Feb 3, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I had a very close family member die. It was very hard and is still very hard to handle. This person gave me advice and unconditional love. I know that this person was a very good person, but I just don’t understand why Heavenly Father has...
Feb 2, 2018 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Since the Fall was part of the plan, was Satan needed to carry it out (or even to speed it up) or would the fall eventually have happened without his (Satan’s) influence? Xavier Answer Xavier, Thank you for your question. I...
Feb 1, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, The early apostles in Jesus’ day were outspoken in their belief of Jesus and his teachings. They recorded their special witnesses after his resurrection–(see acts of the apostles). Why is it that none of the current brethren talk about...
Jan 27, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have a curiosity that has been bothering me for a while. What makes profanity so…well, so profane? If you look at the origin of most of these words we consider profane, they mean nothing other than the old Anglo-Saxon terms for common...
Jan 26, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Good morning, and thank you in advance for your help. In reading the Doctrine & Covenants, how are we to understand the predictions of the second coming at the beginning of the 7th thousand years…particularly in light of the biblical...
Jan 25, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps My sister-in-law who is not a member of the Mormon Church asked me about archangels. In particular she wanted to know if Raphael and Jarameel were men or women. I found a site on the internet that said that Gabriel was a woman and I always...
Jan 24, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Hello, I am the only active member in my family and I was wondering if I could get sealed to my deceased brother in the temple without my parents. Joseph Answer Dear Joseph, What you are asking in an impossibility. Only two...
Jan 23, 2018 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps Happy New Year! I just have a question regarding what I was reading today. It says here that the brass plates that Nephi took from Laban included records regarding the “commencement of the reign of a Zedekiah; and also many prophecies...
Jan 21, 2018 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Chastity has so many definitions. How far can I go before it’s called “sinning”? Clueless Answer Dear Clueless, It always amazes me when people ask these types of questions. It’s as if they are asking...
Jan 19, 2018 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I know we were born to heavenly parents. But in Abraham, it also says that we have always existed. How are both possible? And I do know the song, “If You Could Hie to Kolob,” but it almost confuses me more. Help? Charla Answer ...
