Jul 11, 2007 | Forgiveness, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps, I was wondering if there were any scriptural references that you knew that could help explain how the atonement worked in the lives of the people that lived before Christ atoned for our sins. How were they forgiven when the price hadn’t been paid yet....
Jul 10, 2007 | Afterlife, Mormon Doctrine
Hi Gramps, Do you believe that Heaven is a physical place? Is it a planet in a physical galaxy type thing? I read that Mormons believe that everybody will be resurrected at some point. Do bad people and mediocre people go to different planets? There are an awful lot...
Jul 9, 2007 | Baptism, Bible
Gramps, Baptisms in the Deseret? Jews do not perform the rite of baptism, so why would they have to worry about it in the desert. RS, from Rhode Island Dear RS, Where did you get the idea that Jews do not perform the rite of baptism? John the Baptist practiced the...
Jul 7, 2007 | Baptism, Bible
Dear Gramps, How the baptism was done at the time of Moses in the Desert? Bishop Gonçalves, from Sao Paulo, Brazil Dear Bishop Gonçalves Baptisms in the desert during the time of Moses were done in exactly the same way that they are done today in the Mormon chapels...
Jul 6, 2007 | Bible, Book of Mormon, Divorce, Satan, Sexual Issues
Hello Gramps, What are the extremely serious consequences of adultery? If you can’t tell me could you send me where to go in the scriptures or anywhere? Wondering Dear Wondering, Surely you have heard of the Ten Commandments, the seventh of which is Thou shalt not...
Jul 6, 2007 | Miracles, Resurrection
Question Dear Gramps, In Gospel Principals today we were reading and studying Chapter 12, The Atonement. When we came to page 74, the second paragraph says “On the third day after his crucifixion, Christ took up his body again and became the first person to be...
Jul 5, 2007 | Babies, Forgiveness, Happiness, Life's Lessons, Love, Repentance, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, I am 18 years old and am 38 and a half weeks pregnant and have just separated from my partner, he is now in jail. I love him with all my heart, and want him to be around for his daughter, but he isn’t allowed. I am unsure if a can bring her up without him...
Jul 4, 2007 | Afterlife, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants, God, Jesus Christ, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price, Satan
Gramps, Thanks for your reply. But I am confused about Jesus being God. My understanding is that the Mormons teach that Jesus is God’s actual Son and that Satan is Jesus actual brother?? Is this correct? If this is correct, then how can there be a trinity of God, the...
Jul 4, 2007 | 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,...