Oct 1, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Gramps, My mother in law is a very mean and angry person. She goes out of her way to upset family members. She took lessons from missionaries years ago but was never baptized. She isn’t interested in the church and doesn’t attend...
Sep 28, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Gramps, I have a very good friend who is a devout Catholic. She asked me this morning do Mormons believe in hell? Of course we do but only for a select few correct? Evelyn Answer Dear Evelyn, Yes, we do believe in hell, though I think our...
Sep 25, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hi Gramps, I was reading some online material that stated that according to the Kirtland Temple lawsuit and a later court decision (because the previous was thrown out) that the Community of Christ, and not the LDS church, is the legally recognized...
Sep 24, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, At our stake conference last Sunday, President Packer and Elder Perry were both sustained. Was this proper or a mistake on the part of our stake presidency? Margaret Answer Dear Margaret, Perhaps some interesting philosophical...
Sep 15, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, “There is no true Latter‑day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity ‑‑ realizing that chastity is of more value than anything else in all the world.” Heber J. Grant,...
Sep 8, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ, Scriptures
Question Gramps, The people who were resurrected with Christ, what happened to them? The scriptures say they went among the people. June Answer Dear June, The scriptural record is sparse when it comes to actuality of the saints rising from their...
Sep 7, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, Is it wrong to offer a bribe, in order to influence someone? The reason I ask is because Elder Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, mentions in one of his sermons how he slipped an East German train conductor a...
Sep 2, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, LDS Church
Question Hello, We know that the Apostle John was the last of the original Twelve. We also know that he was translated so that he would not taste of death until a much later time. And when we think of the Great Apostasy, usually, we imagine it taking place...
Sep 1, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, I note that three women who are currently presidents of their church organizations have been placed on various boards. I have to admit that this troubles me. The LDS Church appears to me to be knuckling under to demands of feminist groups. ...
Aug 27, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Death
Question Gramps, The temple endowment is an earthly ordinance. When a endowed person passes away the handbook says to dress them in their temple clothing. My question is why? If when we are resurrected our clothing, I would assume, is not resurrected with us...