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...
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...
Jul 5, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples, World History
Question Gramps, How many temples were built in Jerusalem and when? Elizabeth Answer Dear Elizabeth, The bible tells us the first temple was the Temple of Solomon built around 957 BC. This was to replace the portable tabernacle that they had used...
Jul 4, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Hi Gramps. The signing of the Declaration of Independence was one of the most illegal things the Founding Fathers did. It was high treason against the government. Yet, we believe the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence was inspired...
Jun 14, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Dear Gramps, I understand that some of the tribes of Israel that were lost, went north. Over 30 years ago I worked in the northernmost part of Norway for several years. Once when a friend of mine, who was in the insurance business, and I went to a Sami...
Mar 17, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology, World History
Question Hi Gramps, Did people in that time use “miles” or some other term of measurement like leagues? Was it really that far from Nazareth to Bethlehem? Rebecca Answer Dear Rebecca, Among the lengths of measure used in the Bible cubit, Matt...
Mar 2, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, World History
Question Gramps, I was wondering today as I read a book that a non-Mormon friend gave to me to read. It raised a few questions inside of me. The biggest question on my mind is in regards to a man named Emanuel Swedenborg. He wrote a book called ‘A Treatise...
May 18, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Gramps, I understand that President Packer gave a talk in 2011 saying that the young people still had plenty of time before WW3 would happen and that they would even have grandchildren before that time. I, of course understand that no one knows the...
Apr 23, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Gramps, I was talking to my son about the fall of the Roman empire and the Middle Ages. I explained how The Great Apostasy occurred around that same time and that was the reason for the lack of progress and development during the Middle Ages. This...
Apr 16, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Question Hi Gramps, In the scriptures, it tells of the Lord’s doings with His people, like “if they keep my commandments they shall prosper in the land.” If the Armenian people were Christians, why did God not protect them from genocide? If...