Mar 8, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, Please explain the concept of becoming kings and queens. I think of kings and queens as being powerful rulers, yet when Christ was tempted by Satan to become all powerful he resisted that temptation. Beth Answer Dear Beth, It...
Mar 1, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, A brother in our ward, when the subject matter allows, will quote a ’supposed’ statement by Joseph Smith, that when the saints get to the Celestial kingdom they will be surprised to find Catholics, Muslims, etc. there as well. I have never...
Feb 26, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Music
Question Dear Gramps, I play a musical instrument, and it brings me much joy. I am wondering if I will be able to play it after I die. If I don’t have a body until I am resurrected, how can I play my instrument? Are there symphonies in heaven? It couldn’t be...
Feb 19, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, If you die while you’re excommunicated, do you go to spirit prison? Can you be re-baptized in the temple and have your ordinances re-done for you? J. Answer Dear J. All persons who are not members of the Church and Kingdom of...
Jan 20, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Ordinances
Question Dear Gramps, My patriarchal blessing says that I’ll be a savior upon Mt. Zion. What does it mean? Where do I get started? Someone Answer Dear Someone, Being a savior on Mt. Zion refers to those who act an a saving capacity for their...
Jan 8, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, Our Sunday school teacher once taught that when we pass on to the spirit world that we lose our memory of our experiences in this world and regain our memory of the pre-existence, and that it would be in the resurrection when we’ll...
Jan 5, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Gramps, How important is it that we be buried near our loved ones? As much as we want to be, sometimes this is not possible. I am curious as to how it will work on resurrection day. Will we quickly be able to get to our loved ones even if we are many...
Dec 7, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, I am 58 years old. I have married twice and have raised four children on my own, as both fathers chose a different path. I wasn’t raised in the church, but I became endowed after my last child was born. All my children are endowed...
Oct 31, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, If a lawyer helps a plaintiff win an unjust case that sorely hurts the lives of a defendant and his family, will the lawyer have to answer for it someday at the judgment bar of God? Or will the Lord say that he was just “doing his...
Sep 29, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Depression
Question Gramps, In Alma 34 it says, “for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.” I suffer from PTSD, anxiety, and...