Feb 11, 2018 | Obedience, Sabbath Day
Question Gramps, The past four years I have struggled with attending all of my church meetings. I have always reasoned that the sacrament is the primary purpose of attending church and the other meetings are secondary in importance. The three-hour block seems...
Mar 1, 2017 | Obedience, Word of Wisdom
Question Gramps, My son is a 2nd year medical student with a young family and is active in the Church. He is beginning to buy the philosophy that moderation in all things is okay when it comes to the Word of Wisdom. He is being influenced by some of the...
Aug 5, 2016 | Book of Mormon, God, Obedience
Question Gramps, I have been wondering for some time about this issue of mine. If free will is so important to God why does he tell the prophets in the Book of Mormon to preach “follow god or be destroyed by him?” I guess if you do not believe in...
Jun 30, 2016 | Mormon Policy, Obedience
Question Gramps, If we are one day told to turn in our guns because the law changed and it is required, will the Church support that law and tell us to turn them in? Tracie Answer Dear Tracie, I believe you have asked a question that has crossed...
Jun 27, 2016 | Faith, Obedience
Question Hi Gramps, I prayed recently to be granted any spiritual gift, any “leftover” gift God will give. I don’t know which spiritual gift is appropriate for my situation, obviously God’s wisdom is better. But then I read D&C 88:65...
May 27, 2016 | Obedience, Sin
Question Gramps, Sorry, I just can’t understand Sons of Perdition, even though I have studied it. If a person has to have a perfect knowledge of Christ how can Hitler or other such evil people be son’s of perdition? They certainly did not have a...
Aug 14, 2015 | Mormon Faith, Obedience
Question Dear Gramps, In the Church we are encouraged to study the Book of Mormon, read the General Conference Addresses, read and prepare a home teaching message from the monthly First Presidency message from the Ensign, study the Gospel Doctrine lesson, study...
May 6, 2015 | Life's Lessons, Obedience
Question Gramps, A while back I made a promise to God that I would stop falling asleep when I wake up in the mornings so as to spend that time more productively by reading scriptures, etc. However, after breaking this promise for the fourth or fifth time, I...
