Jan 11, 2007 | God, Prayer
Question Dear Gramps, There were two nonmembers in my seminary class and today one of them asked a question and I thought I knew the answer, but I am not sure so I am going to ask you. Can someone speak to or reach God without prayer and without the gospel?...
Jan 11, 2007 | Personal Revelation, Prayer
Question Estimado Abuelito, My question is: how we know that the feeling of the Holly Ghost is from God, and is not from our own mind wanting us to believe something? I remember a couple of years ago after I read the Book of Mormon and ask God as described in...
Jan 10, 2007 | Afterlife, Mormon Doctrine, Personal Revelation
Question Hey, Gramps, Are there any authoritative statements regarding the role of those who have completed their earthly life assisting those of us who are currently here? We’re all aware of those with special missions, such as Moroni, Peter, James,...
Jan 10, 2007 | God, Missionary Work
Question Dear Gramps, How do you teach an Atheist about God, where do you start? Bonnie Answer Dear Bonnie, Convince him to read the Book of Mormon. After he has done that, ask him if he will read it one more time. This time sincerely apply the...
Jan 10, 2007 | Mormon Doctrine, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, Is it known when a spirit enters a new life? At the moment of conception? Sometime during the pregnancy? Or the moment of birth? Thank you, would love to know your thoughts. Daniel Answer Dear Daniel, There is no scriptural...
Jan 9, 2007 | Education, Joseph Smith, Pearl of Great Price
Question Dear Gramps The problem with the facsimiles in the Pearl of Great Price has nothing to do with them not being spoken of in the book of Abraham. The problem is the deciphering of the symbols accompanying the facsimiles, which say that it is Abraham upon...
Jan 9, 2007 | Afterlife, Baptism
Question Dear Gramps, In Doctrine & Covenants131 it doesn’t state that you will have to be baptized to get into the lower two levels of the celestial kingdom. So do you have to be a Mormon or not? Tyra Answer Dear Tyra, Section 131 of the...
Jan 7, 2007 | Health, Natural Phenomena
Question Hi Gramps, I’m wondering about something that happened to me on two different occasions; a couple of years ago, several months apart. Both times I was laying in bed trying to sleep. On the first occasion, I laid down with my youngest child, trying to...
Jan 7, 2007 | Current issues, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, I just read the question about why Eve was taken from Adam’s rib and not another body part, to which you answered that it is allegorical. Next, you stated that Adam and Eve were born as we are born (which I take to mean a physical birth)....
Jan 6, 2007 | Church History
Question Dear Gramps, I have a further question, this time concerning Joseph Smith. In the earlier versions of the Doctrine and Covenants Joseph Smith is referred to by the name “Barak Ale”. What is the significance of this name? Is it in any way related to his...
