Aug 11, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Mormon Policy
Dear Gramps, The Mormon Church is asking us to store one year’s supply of food etc. I read today that the general authorities initially asked us to store food for a period of seven years: —Heber C. Kimball: “Brethren, go and build your storehouses before your...
Aug 7, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings, Mormon Policy, Testimony
Dear Gramps, My Ward was the Arlington Ward here in Riverside, CA. However the Ward was dissolved and now I am supposed to attend the Arlington Heights Ward. This Ward does not follow the pattern of the Church for Sunday School. I do not feel comfortable in the Gospel...
Jul 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, When a man is excommunicated from the Mormon Church, does he lose his priesthood, or just have the right to use it withdrawn? We know he cannot participate in church meetings, partake of the sacrament, hold callings, etc., but is the right to preside in...
Jul 4, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Marriage, Mormon Policy, Temples
Hi Gramps, Why does the Church keep me sealed to my divorced wife and child even after she married (seven years now) a non-member. If we were sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise, and there was definitely a breakdown in the “promise” and in our faith in each other,...
Jun 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, I am a single middle age sister very active in the church. The question I have is that I am thinking of adopting an orphan and I wonder can I have that child sealed to me. And if not what happens to that child and myself as an eternal...
Jun 18, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Testimony
Question Dear Gramps, I was talking to another member of the Mormon Church and he is unhappy that on fast Sunday some people, mostly grandmas, take small children up to bear testimony. He says that children below the age of eight should not or could not have a...
May 20, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, In a question to Gramps about firearms in the US, Gramps says that hunting is now a sport, not a necessity, and that it is “a sport that is frowned on by the Mormon Church.” I was not aware that the Mormon Church had a stance on hunting. Where...
Apr 22, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, My husband and I have accumulated a great deal of debt. We know that the Mormon Church counsels its members to get out of debt and stay out. The Church also advises families that the mother should stay in the home and raise her children. My...
Apr 11, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, We know that stake presidencies and high councilors are everyday men subject to making occasional mistakes just like anybody else. My question for you, is if in the capacity of a church disciplinary council, they excommunicate someone in...
Mar 19, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Question Gramps I understand that when a man in the Mormon 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...