Mar 24, 2013 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, My husband has recently left church and we have separated at only 33 yrs old. We still love and respect each other and raise our 4 children together. He is a good man and I am a wonderful woman We were sealed in the temple and raised in the church. He has...
Mar 21, 2013 | Current issues
Some say that God does not hear our prayers directly but that our prayers are communicated to Him by angels or deceased family members who have been delegated the task to listen to us. Personally, I don’t believe it but would like to know if the church leaders...
Mar 13, 2013 | Current issues, Satan
How can Satan murder someone if he is a spirit? Is John 8:44 figurative or literal? Dan ___________________ Dan, What a great and insightful question, how is Satan defined as a murderer by our Lord? I believe this scripture to be literal, Satan was and is a murderer...
Mar 13, 2013 | Afterlife, Current issues
I had a discussion with my mother recently on the status of those in the telestial glory. In the Temple we learn that our earth is compaired the telestial kingdom. How can we then understand D&C 76:89 when Joseph Smith explains “And thus we saw, in the...
Mar 11, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have been contemplating getting a PhD from a national university so I can become a professor but I have some apprehensions. First, the Lord has mandated that we get all the education that we can, but does that mean I should get a PhD if I am...
Mar 10, 2013 | Current issues
Hi Gramps, Each month (for the past 10, maybe 20 years) I get a short email asking if I completed my Home Teaching. Nothing else, no inquiries about the families just “Did you do it?” I find that troublesome. Have the Priesthood guidelines relaxed that...
Mar 9, 2013 | Current issues
Hi Gramps, In the past we have had investigators at our ward who have been baptised and received the Holy Ghost and then we never see them again. When they eventually go through the veil are they destined for Spirit Prison to be taught or are they destined for...
Mar 8, 2013 | Current issues
How old is the pre-mortal spirit? I have the impression that we are about 2 1/2 billion years in the making. Leland ____________ Leland, When we contemplate the age of our spirits some of our leaders have postulated a similar age you have provided. Elder WW Phelps...
Mar 5, 2013 | Current issues
Are there any Hebrew and Biblical Greek Scholars in the Mormon church today? I know that Joseph Smith was really into studying Hebrew to get to know the Bible better. Sara ______________ Sara, You’ll be pleased to know that we’ve had several well-versed biblical...
Feb 28, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I wronged a family member and hurt him/her deeply. I have talked to this person who says he/she is not ready to talk about it or forgive. I apologized many times and offered whatever assistance I could give to help this person heal. We associate with...
