Mar 11, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I was trying to find the importance of the priesthood. Many other churches say everyone has it. How do you get it? Why is it so important? Casey Answer Dear Casey, The answer to your question can be best expressed by the Fifth Article of Faith:...
Mar 10, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, All church lessons and firesides are on the same subjects. Nothing new is ever taught. Why is nothing new ever taught? How is Lehii finding the Liahona going to teach me anything? I have heard that story a million times. My mom told me if I think I...
Mar 7, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, It’s clear that I have so many faults and weaknesses that I’ll never be able to overcome in this life without the Savior. My question for you is this: What kind of help can I reasonably expect on a daily basis from the Savior?...
Mar 6, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I just had a talk with a friend and she said the church has asked us to immunize our children, but I have heard a lot of information going around in the medical circles I’m in about a connection between early immunizations and...
Mar 4, 2014 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question Why can’t agnostics who have a genuine Christian hope be admitted into the church? The baptismal requirements do not say one must believe in the Book of Mormon. Why is hope not enough? Thomas Answer Thomas Your question doesn’t make a whole...
Mar 3, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, There has been many questions of whether life exists on Mars. With the new discoveries by our probes and scientific instruments, discoveries are pointing to the possibility. How does this fit with the plan of God? John Answer ...
Mar 2, 2014 | Current issues, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, I have been reading a lot of responses–some pro and some con– to Elder Callister’s article in the March Ensign. Some things came out of the objections that I had not considered. If you are plugged into the ongoing conversation,...
Mar 1, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have been a faithful member of the church my whole life. I served a mission which was the best thing that ever happened to me and increased my testimony of the Savior. However when I got home from my mission I met a beautiful girl and was eventually...
Feb 28, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Growing up in the 60’s I clearly understood feminism and its intent. However, a good friend of mine asked me my thoughts and position on Mormon feminism. Honestly, I had no idea how to answer her. Being a life-long member of the Church it...
Feb 27, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I recently met a man who identified as a Christian Hebrew. He believed we should still keep the Law of Moses. I investigated some of his claims. I was interested by Moses’ account of Noah and the clean and unclean animals. This explicitly tells...
