May 4, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, God, Happiness, Jesus Christ, Life's Lessons, Mormon Doctrine, Obedience, Pearl of Great Price, Satan, Worthiness
Gramps, Are we foreordained or predestined? Matt, from Idaho Falls, Idaho Dear Matt, There is no such thing as predestination. The existence of such a concept would negate the entire purpose of the existence of mankind. In the pre-mortal spirit world Satan promoted...
Feb 26, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Current issues, God
Question Gramps, I was wondering why in the Old Testament God sounds mean, cruel, and his continence is almost with childlike jealousy. The God I have been taught about all these years is a kind loving father who loves me and wants me to be happy. One who will...
Feb 18, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine
Dear Gramps, How can I describe that Godhead consists of three members using the Bible to my friends? How can I prove that to them? Babit, from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Dear Babit, It is curious that when the apostles were taken from the earth after the death of...
Feb 9, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology, God, Mormon Doctrine
Gramps, In 1 Cor 8:5 it states “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)”. What is a God? I understand there is only one God for us, and that we ourselves may achieve “Godhood”, but this issue...
Jan 29, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, God, Mormon Doctrine
Question Hi Gramps! I’m hoping you will be able to help me. I was brought up in the Mormon Church and have always believed in God. I still go to church occasionally but feel that I’m only going because I’m so afraid of the possibility of going to hell! I know...
Jan 22, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Mormon Doctrine
Gramps, About Mormonism; how many Gods, anywhere and everywhere, do Mormons believe exist or can exist? Buzz Dear Buzz, Interesting question. W.W. Phelps was an associate of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and he wrote a hymn which is included in today’s Mormon hymn books...
Jan 13, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price
Gramps, What does figuratively mean in the following quote from Spencer W. Kimball, “The Blessings and Responsibilities of Womanhood,”Ensign, Mar. 1976, 70— “And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female...
Dec 15, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Holy Ghost, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I have heard we should pray to soften hearts. I also know that Heavenly Father doesn’t harden hearts. My question is does softening someone’s heart also take away their fee agency to keep it hardened? I am not trying to be argumentative. I am trying to...
Dec 11, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps, I have noted that there are different ways the Bible uses the word “Lord”, particularly in how one is “Lord” and the other is “LORD”. What’s the difference? I know it means something, but I don’t know what it is. Is this some kind of distinction between...
Dec 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants, Forgiveness, God, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price, Repentance, Satan
Dear Gramps, Why does (did) Elohim require suffering by Jesus for man to obtain forgiveness? Could He not have granted forgiveness to man without Jesus suffering? Shane, from San Francisco, California Dear Shane, I’m sure that God could have granted forgiveness to...
