Jan 29, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have one brother and one sister who have been very strong in the church and slowly have been led astray by a couple of different apostate groups. One by a polygamy group and the other recently by Gale Porate. My question. What can we as LDS...
Jan 28, 2019 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps. I don’t know if I should go on a full time mission or get married. I just turned 19 so I would be able to. And my parents keep asking me about it. Yet my boyfriend has been talking about getting married. He did not serve a mission to...
Jan 26, 2019 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, When reading the bible I often find the Joseph Smith Translation in the footnotes. The longer corrections are in the back of the bible. Why don’t we just put the corrected parts (or translations) in place of the incorrect parts in...
Jan 25, 2019 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I am concerned for friends of mine who say “that if a living prophet can say things that sets aside what a former prophet has said, what faith then can we take in what the prophets tell us today if their words can be set aside by a...
Jan 23, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, What is the difference between a general conference session and a solemn assembly? Scott Answer Scott, A solemn assembly is usually held following the calling and setting apart of a new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Jan 22, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, A non-member relative living about 2,000 miles from me has asked this question: “I find it interesting to see the intensity of interest devoted to this (family history) by the Mormon church. Does the interest arise from the religion or is...
Jan 19, 2019 | Current issues
Question Hello Gramps, Why do we use a rabbit and eggs to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ? Is this a complete marketing scheme or is there any real significance? Devin Answer Dear Devin, The use of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies is tied to...
Jan 18, 2019 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I’ve read about godly sorrow but there seems to be very little written about it. What is it and more importantly, how can we know we are experiencing it? John Answer John, Sometimes it means sorrow for having sinned,...
Jan 16, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why is the KJV Hebrews 11:40 quoted so much in the Church to teach the doctrine of salvation for the dead when the Joseph Smith translation clearly changes the meaning to not have anything to do with the subject? Elder David A. Bednar quoted...
Jan 13, 2019 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Our daughter, who has left the church, sent us an anti-Mormon article with seven (supposedly) failed prophecies of Joseph Smith. I was able to easily refute six of them, but I am stuck as to how to respond to the remaining one. It quotes...
