Sep 25, 2010 | Current issues, God
Dear Gramps, How do you explain all the references to the deity of Christ, and how are we to understand this if the Bible says that there is only one God. This would sound like the people who believe in the trinity are right. Can you help me understand? isa4310 Dear...
Sep 6, 2010 | Current issues, God, Obedience
Gramps, I had a question come up in my 16-17 year old Sunday school class that I am having difficulties answering. We where talking about the two forms of death physical and spiritual, when one of my young students me asked about Adam and Eve and the two commandments...
Sep 4, 2010 | Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, God, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I feel pretty discouraged when I pray in “someone else’s” behalf and the prayer never seems to get answered. I was listening to a talk radio show that discussed prayer and it was mentioned that God doesn’t answer prayers, we answer...
Jul 29, 2010 | Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, God, Pearl of Great Price, Premortal Life
Dear Gramps, I have a question. If God is eternal and we are too, then what made God our Heavenly Father before us, since our intelligences have both no beginning (We are all eternal).Our ages (if you can speak of age) are the same. What factor decided that God came...
Jan 25, 2010 | God, Jesus Christ, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I have a question that has bothered me for a while, and it could be because I was inactive during primary and missed some basic gospel foundation. In the Book of Mormon, whenever it refers to Lord, does it mean Jesus Christ or Heavenly Father? Whenever I...
Apr 22, 2009 | God, Jesus Christ, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I´ve learned early in the church how to pray to our heavenly father. Anyway along my life as a member I´ve get involved in talking with the lord Jesus in prayer asking him how to manage my life. Elder Dickson of the seventies taught me when I was Distric...
Mar 31, 2009 | God, Mormon Faith
Dear Gramps, Can you really answer a question? I have search the lds.org’s etc. no place to ask a question that I can locate. Question: Does God sorrow and weep when we commit a sin, mistake, or mean act? thank you. I will see if you answer. And does He rejoice when...
Mar 21, 2009 | God, Jesus Christ, Scriptures
Dear Gramps, Can you give a easy to understand explination of when reading the BOM, how to distinguish between God the Father and Jesus when they mention “God” “Lord” etc… Caren Dear Caren, It is difficult to determine when God the Father is speaking and when it is...
Mar 20, 2009 | God, Mormon Doctrine, Premortal Life
Dear Gramps, Why did Heavenly Father give Adam 2 commandments knowing he would have to sin to keep the one? Do not Partake of the Fruit and Multiply and replenish the Earth. Leila Dear Leila, First of all, we need to keep in mind that Adam and Eve did not sin while...
Feb 7, 2009 | God, Natural Phenomena
Dear Gramps, Today many of us were talking about what Heavenly Fathers time table is, some said that 70 years of our life is like one hour of time to him. Do we have any idea at all what a typical mortal life is like in his time, has anything been written on it? Do we...
