Why doesn’t the Mormon Church keep records of stillborn babies?
The Mormon Church makes membership records only for living members, but families are encouraged to record stillborn children in their own records.
My family opposes my joining the Mormon Church, what should I do?
Even if family or others prevent us from joining the Mormon Church, we can live its teachings until we are able to do so.
If the Mormon Church is true, why do Mormons still do bad things?
The Mormon Church exists to make bad men good and good men better, to help families and individuals, and to help us repent and build faith in Jesus Christ.
How do I balance dealing with chronic illness and family problems?
We cannot control our relatives lives and must respect their choices, even if we disapprove. God will reward us for patient service and enduring.
Can newborns remember their pre-earth life?
Personal experience seems to agree that newborns and toddlers may remember something of their pre-earth life.
How does a sealing work when family members aren’t active?
Question Dear Gramps, My parents were baptized into the church, but were never sealed. They are divorced and both are inactive. Who am I sealed to other than my husband? Since my parents are divorced, do I seal myself to my inactive father after he dies and...
Can children be sealed to only one parent?
Question Gramps, I am an active Mormon and my husband is a member also but inactive and doesn’t keep the Word of Wisdom. I am getting ready to take my endowments and we have two children, one of which has been married in the temple and I have one grandson. Can...
To be a “patriarch in the home” does a man need to be sealed in the temple?
According to Mormon doctrine, the priesthood is divided into two functions: apostolic and patriarchal. The patriarchal duties of a priesthood holder in the Mormon church are to oversee the leadership and discipline of the home.
How can I uphold my standards around family members who don’t share the same values?
Mormons believe that when family members don’t share their values, it’s important to show love and a desire to spend time with them still.
How will temple work be done for those without any records?
In order to perform the ordinances in Mormon temples for the dead who have no records, they will appear to mortals on the earth during the Millenium.
