Dec 12, 2015 | Current issues, Homosexuality
Question Gramps, What is the doctrine on homosexuality and the final judgement? Rayna Answer Rayna, This is a very loaded and topical question. I am going to do my best to answer, knowing that a lot of people are going to respond emotionally and...
Dec 11, 2015 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, President Ezra Taft Benson and others have told stories of how they were mobbed as missionaries in the early 20th century. My question is, why did they not raise their arm to the square and command them in the name of Jesus Christ to...
Dec 8, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why do we, as Mormons, think we have the only trump card on death and returning to our pre-mortal world? While billions of people past and present don’t have a chance unless they obey the Lord’s commandments. I will never treat my...
Dec 6, 2015 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Is there a doctrinal, spiritual, or scriptural basis for the so called “Murphy’s Law,” which says “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong?” It seems to happen more often than what random chance would...
Dec 4, 2015 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Why does God not show himself to all? Then there could be no doubt to unbelievers that He exists? Shelley. Answer Hi Shelley, We already know that we will serve and follow God if he is standing in front of us; that...
Dec 3, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why do we put names on the altars of the temple? It seems like some sort of magical wish-making. We are supposed to write a few markings that represent the phoneticism of someone’s name, which gets anonymously prayed over by people who...
Dec 2, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Can someone tell me the difference between an official declaration from the Prophet and a change in policy and how it affects church doctrine? Rod Answer Rod, While questions like this are interesting to wrap our intellectual...
Dec 1, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why are unworthy Saints or people who use fake temple recommends able to gain access to the temple? D&C 97:15-17 says no unclean thing shall enter or his presence won’t be there. This is a tough issue for me right now as an LDS...
Nov 30, 2015 | Current issues, Trials
Question Dear Gramps, I understand why it is so important for us women to have children and replenish the earth, but why must we suffer so much? Why does giving birth have to be so painful, and in a lot of cases deadly? Menstruation, pregnancy, birth,...
Nov 29, 2015 | Current issues, God
Question Gramps, I have a question. If the families didn’t kill their unblemished sheep and put the blood on the doors and ate the meat that was roasted, who killed their first born? I’m confused because I thought it might be God but earlier in the...
