Aug 8, 2023 | Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, What is the LDS statement on mediums or channeling? Geoff Answer Dear Geoff, Mediums and channeling both fall under the umbrella of occult practices. All such practices are covered by the following Church policy (General...
Mar 10, 2021 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, Why aren’t Bishops and their counselors paid as instructed by the Lord in D&C 42:71-73 ? Kathryn Answer Kathryn, Thank you for asking this question. It is an often misinterpreted verse resulting in the confusion you’re...
Feb 9, 2021 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, My teenage son has started painting his fingernails and toes black. He’s not gay. Apparently it’s a fashion trend. I’m a 49 year old parent, so I don’t feel as though I’m THAT “old-fashioned” when it comes to knowing when I should pick my...
Jan 16, 2021 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, I have been told that you should only get one blessing for an illness and that you just have to have faith in it. Is this true? Does this mean that if you are given a blessing to start a new school year, job, or new calling you shouldn’t...
Jan 9, 2021 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Hey Gramps, I have always wondered and more recently others have asked me the same question. What happens if someone is unworthy and blesses/passes the sacrament? Or when giving a blessing? Do the receivers of the blessings lose out? Or is the greater...
Jan 8, 2021 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Question Gramps, I am an Elder. My son become a High Priest. Why can’t I ordain him just as I did all the others? I just had to sit there and suffer. John Answer Dear John, Your precious son was being ordained to a Priesthood office! What a...
Nov 22, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, My son is under the impression that the general authorities are just making a lot of money, and that they “know what’s going on” , but hide it from the public. -So, do the general authorities get an income for serving in...
Aug 18, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, Hey, I live in México and I was planning on getting married in October 2020 but then the pandemic happened and we are all still in quarantine. For this reason, all of the temples are closed and the only one that’s open doesn’t accept...
Jul 30, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, What is the basis for the understanding that an engaged/betrothed heterosexual couple cannot make love prior to their wedding? Alexander Answer Alexander, 1. “Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of...
Jul 18, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Hi Gramps, I understand and believe that God intended sex only between a man and a woman and I take no issue with this. I also know that God intended us to have free agency. I don’t think its my place to even have an opinion on whether or not...
