What can we do to avoid being led astray by apostate groups?
Question Gramps, I have one brother and one sister who have been very strong in the church and slowly have been led astray by a couple of different apostate groups. One by a polygamy group and the other recently by Gale Porate. My question. What can we as LDS...
How do we develop the kind of faith that causes miracles to come to pass in our lives?
Question Dear Gramps, I am a brand new subscriber and would love to get your opinion on a couple of issues. How do we develop the kind of faith that causes miracles to come to pass in our lives? How do we change our faith from a belief in the truth to the kind...
Why am I doubting?
Question Gramps, I have been praying about a particular subject and as I’m praying I feel as though the spirit is strongly saying something but what he’s saying doesn’t make sense to me. Then the other day I was talking with a friend about something closely...
I am struggling with my faith. Why isn’t Heavenly Father answering my prayers?
Question Gramps, I am struggling with my faith. No big event triggered it, just a culmination of things. I am doing what I can to overcome it. But it seems that the canned answers of “study the scriptures, “pray sincerely,” fasting, searching, reading the...
Is there such a thing as a blessing of faith?
Question Gramps, Hello, my question for you today is, is there such a thing as a blessing of faith? One given by the laying on of hands but not with priesthood authority. Just by the faith of the person giving and receiving the blessing. I ask this as I hold...
I just read a book about the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg. How would I know that his doctrines are not true?
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...
Is it okay to fast to get over a heart break?
Question Gramps, I hear that fasting is a way that people get help from God. I am going through a heartbreak that is hard for me to cope with at the moment. I can’t eat and sleep that well. I cry most of the time and I am sick of it. I thought of fasting...
If things are only going to get worse why should we even bother trying to make things better?
Question Dear Gramps, In the past I have always tried to do things to make life better for myself and those around me. But it really disheartens me hearing the Mormon Church leaders say that things are only going to get worse on earth. If this is true, then why...
