Nov 8, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, God, Premortal Life
Dear Gramps, If there was a council in heaven and all of God’s children were there, and, using their free agency made the choice to follow Satan or Christ, where do the spirit children God has sired since that council fit in? Do they come under that council with...
Nov 5, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children
Question Dear Gramps, I know we are not accountable for our actions until we are 8 years old. What about that 6-year-old kid in Michigan who shot the girl in his class? If they would decide to execute him, would he automatically go to the Celestial Kingdom because he...
Oct 27, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Family
Gramps Will celestial beings create spirit children in the same way they are created here upon the Earth? Will it be part of the duties of Angels to assist in rearing these millions of spirits? Anon, from England Dear Anon, Although there is no scriptural reference to...
Oct 26, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family
Dear Gramps, I was wondering what you would do if you had committed a sin against your family and wanted complete forgiveness but if you were to tell them, it would rip your family apart. Literally. Thanks! Ariel Reese, Age 15 Dear Ariel, If you want complete...
Oct 25, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family, Life's Lessons
Hi Gramps. Here’s my problem. In addition to a 17 year old son I have an adult son and an adult stepson who are working full time also living at home. They are saving money for college. A few nights ago I found them upstairs watching R rated movies and my 17...
Oct 21, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family, Premortal Life
X-From_: [emailaddress] Gramps, A question was recently asked in a Relief Society discussion of a lesson I was teaching. I was wondering if you could answer this question. Were relations foreordained in the premortal life? Donna Dear Donna, We can find no specific...
Oct 18, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Baptism
Dear Gramps, I know a number of members who have attended ‘Christenings’ at the request of friends or family. I have always turned down such invitations as I always think of the statement by Mormon that infant baptism is an abomination in the sight of God....
Oct 17, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Death
Question Dear Gramps, If one has a miscarriage, does that spirit stay in heaven to wait to be reunited with it’s parents and family later or does that spirit have the opportunity to come down and gain a physical body again with another pregnancy?...
Sep 21, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family
Gramps, My wife and I have four children and we feel that our family is complete. I have thought about getting a vasectomy. Have church leaders given any guidance on this issue? Thanks. Sheldon Dear Sheldon, One of the purposes of mortality is to provide a physical...
Sep 13, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family, Life's Lessons
Gramps, My daughter married a Catholic seven years ago. Both her father and I have raised her in the Mormon faith. She will not attend church, and her husband doesn’t attend his church either. What’s a mother to do? Barbara, from California Dear Barbara,...