Sep 27, 2017 | Current issues
Question Hello Gramps, Was the gift of the Holy Ghost present prior to the day of Pentecost or only manifestations of the spirit? I am wondering who was the first person to ever receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands, Adam? Jim Answer...
Sep 26, 2017 | Current issues
Question Gramps, A friend tells me he became an atheist between ages of 30-40. What makes a person lose faith? He claims it was the writings of men. Can a person have the spirit and lose it? Most who leave the faith lose the Spirit, or did they ever have...
Sep 25, 2017 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Referring to a post on 19 July 2013, I wonder if we already know that those rising in the morning of the first resurrection are celestial beings. Why would a final judgment make sense? Why do we need to be judged by Christ at the end of...
Sep 24, 2017 | Current issues
Question Hello Gramps, I’ve recently had a friend, whom I usually consider quite knowledgable in church doctrine, insist that Heavenly Father was not only omnipotent, but also omnipresent. Obviously God is omnipotent, but I have always been under the...
Sep 23, 2017 | Current issues
Question Gramps, A friend of mine used to self harm and asked me if she was still worthy to enter the temple. I wasn’t able to answer her. I am hoping you may be able to. Does she need to go to her bishop and confess that she has self harmed in the best?...
Sep 22, 2017 | Current issues
Question Gramps, When did the Church start teaching that all worthy and able young men should serve a mission? I heard that prior to maybe the 60’s or 70’s there wasn’t any prophetic counsel that said it was an obligatory priesthood duty. My...
Sep 21, 2017 | Current issues
Question Gramps, How much of what we experience in life is a result of Satan vs inherent human needs or desires? For instance, in the temple, I can have a bad thought or some negative desire. Was that Satan or me just being a human? Patrick Answer ...
Sep 20, 2017 | Current issues
Question Gramps, In D&C 19:16-17 it mentions that if Christ doesn’t take our sins upon him then we must suffer for them ourselves. Since kingdom progression is not possible what is the purpose of this suffering? What does it accomplish? What...
Sep 18, 2017 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps! I’m a recent convert to the church. In fact I was baptized and confirmed just this past weekend! I am the first and only member of the church in my family and I have been getting a lot of hard questions regarding the history of the...
Sep 17, 2017 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Will the LDS Church exist in heaven or will it be another organization? Annette Answer Annette, Upon reading your question a thought enters my mind and heart, “What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”?...
