Dec 31, 2015 | Current issues, World History
Question Hi Gramps, I couldn’t find anything about the following question. What is the Church’s stance on the Nag Hammadi and Dead Sea scrolls? Diane Answer Diane, Let me at first refer you to a previous Q&A that answers part of...
Aug 4, 2015 | Scriptures, World History
Question Gramps, What was the breastplate worn by the Levite Priests used for? Karen Answer Dear Karen, The Lord Himself dictated that the “holy garments” made for Aaron, the first Levitical high priest, were largely ceremonial in...
Jul 13, 2015 | World History
Question Dear Gramps, I have heard that during WWII, there was a naval vessel named Joseph Smith, and another one named Brigham Young. What can you tell me about these two ships, and how they came to receive their names? Where are they now? Also, were there...
May 6, 2014 | Current issues, Natural Phenomena
Question Gramps, I am interested in finding out what power psychics use to give answers to people who go to them for help in solving problems. I don’t think it can be through the power of the Holy Ghost but wonder when the things that are said by the...
Dec 2, 2013 | Book of Mormon, World History
Question Dear Gramps, I was wondering if there is any archaeological evidence to support things mentioned in the Book of Mormon such as wheat, barley, copper, and steel in America? People keep saying that Mormonism isn’t true because of this. Landen...
Nov 21, 2013 | Creation, Natural Phenomena
Question Gramps, We are taught that planets (at least earth) have a spirit for they are as living creatures. What happen to the spirits of those planets that are destroyed and used as material for the birth of other planets? Jared Answer Dear...
Nov 19, 2013 | Preparedness, Revelation
Question Gramps, Is storing a one year supply of food no longer suggested by the Church? Also, as conditions worsen in the USA and the world, the less is said about the present conditions in the General Conference talks. It is like the 800 pound gorilla in the...
Oct 28, 2013 | Book of Mormon, Etymology
Question Gramps, In the Book of Mormon it mentions in several different places phrases (example Mormon 1:18) where the treasure or physical items became “slippery”. What does slippery mean? Does it mean the items physically disappeared or did people...
Oct 16, 2013 | Afterlife, World History
Question Dear Gramps, Will Hitler be given a chance to hear the gospel in the spirit world? Will he be given a chance to accept proxy baptism and all the other ordinances necessary for exaltation? What level of salvation could he possibly attain having done...
Apr 18, 2013 | Prayer, Prophets, Revelation
Dear Gramps, I was reading in church history how difficult it was for President Spencer W. Kimball to get the 1978 revelation on the priesthood. He spent months in the upper rooms of the Salt Lake Temple, pondering and praying upon the matter before he felt he had an...
