Oct 18, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Dear Gramps, I found your site on the moregoodfoundation web site. I have read many of your answers to questions, and have been impressed. I am not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but have been interested in it ever since I...
Oct 15, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, My wife and I were having a discussion recently about Satan and his powers. She does not believe that Satan knows our thoughts. I always thought that he did because it was what gave him so much knowledge about our weaknesses and how to...
Oct 15, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism
Question Dear Gramps, Nearly all ordinances, prayers and all we do in the Mormon church are performed in the “name of Jesus Christ” yet the baptismal ordinance is performed in the “name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost”. Can you explain why the...
Oct 12, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, The Holy Ghost comes from God, He’s God in the Father, God in the Son, God in the Holy Ghost, God all three in one! So how is that not true? I was also told that I was going to hell because I did not believe the Mormon religion, but that I...
Oct 9, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hey Gramps! I love reading your column. It has helped me a lot with questions I have about the Mormon Church and has without question strengthened my testimony. My question pertains to the prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Do we know where...
Oct 9, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Faith
Question Gramps, I was reading something interesting and instead of wrestling myself over it, I thought of you and thought you might be able to help (if you don’t mind of course). I was interested in the Mormon view of the nature of God. I’ve been reading...
Oct 7, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Second Coming
Question Dear Gramps I have heard several times that there will be no rainbows for a period of time before the Saviour comes again. I know this is one of the small things, but I wonder why that would be if it is true? There are many symbols and the rainbow was...
Oct 6, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hey Gramps, I’m trying to figure out how come there have been no artifacts found of the final great battle on Hill Cumorah near Palmyra, New York. My Book of Mormon says that about 4 million total were killed there along with many horses and chariots,...
Oct 5, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness
Question Gramps, Last year when I was teaching the New Testament I came across this quote in “Doctrinal New Testament Commentary” by Elder Bruce R. McConkie p. 512. This comment was in reference to the Prodigal Son. “But we need not suppose...
Oct 5, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, Can you tell me what difference there is between the responsibilities of deacons and teachers in the Aaronic Priesthood? What new authority or responsibilities does a boy obtain in the Mormon Church when he is ordained from a deacon to a...