Jun 4, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Blessings, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, My wife’s father practices polygamy, He has two wives and several children, I have seen him give blessings to his children and even baptize some of them. my question is about line of authority, he can trace his “line of authority” back to Joseph Smith,...
Jun 4, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants, Family Roots, Priesthood
Gramps, My wife just found a geneological line on new.familysearch.org that runs all the way back to Adam. The line went through Aaron, the brother of Moses. In the Doctrine and Covenants it says that a literal descendant of Aaron has a right to the Aaronic...
Jun 3, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Jesus Christ, Sabbath Day
Dear Gramps, Why do people worship on Sunday if Jesus worshiped on Saturday? Shouldn’t we do what Jesus did since He is our example? Trinity Dear Trinity, The Sabbath was instituted to commemorate the day of rest that the Lord observed following the creation of the...
May 20, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, An elder thinks he’s living gospel standards, goes to church , a full tithe payer, fulfills his callings, etc. But when he administers a blessing to a sick family member the person gets worst & ends up in the hospital, which makes him feel that he’s...
May 2, 2009 | Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, Did God create our spirits, or did he conceive them? Did he just say like, “Spirits be created” or did He have spiritual children with our Heavenly Mother? If so, why do the scriptures say Jesus is the only begotten? Ethan Answer...
Apr 30, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings, Priesthood
Question Gramps: Why do we call the members of the First Presidency and a Stake Presidency with the title of President? There is only one President of those groups, so why do we refer to all three as “President”? Spud Answer Dear Spud, President Monson as...
Apr 29, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price
Dear Gramps, What is the relationship of Kolob & Earth in the beginning and when the earth is turned to glass? Byron Dear Byron, Kolob is the name of the planet nearest to the residence or planet upon which God resides. Kolob by definition means the “the...
Apr 27, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Sealings
Dear Gramps, We have adopted our children and have had them sealed to us. I understand that this sealing changes the “blood line”. Someone once told me that Joseph Smith said something to this effect. Do you have this source or any information that we can give to...
Apr 24, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Missionary Work
Dear Gramps, My parents are not members and my mom drinks tea and my dad drinks beer all the time although there are times when he tries to “quit” and doesn’t drink for quite a while. I have always had a problem inviting them to church for fear of rejection because...
