Mar 18, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Gramps, I was studying about the endowment ceremony and read that between 1845 and 1930s an “oath of vengeance” was performed as part of the endowment. My question is, how could this be part of the gospel of Jesus Christ? Nick Answer...
Feb 28, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Dear Gramps, For years I have heard the statements about selected members of the Mormon Church being asked to walk back to Missouri. I have been unable to find the source for these statements. Is there in fact a reliable source for this belief or is...
Sep 18, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hi Gramps! I’m a recent convert to the church. In fact I was baptized and confirmed just this past weekend! I am the first and only member of the church in my family and I have been getting a lot of hard questions regarding the history of the...
May 1, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hi Gramps! I’m a curious, empirical person and a devout RM attending BYU. I’ve researched Church history/doctrine and know by my nature that I will continue. I avoid biased material but include academic non-Church sources. I risk disaffiliation...
Mar 30, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Gramps, Who is writing the history of the Church today? Nephi kept a record of the proceedings, of wars and nations, etc. Who is doing that today? Can we see it? (General Conference, church magazines are not history) I know there is a church...
Jun 12, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Church History
Question Gramps, What was going on with the soldiers in the sky the night the golden plates were delivered to Joseph Smith? Steve Answer Dear Steve, Great question. You nearly had me stumped on this one. It’s a story I had not heard...
May 22, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Joseph Smith
Question Hello Gramps, Love your column … Thanks. I have been challenged lately by persons who claim the early stages of church history have been manipulated to purge some negative things about the church and the prophet Joseph Smith. They say the early...
Apr 22, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, Why is the church so reluctant to allow members information regarding the formation of the church? The plural wives of early leaders, the way the translation of the plates was done. It would seem to me that God is going to be pretty busy...
Oct 23, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Gramps, I was reading about the members of the original 12 Apostles and realized that many of them were excommunicated due to apostasy. It happened to a lot of other members of the twelve that succeeded them. What kind of apostasy did they commit?...
Oct 20, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Scriptures
Question Dear Gramps. Who created or assembled the Urim and Thummim mentioned in the scriptures? What did they look like? And how many different ones are mentioned? Robert Answer Dear Robert, You’re questions require some background and...
