Sep 2, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Faith
Gramps, Have you ever seen Satan? Have you ever seen God or Jesus? If you are honest, you will answer, “no.” I have to ask myself whether or not Mormons should believe Joseph Smith did. The church doesn’t like us to talk about it, but he did have a...
Aug 3, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Faith, Family, Prayer, Priesthood
Question Gramps, Is it wrong for a woman to cast out Satan if her Priesthood holder husband is present but not understanding the need at the time? What words should be used when casting out the angels of darkness? And how can one know it is needed or...
Jul 4, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Blessings, Current issues, Faith, Family, Obedience
Dear Gramps, My patriarchal blessing promises me (depending upon my faithfulness and obedience of course) that my children will be sealed to me while I sojourn on this earth. I am 59 years old and a single parent. My children are grown and have testimonies, but both...
Mar 24, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Testimony
Question Dear Gramps, I’m appreciative of the time you take to answer gospel-related questions. I’ve been very troubled lately by some experiences I’ve had in college. I’m a freshman, back from a mission in Peru, and now in my second semester at a college in Utah. I...
Mar 7, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Faith, Jesus Christ, Repentance, Word of Wisdom
Dear Gramps, I have a close friend that has tried to quit smoking so she can be baptised and can’t suceed at it. She is getting so discouraged that she feels like an outsider and is pulling away from attending church. She belives in the truth but because of her...
Jan 29, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Blessings, Faith
Question Gramps, My wife is struggling with her faith right now. She has lived a very faithful life. So far, we have not been able to conceive. She was told in her patriarchal blessing that she would be “a mother in Israel, as an instrument in providing earthly...
Jan 22, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, God, Jesus Christ
Does God make mistakes?? Twan Dear Twan, We read in Matthew 5:48 “Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.” Also in 3 Nephi 12: 48, Jesus commands the Nephites, “Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or...
Jan 20, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Testimony
Dear Gramps I am 63 years old. I have been a member of the Church since 1 Jan 1963, I was 17 at the time stationed in England with the USAF. I have always believed in Jesus and the Church. During the past couple of years I have read the scriptures front to back,...
Aug 6, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Satan
Dear Gramps, Thank you for the reply to my question about my children being sealed to me as I sojourn on this earth (in my patriarchael blessing) a couple of weeks ago. I apologize for not showing my gratitude earlier. But I am learning on the computer, and I wasn’t...
May 11, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Holy Ghost, Mormon Faith, Obedience, Testimony
Hi Gramps, I have been ordained a priest in the Mormon Church. Do you think it is possible to have angels minister unto me?? I need so much help, especially spiritually. Furthermore, I don’t really think I have a testimony of the Church, I’m not sure, I’m 16 years old...