Dec 16, 2013 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Would you comment on President Alvin R. Dyer’s talk of 1962, “For What Purpose?” given at an Oslo, Norway Mission Conference? How should unpublished information or content in the Church be dealt with? Is there some way to handle it...
Dec 14, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I know God has created worlds without number. I would imagine each world has a plan of salvation for them. But we all have our free agency. Would God allow a people from one world to visit another? John Answer John, We have our...
Dec 9, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, We have a friend who is taking the discussions. His assignment last week was to read Enos. He had an interesting question. He asked if Enos was ever baptized. Kim Answer Kim, We don’t have an explicit account of Enos getting...
Dec 7, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, If the leadership in Salt Lake City have not given guidelines on a given topic, can a local unit make policy? For instance, old Primary guidelines precluded snacks for the Primary children, but the newest guidelines say nothing. My local...
Nov 30, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I’m LDS. I’m very happy to be and so is my husband. We have been married for 32 years and our marriage is sealed but lately we have been very sick I lost my legs. I can not walk anymore and my husband has a bad problem with his...
Nov 22, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have read and heard from a couple of people that when God created us spiritually we were created with another spirit of the opposite sex. So for example when God created me (me being a male) he created a female. The scripture they use is...
Nov 13, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Is home teaching still practiced in the wards? Sandy Answer Sandy, Home teaching is a duty of the priesthood, from the time a person receives the office of a teacher and continues until the day they die. We have information from...
Nov 11, 2013 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have a history of depression and have been taking medication since 2002. I also have a history of brain cancer and chemotherapy. This caused me to go into a peri-menopause state at 24 years old. I am now 40 and have accepted that I...
Nov 10, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why is it required to seal children to parents? Reading in 3 Nephi 19:23 led me to more confusion as it sounds like they achieve the goal in temple sealings. Doesn’t this state that we are all sealed to the Godhead and each other according to...
Nov 9, 2013 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, If we partake of the Sacrament worthily, we are promised to have the Spirit with us. As I go throughout my day, what are some good indicators that I have the Spirit? Lance Answer Dear Lance, I’ve been known for a little...
