Nov 7, 2012 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, We recently visited a less-active sister and found out that the reason was that she got offended by the “cutting remarks” from the Stake President. How do you appease this situation? Thanks! Lex Answer Hello Lex, In our...
Nov 6, 2012 | Current issues, Second Coming
Gramps, Say we are half way thru the millenium and the new children born become rebellious thru their own agency, Do they go bye-bye like those who did not live the terrestrial life at the beginning of the millenium? Gary ______________ I just don’t know Gary. The...
Nov 3, 2012 | Current issues
Are women given keys? Karen ______________ Karen, In the Church, the term “keys” is typically reserved for priesthood authority. So women are not given keys. -Gramps
Nov 2, 2012 | Current issues
Gramps, It’s been told to me that part of the reason we don’t buy things, engage in certain hobbies/entertainment, etc on the Sabbath is because we are, in effect, causing someone else to work on the Sabbath, which is supposed to be a day of rest. My place...
Nov 1, 2012 | Current issues
Hello Gramps, On a very snowy Sunday, only the 1st counselor in the bishopric showed up (the bishop and 2nd counselor were either ill or snowed in). The 1st counselor conducted sacrament meeting and presided. In my EQ class, the EQ president spoke up in an almost...
Oct 31, 2012 | Afterlife, Current issues
I know that all will be resurrected–that is the gift of immortality. Will there be resurrected spirits in the millennium who have not had their work performed/nor have they accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ. OR are those individuals reserved to come at the end...
Oct 30, 2012 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have a very complex and weighty blessing. I’m trying to piece together what it means for me here and now. There are parts to it that are very specific to me and parts about my pre-mortal existence. I know you can ask the Church to send...
Oct 29, 2012 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I’ve heard my branch president and even my stake president use an article entitled “Stewardship” in their talks before. It was apparently by David O. McKay where he told some brethren exactly the series of questions that...
Oct 26, 2012 | Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, God, Self Worth
I know that we are all God’s children and He loves us equally. But as I read scriptures (both Bible and Book of Mormon, I have noticed that God seems to have loved David in a special way over the rest of us. And He is very protective of women and warns man about the...
Oct 25, 2012 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, Did John the Baptist have the Aaronic or Melchezidek priesthood when he ordained Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Aaronic priesthood? I’ve been curious about this for a long time. Robert ____________ Robert, If we read D&C 13, we read that...
