Feb 20, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Temples
Gramps, Why do you have to wait a year before you can put the name of a deceased person through the temple? Frank, from Northern Ireland Dear Frank, I imagine that it’s for the same reason that people must wait a year after being baptized before going to the...
Feb 19, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood, Worthiness
Dear Gramps, If a priesthood holder is living unrighteously and is performing blessings and baptisms and attending the temple does the things he is performing have any meaning? Thanks. Jody, from New York Dear Jody, There are two aspects of the priesthood that must be...
Feb 18, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Current issues, Family, God, Obedience
Gramps, My question relates to Jacob 2:27. If the Lord is the same today, tomorrow and forever why the change in the position on one wife? Thank you for your time. Ron, from California Dear Ron, As related in Jacob 2:27, the law of monogamy was required of the...
Feb 17, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Mormon Policy
Gramps I would like to learn what is the church’s position on plays in the church building are? I am asking you because our stake has just been reorganized and no one I have asked knows for sure.Thank you. Donald, from New Mexico Dear Donald, You might try the...
Feb 16, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Gramps, I understand that when a man in the church is called to serve in a bishopric he is ordained as a high priest. As a result, the high priest group in my ward consists of many members of past bishoprics. However, there are others in the group that I know have not...
Feb 14, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Missionary Work, Temples
Dear Gramps, I have a dilemma. I am a recent convert and am starting to work on my family history. I e-mailed my cousin, a non-member, and asked her for information on her parents and brother, all deceased. She said she would be happy to, but wanted to know what the...
Feb 13, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Etymology
Gramps, Thank you, I have been going to the discussions of a woman my husband and I met at Church. The missionaries introduced her to us because she is Catholic and my husband was Catholic before he joined the church. She is a golden contact and accepts all that she...
Feb 12, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Premortal Life
Question Gramps, Do you feel the inhabitants of these other worlds went through the same process of a pre-existent state? Were they given a choice to follow the Savior and if so would gain a mortal state? Then an immortal state and face a final judgement such...
Feb 11, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, I have a query from a friend who has recently lost her son, aged 33 from cancer. He was an active member of the Church but had not reached the stage of being ordained a High Priest. She would like to know, will he be made a High Priest in the Spirit...
Feb 10, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Second Coming
Question Gramps, At the time of the Savior’s return to the earth, a conference is to be held at Adam-Ondi-Ahman with the Savior and invited Church leaders. What is the agenda of this conference and who will be the invited guests? Thanks. Ross ...
