Jun 27, 2007 | Abortion, Repentance
Question Hello Gramps, I was sealed in the temple years ago and later divorced. I no longer attend the Mormon Church. Later as a single mother, I had an abortion. Have I committed an unforgivable sin? Lately I have been fasting and praying a lot. I am trying to...
Jun 23, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, We had an interesting question come up today. As we understand it, the Great Flood as recorded in the Bible was intended (among many things) to destroy all flesh from off the earth, save those specifically saved aboard the Ark constructed...
Jun 23, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Where does the brain end and the soul begin? I figure that our brain is not what is giving us our agency, since it is subject to outside stimuli, such as medication. People do not choose their brain, so how can they be responsible for what...
Jun 20, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, When my wife and I were married in the temple many years ago, we naturally thought that we would have children but, that didn’t happen so easily. After a few years of trying with no success, we turned to infertility and adoption. With...
Jun 15, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Why is it that amongst all the Christian denominations in the world, only the Mormons “get” as well as sometimes “lose” their testimonies? How come we never hear about Baptists or Methodists losing their testimony...
Jun 9, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I had a best friend who was Mormon. He was also my first love, and I honestly knew in my heart I was going to marry him since we were little. I have always loved him, and still do. He, unfortunately, died in a car accident in January. He...
Jun 8, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps Why does Nephi speak of an abundance of precious ores in 2 Nephi 5:15 in the Book of Mormon, and then say precious things were not to be found upon the land in verse 16? Maria Answer Dear Maria, The verses in the Book of...
Jun 6, 2007 | Current issues, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, Why did the Lord leave the earth without prophets for almost two thousand years during the great apostasy and the dark ages? In previous ages whenever his people fell away into forbidden paths, he always sent prophets to warn them and...
Jun 2, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Sometimes we see things every day and not pay any attention to them. I was reminded today when my brother asked my dad, “Why are there not any cemeteries on the church grounds of Mormon churches?” Down here in the southern US, it is almost...
Jun 1, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I need help understanding two seemingly conflicting scriptures. In Moses Chapter 7 verse 4, Enoch says that, And I saw the Lord; and he stood before my face, and he talked with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face. But...
