Feb 27, 2013 | Current issues, Faith
Question Gramps, Hello I do appreciate what you have accomplished with this site. I read your column everyday. I was looking at Christ’s sermons in Matthew and in 3rd Nephi. My question is…where it says but thou when thou fastest anoint thy head and wash...
Feb 25, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, What is God’s “glory?” I don’t mean metaphorically or allegorically. I’ve heard from many sources and over the years I’ve spent in seminary, church and a couple institute classes, I’ve come to think of...
Feb 21, 2013 | Current issues
Gramps We were listening to NPR about Mormon Missions. A call came in from a caller from Utah that stated that missions are necessary for our young men to eventually go to the Celestial Kingdom.Is this true? Is this a requirement? Richard _____________ Richard,...
Feb 19, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, So pops I have a question about a reference I heard while on my mission. One of my companions said that Bruce R. McConkie once said concerning group prayer, “If it is over 30 seconds the spirit has already left”. My question is, to...
Feb 17, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Growing up, I was always amazed by a picture I saw in the Richland, WA Stakehouse. It showed Peter, James and John with their hands on the head of Joseph Smith. We all know the story but all of these persons looked identical. Does that mean as...
Feb 16, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I remember attending the funeral of a young father who had taken his own life. At the time, my return missionary told me that God is a just god, and doesn’t compensate for certain sins. It made me sad to think of this young man’s family...
Feb 14, 2013 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why is 666 the number of the beast? Is it symbolic? Is the mark simply the fact that these people worship Satan and, therefore, not an actual visible body marking, such as a tattoo or colored skin? Cam Answer Cam, I have...
Feb 9, 2013 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, Why would the premortal Jehovah tell the Israelites that stoning was the mandatory penalty for adultery, and then not agree to its implementation when the woman taken in adultery was brought before him in mortality? Why wasn’t His leniency part of...
Feb 8, 2013 | Current issues
Was Alma the Elder married to one of the daughters of the Lamanites who were carried away into the wilderness by Noah? Karen __________ Hello Karen, We have no way of knowing for certain who Alma’s wife was. However, we know that Alma the Elder left the priests...
Feb 1, 2013 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, Upon (retention)visits to inactive church members, it appeared that some of them had already joined other religious groups and no longer wished to come back to our church. How should we proceed with them? Eddy _____________ Hello Eddy, The Lord’s...
