Oct 19, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Are all the stories in the King James version of the Bible completely true? I know that many plain and precious parts were taken out and that the Joseph Smith Translation corrects some of those errors. But there are still some stories in the...
Oct 18, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, What is the true story behind Joseph Smith becoming a Mason? I once found that he was encouraged to join because he was told he and the early Saints would be protected by the Masons, but found it to be false; then left it. Later, I read that...
Oct 16, 2015 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps: I have been studying the Gospel and praying more fervently recently. As I have done so, my greatest desire is to become like the Savior in all regards. Since Jesus Christ is the great High Priest, I have felt a desire to seek this blessing...
Oct 15, 2015 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have been thinking about this for a while. Obviously, we don’t believe in fate because that would take away our agency. But we do believe we were intentionally born at a certain time into certain circumstances to experience certain...
Oct 14, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Having been a member of the church for well over fifty years I am now feeling somewhat tired by the repetition of teachings of the church every Sunday. I am longing for something new to be taught i.e The Discourses of Brigham Young and the...
Oct 8, 2015 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps! I have always found it interesting (and a little bit sad) that men can be sealed to multiple women, but women cannot do so. Not that I want to be sealed to multiple men, but just in the case of the death of a husband or something rather....
Oct 5, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Why must I confess sin to the ‘arm of flesh’ (sinful man) when God is sinless and is the only one that could possibly understand my particular situation. No man has not walked in my shoes and for that matter no man knows my...
Oct 3, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, If the Devil causes depression. how can a child suffer from depression before he or she reached the Age of Accountability? The first episode that I remember was when I was 4. I suspect I began having episodes before I was 4 that I don’t...
Oct 1, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, My mother in law is a very mean and angry person. She goes out of her way to upset family members. She took lessons from missionaries years ago but was never baptized. She isn’t interested in the church and doesn’t attend...
Sep 28, 2015 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I have a very good friend who is a devout Catholic. She asked me this morning do Mormons believe in hell? Of course we do but only for a select few correct? Evelyn Answer Dear Evelyn, Yes, we do believe in hell, though I think our...
