Sep 24, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Missionary Work, Mormon Doctrine, Obedience, Priesthood, Temples
Gramps, Where did we get the idea that all ordinances had to be done by mortals? Gordon Dear Gordon, The idea that all the saving ordinances of the gospel must be done by mortals is gleaned from the scriptures and amplified by the General Authorities of the Mormon...
Aug 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Missionary Work, Obedience, Prayer
Hi gramps. Here is an email I got from my sister regarding her decision to leave the church. Can you give me some help in answering some of her concerns? Here are her comments— “I disagree with the style of church services. They aren’t keeping up with the...
Jul 30, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Health, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine, Obedience, Sacrament
Dear Gramps, I have been put on a Gluten Free diet so what can or should I do about Sacrament since they use bread with gluten? Arvella, from Kalispell, Montana Dear Arvella, Since I am not a health care professional, I am unqualified to answer your question. Such a...
Jul 30, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants, Obedience, Priesthood, Satan
Dear Gramps, My question has to due with our world being the most wicked out of the countless other worlds that are out there. Are we the most wicked because Satan has the most influence on this world out of all the others? Were Heavenly Father’s children that were...
Jul 18, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Doctrine & Covenants, Family, Mormon Doctrine, Obedience, Temples
Dear Gramps, What do I have to do to be in the Celestial Kingdom with my daughter after my death? She died at the age of two. Emily, from Arkansas Dear Emily, What you would need to do depends on where you now are, but you supplied no information on that point. So...
Jul 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Forgiveness, Obedience, Repentance, Satan
Gramps, I was always under the impression that the Lord would never tempt us above what we can bear. However, after reading Alma 13:27-28 it seems to read that if we are not continually repenting and humbling ourselves then we could be given temptations beyond what we...
Jul 12, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Addictions, Happiness, Life's Lessons, Obedience, Repentance, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, I am what you would call an repentant homosexual”gay” man. It has taken long years of being in and out ot the gospel. I am now 48 and a temple recommend holder and do all I can to serve our God. Sexuality I have learned is to be kept in the bounds the...
Jul 5, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Family, Forgiveness, Mormon Doctrine, Obedience, Temples
Gramps,My companion (of 23 years) got involved with another woman and left our family. I had questions about our sealing and how his actions would affect our children and myself in regards to our sealings. I was told the reason sealings are not canceled was that if...
Feb 11, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Obedience
Question Dear Gramps, My siblings and I have lived a life of physical and mental abuse from our mother. Some of my siblings feel that if they do not continue to let her abuse them that are in violation of the commandment that states “honor your mother and...
Jan 4, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Obedience
Question Gramps, What does it mean when the Savior said that it is easier for a camel to fit thru the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? Curtis Answer Dear Curtis, The example given by the Savior, that It is...