Feb 1, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Faith, God, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Mormon Faith, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I’m single and am thinking about moving to another state for my work. I already have a job lined up but have a lot of doubts about moving since I have a lot of debt. How can I know it’s the right decision, that it’s based on true principles and not...
Jan 23, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, Many members of the Mormon Church including yourself and the General Authorities use the term “Free Agency” when speaking of agency. I believe it was Joseph Fielding Smith who said that agency is not free. It was bought and paid for by the...
Jan 17, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, Thank you for your informative answers. I really enjoy reading them. My questions are to settle a difference between my mother and I. It is my understanding that our Heavenly Father had many spirit children in the pre-existence, enough to...
Jan 15, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, I have read several different names for Jesus including Jehovah and Joshua. If I were walking with Jesus during his life and someone said his name, what is the name I would have heard? Lynn Answer Dear Lynn, You would have...
Jan 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps It is difficult to comprehend worlds without number created by Jesus, son of God. Is he the only Savior of all those worlds and do they all have to wait for his resurrection and God was once as we are and Jesus is his Son and so are we. Can...
Jan 5, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Jesus Christ
Question Hi Gramps, Could you please explain, in the scriptures, the difference between Lord God the Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ? It’s my understanding that Christ is spoken of MOST of the time in both the Bible and the Book of Mormon, and God the Father...
Jan 4, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, I was stunned reading Nephi the other day where Jesus Christ destroyed entire towns, women and children. I asked my Mormon neighbor, who rhetorically asked about Sodom and Gomorrah. But I was shocked that the Savior of the World, the...
Jan 1, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Jesus Christ, Marriage
Question Gramps Given the central motif of marriage throughout the Bible (between God and Israel, Christ and the Church, etc.), not to mention the original purpose of women–to be a companion of men–why do both Jesus and Apostle Paul sanction celibacy as even...
Jan 1, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ, LDS Scriptures
Question Gramps, You have helped me several times, and I am hoping you are a scripturist too. A Catholic friend sent me a letter requesting that I say a novena for a very ill friend. I, of course, will not alienate him by saying that Mormons don’t say novenas,...
Dec 30, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Question Gramps, Recently our home teacher read a scripture (I can’t remember where it was) that stated that Jesus Christ created the world. I am confused by that as I hadn’t read that before. I have searched for that scripture and can’t find it and would like...