His arms and everything fell into place. There,...
Aug 27, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Marriage, Temples
Why can’t Prince William and Catherine Middleton marry in the temple instead? If they did get married in the temple will this hurt their image and their reputation?Does D&C 76:75 apply to this by their actions? Wondering, Dear Wondering, I have a simple...
Aug 24, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues
What work or stories have been told of the great work of John the Beloved after he was translated? ALso if he tarries here on earth, does he go back and forth to Heaven and earth? John Dear John, There are stories told, but there aren’t as many as one might...
Aug 17, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Marriage, Temples
Dear Gramps, OK, wife #1 kicked me out of the house for my following my leader and not being sealed to her youngest son. The problem is that wife #1 does not want divorce, and the marriage is recognized in Spain and in the Temple. If I didn’t really make...
Aug 13, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ
Firstly, I live in Auburn, Alabama where there aren’t a lot of mormons. The majority of my friends aren’t mormon. While I’m okay with this, I can tell most of them don’t think highly of the church, Joseph Smith, etc. (but most of them do have...
Aug 12, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Abortion, Forgiveness, Mormon Doctrine
Dear Gramps, I am very confused. In the Journal of Discourses there are a few quotes by John Taylor saying that any person who has an abortion can never receive eternal life in the celestial kindgom. Today Elder Boyd K. Packer has said that you can be forgiven of an...