Jul 6, 2011 | Current issues, LDS Scriptures, Mormon Policy
Dear Gramps, I teach the youth at seminary. Electronic Communication Devices are becoming a concern. Have the Brethren given any counsel on the uses of ECD in the classroom? I see them as a temptation to distract them rather than a blessing. What advice would I give...
Jul 4, 2011 | Current issues, Mormon Policy, Tithing
Dear Gramps, Today my wife went to have her temple recommendation renewed and the counselor of the stake presidency ask her if I was paying tithing to whish she reply that yes. To this he replied that now is a new policy that if the head of the family is not paying...
Jun 24, 2011 | Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, Are excommunication proceedings automatically started when a member of the Church is found guilty of a felony or pleads guilty of a felony offense? Susan Answer Dear Susan, In my view, the purpose of disciplinary hearings is three fold:...
Jun 14, 2011 | Mormon Policy, Priesthood, Sexual Issues
A woman asked to be removed from the records of the church. She then had a sex change operation and is living as a man, attending church. This person expects to be rebaptised and given the priesthood. I can see rebaptism, maybe, but do you agree with my supposition...
Feb 20, 2011 | Mormon Policy, Temples
Gramps, Why do you have to wait a year before you can put the name of a deceased person through the temple? Frank, from Northern Ireland Dear Frank, I imagine that it’s for the same reason that people must wait a year after being baptized before going to the...
Feb 17, 2011 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Gramps I would like to learn what is the church’s position on plays in the church building are? I am asking you because our stake has just been reorganized and no one I have asked knows for sure.Thank you. Donald, from New Mexico Dear Donald, You might try the...
Feb 16, 2011 | Current issues, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Gramps, I understand that when a man in the church is called to serve in a bishopric he is ordained as a high priest. As a result, the high priest group in my ward consists of many members of past bishoprics. However, there are others in the group that I know have not...
Feb 5, 2011 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Gramps What was the date when we went to the consolidation meetings all on Sundays? joeannh Dear jeoannh, 1980 Gramps
Nov 6, 2010 | God, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Mormon Policy
Dear Gramps — I’ve wondered for a time why is it that when we baptize we do it in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, as is also the case in the temple marriage. Why then are the other ordinances, such as confirmation, priesthood ordination,...
Sep 11, 2010 | Current issues, Marriage, Mormon Policy
Gramps, Could you please tell me the church’s view of bi-racial marriages? Thank you. Anonymous, from Idaho Dear Anonymous, I can’t quote you the Church’s official view on interracial marriage, but the following comment made by President Spencer W....
