Dec 19, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants
Dear Gramps, Is it true that the resurrected world will be as a sea of glass? Will there be no mountains or valleys? Karen, Coarsegole, California Dear Karen, There will occur two major great changes in the earth in times to come. The first change will occur at the...
Dec 18, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues
Question Gramps, In the second addition of Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie, he writes under the heading of Salvation that “If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation. There is no salvation outside The Church of...
Dec 13, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, Family, Premortal Life
Gramps, I have been told by a “well meaning” neighbor that anyone who chooses to not have children will not reach the celestial kingdom. Is this true? Marge, from Utah Dear Marge, Let’s see if we can identify some of those who will inherit the...
Dec 12, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Second Coming
Dear Gramps, My husband and I are expecting. If we have a son, we have chosen that we will not circumcise him. My aunt disagrees with our choice to keep him intact because she says that LDS boys are supposed to be circumcised in preparation for the second coming of...
Dec 4, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, God, Jesus Christ, Missionary Work, Personal Revelation
Dear Gramps I have just recently found out that a friend has absolutely no belief at all in God. She believes that we are all part of a theory of evolution. I believe in God and our Savior Jesus Christ. She cannot believe that a God would allow such horrific and long...
Dec 1, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, God, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps, Our church (LDS) believes that Jesus Christ is the son of our Heavenly Father, two separate and distinct individuals. I also believe this and always have, even before I was converted a year ago. But a massive contradiction exists in our own Book of...
Nov 29, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Tithing
Dear Gramps, How does a person who is self-employed determine what their increase is in order to calculate tithing? Some friends of mine who own their own business tell me that they pay tithing only on their personal draws, but it seems to me that if we are blessed...
Nov 24, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Current issues, Jesus Christ, Sabbath Day
Question Gramps, I was out on my splits last week with the missionaries and one of the new members had a question regarding the Sabbath day. He stated that the sabbath day is Saturday, the last day of the week. He was wondering why we call Sunday the Sabbath. Since...
Nov 23, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Forgiveness, Repentance
Dear Gramps, My question is on repentance. How does one go about it? My question arises because in a recent meeting of the stake priesthood (I attend a University student stake) the president advised those who had committed any form of fornicative sin to see his...
Nov 19, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, God
Dear Gramps, While keeping in mind the idea that each man has agency could you please explain how it is that God knows our actions before they are performed? It would seem as if this would lead to the idea of destiny instead of ordination, thank you. Mike, from Utah...