Feb 2, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Is a person able to repent after they die and will it allow them to ‘advance’ to a higher degree of glory if they do so? I understand that they will have to suffer the consequences, but is that the same as repentance. Greg ...
Feb 1, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, How did the Gentiles get their hands on the brass plates from the Jews as said in 1 Nephi 13? Any historical events regarding the book? Dallas Answer Dallas, Thank you for asking this question. The “brass plates” in...
Jan 30, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I read in the New Testament Student institute manual: “Tradition indicates that John may have been Jesus’s first cousin. This tradition also indicates that Salome, who is mentioned in Mark 16:1, was the sister of Jesus’s mother, Mary,...
Jan 28, 2020 | Current issues, Testimony
Question Gramps, There are times that some members changed this, if it is testimony Sunday they talk like a speaker, but if we call them as a speaker they didn’t accept it. What is the difference between a testimony and speaker? John Answer ...
Jan 25, 2020 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have always had this question. But nobody has been able to help me with it. Why cant we drink alcohol? Ava Answer Dear Ava, Heavenly Father loves His children and often the commandments He gives us are to protect us from...
Jan 23, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Was the forbidden fruit really an apple? Dallas Answer Dallas, In reality, we do not know what type of fruit the forbidden fruit was. Could it have been an apple? Perhaps, just as it could have been any other fruit, including...
Jan 21, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hello, I hope you may be able to answer my question. I am not Mormon. However, a fellow doctor in the same industry tried to “steal” my staff”. He befriended my staff & I, took us to dinner, then offered each them more $ and...
Jan 19, 2020 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question Gramps, With the United States going through cultural change such as women’s rights, abortion, and LBTGQ issues, are we Mormons resistant to change in the public’s eye? It just always seems like we’re one step behind in these issues....
Jan 18, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I have no doubt God is a just God, so we will live in the kingdom of glory we deserve. I have read that if we compare mortal life with a drop of water then eternal life would be at least the entire ocean and that is not even close. So I am...
Jan 16, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, Can priesthood blessings be given to deceased persons? Thank you. Charles Answer Charles, In order to more accurately answer your question let’s review blessings that result from the authorized use of the priesthood. In...
