Feb 1, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My son, whom I love very much is not active in the church. He has a wife that is anti-Mormon, and they have 3 children. The oldest child just turned 13 years old. The lesson in Relief Society was about tithing. Not far into the lesson she asked...
Jan 30, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Recently, there was a news article stating that the church “disavows” all racism in the history of the church. Here is the link on which I read it: Race and Priesthood: LDS Church Statement Reaction | KUTV.com. I personally feel...
Jan 29, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, In D&C 84:87-97 with emphasis on verse 92. “…cleanse your feet even with water, pure water, whether in heat or cold….” Do missionaries carry this “pure water” with them or how do they accomplish this?...
Jan 28, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, It is my understanding that everyone is a child of God. I also hear about becoming a child of God. I don’t quite understand. I thought that we were already children of God. Gale Answer Gale, Thank you for taking the...
Jan 26, 2014 | Current issues
Question Why doesn’t the Church just come out and say it’s okay to drink coffee? They beat around the bush about caffeine drinks and hot drinks.. Steve Answer Steve, Because it has been revealed and interpreted that Latter-day Saints are to avoid...
Jan 25, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I am fourteen years old and a freshman in high school. Last year I started handing out a little card at school with something spiritual and/or uplifting on it. For example, “Choose righteousness and happiness no matter what your...
Jan 24, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, A lot of those companies are based out of Utah. My question is are those considered to be get rich quick schemes? I have been approached on a few different occasions by members of the church and I just don’t know what to think. Sometimes...
Jan 23, 2014 | Homosexuality, Marriage
Question Dear Gramps, Should LDS parents attend the same-sex wedding of their gay children? What if they were having a heterosexual wedding in a Satanic church? Where does one draw the line in their children’s unacceptable conduct? How would one give their...
Jan 21, 2014 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Hello I was wondering if you know the name of the old pioneer in President Faust’s story in a talk he gave called The Refiner’s Fire? Thanks for your help. Chad Answer Dear Chad, Isn’t that a wonderful story that...
Jan 20, 2014 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have been a member for almost 4 years. I even got my endowment a year or so after my conversion. I was living with my current husband unmarried and we had children when the missionaries taught us. My husband did not join the church...
