Aug 8, 2008 | Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, LDS Scriptures, Pearl of Great Price, Scriptures
Dear Gramps, I stumbled on your site this evening and love it! I am feeling a bit dumb, but since all questions are good……..where is the best place to start with scripture study? I’ve been a member all my life and have only recently really wanted to...
Aug 7, 2008 | Current issues
Gramps, I have a question for you. What means the circle that is in the book of The Pearl of Great Price? I think that the circle is very similar to the Aztec calendar, and by my opinion it seems a spaceship with passengers, just in the middle of the circle are two...
Aug 7, 2008 | Current issues
Gramps Is there any scriptural information on parents being able to raise their still-born babies? O, from Washington State Dear O, I know of no specific scriptural information on this subject. But the Brethren have commented on it as follows: Elder Bruce R....
Aug 5, 2008 | Current issues
Gramps, I was reading about a lady who donates her eggs, for women who are unable to have children with their own eggs. What is the church’s point of view on this. I can see how she is helping other people become mothers, but is this interfering with God’s...
Aug 5, 2008 | Current issues
Gramps, The Priesthood? We had a lesson in Elders Quorum on the Priesthood and my question is with the priesthood before Joseph Smith. It was stated you received the Priesthood through your lineage. What came to my mind was Christ came to earth, was born and baptized,...
Jul 7, 2008 | Current issues
H. Clay Gorton, born March 7, 1923 to Rees Dubois Gorton and Sarah Dorleska Sterrett, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 20, 2008 after his third battle with cancer. His marriage to Edna Foot was solemnized in the Logan Temple on April 7, 1949. They had five...
May 19, 2008 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, How do you make family prayer a priority, and why should you? Sam Answer Dear Sam, I assume that you are referring specifically to family prayer as opposed to private personal prayer. But in case you are not, here are some reasons why one...
May 4, 2008 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, Where can I find the account of when Joseph and Samuel Smith went into a room in the hill Cumorah and saw the sword of Laban and the plates that the Book of Mormon was abridged from? Deborah, from Derby, England Dear Deborah, It was Joseph Smith and...
May 1, 2008 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why is it that baptism is not required of some (mental deformities, children who die before the age of accountability, etc) when Christ was baptized “to fulfill all righteousness”? Won’t they need to be baptized at some point to inherit...
Apr 27, 2008 | Current issues
Hi gramps, I was wondering how I am able to keep a commandment by the prophet about dating before we are 16, and well, I am 15 and I have been with this girl in a way of a relationship. I never want her to feel bad, yet I want to repent and keep the commandment by the...
