Sep 28, 2012 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I run mormondna.org and I’ve been asked a question that’s got me stumped. It started with a guy saying the Fall wasn’t necessary, and if it weren’t for Adam and Eve eating the fruit we’d all be living happily in the Garden. He used the...
Sep 25, 2012 | Current issues
Question Hello Gramps, I was hoping you could help clarify something for me. I have looked in D&C 138 and tried finding this topic in the Millenial Messiah. Could you please help clarify something if you can? Is the resurrection of the just and the morning...
Sep 24, 2012 | Current issues
Question Gramps, In 3 Nephi 14:2-5 it very clearly states that we are not to judge others. Yet in verse 6 it says “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs”… in order to determine who are “dogs” and not worth of laying holy things...
Sep 22, 2012 | Current issues, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, Many church members, including myself, have experienced the painful stigma associated with members who go through such an ordeal. Gossip, backbiting and judging are what divorcees often experience. I’ve always wondered why a church filled...
Sep 20, 2012 | Current issues, Sealings
Question Dear Gramps, If an endowed member of the church who has been sealed to his wife asks to have his name removed from church records, can he come back into the church at a future time? What becomes the status of his marriage sealing, his sealing to his...
Sep 19, 2012 | Current issues, Prayer
Question Dear Gramps, How come the Lord’s Prayer as recorded in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon contains no expression of thanks or gratitude? We are taught this is to be a model for our prayers. Frankly, it has me somewhat confused. Robert...
Sep 18, 2012 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Thank you so much for giving your time and insight to help others. I seldom if ever feel worthy to enter the temple or to perform priesthood ordinances and responsibilities. I do answer the temple recommend questions accurately and I point...
Sep 17, 2012 | Current issues, God
Question Dear Gramps, Yourself, being a man of steadfast faith and having been a prominent scientist, do you have any thoughts regarding people such as Stephen Hawking and their belief that God does not exist? ( Keeping in mind that Latter-Day Saints believe in...
Sep 16, 2012 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question I was recently asked if Latter-day Saints are monotheists or polytheists. Which if either are correct and why? Ben Answer Ben, An interesting question, but depending upon who’s asking, it could also be a quite loaded one. Let me...
Sep 15, 2012 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I am an LDS mom of four children. One of the things we enjoy together is listening to christian rock music. We’ve even gone to two big music concerts in the past year together. We find the music uplifting and encouraging. It reminds us of...
