Nov 29, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Knowledge
Question Gramps, In recently reading one of your excellent answers regarding polygamy, you mentioned that the asker must have “sufficient faith and spiritual maturity to receive an answer.” I think I have a handle on the idea of faith, and how it...
Apr 28, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology
Question Gramps, Peace be unto you… I would like to know the difference between a law and a commandment. I would like to also understand if they mean the same thing and if they do then why does Apostle Paul say we’re are no longer living under...
Oct 13, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology
Question Gramps, All through the scriptures, I see the phrase children of men. What does this mean? Troy Answer Dear Troy, Thank you for asking this question. It is my privilege to make the attempt to answer it for you. The simple answer is this:...
May 19, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Knowledge
Question Dear Gramps, My friends and I had a long discussion about knowledge. Often, I hear people at the pulpit testify that they “know” something is true. We considered the idea that while the standard error for things we strongly believe could be...
Dec 23, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Dear Gramps, If Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, where did Santa come from? Chris Answer Dear Chris, Yes, Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. It wasn’t until 325 years after his birth that the Roman Emperor made all the people...
Nov 7, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Education
Question Yo gramps, Why is school important? Jaihdin Answer Yo, yo, Jaihdin, Blaise Pascal once said, “People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.” In that light, here’s...
Nov 2, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Knowledge
Question Gramps, My grown son says that a socialist society is the same as living the Law of Consecration. I don’t believe it is but would like to understand how to explain the differences. Diana Answer Diana, If one focuses solely on the external...
Oct 24, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Revelation
Question Hi Gramps, Why is it that when a group of LDS people pray about the same thing, for example, who to vote for, they say they are inspired to vote for a certain person but it isn’t the same result as everyone else, and yet they claim that it is...
Sep 10, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Creation, Mormon Doctrine, Natural Phenomena
Question Hello Gramps! I am having an issue with my parents about the religious upbringing of my 7 year old son. My parents have stated that Mormons serve Satan? I know through research that this is false, and have decided to investigate many religions to...
Jul 21, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Gramps, In Israel of old, they offered sacrifices symbolic of God’s sacrificing his perfect Lamb. Since the crucifixion of Christ, that has become unnecessary and essentially replaced with the sacrament. If the modern day Jews do not believe that...
