Nov 15, 2006 | LDS Scriptures, Mormon Doctrine
Question Hello Gramps, I was wondering about the Three Nephites that are still walking upon the earth. After reading about John the Beloved, I thought I would ask the same about the Three Nephites. Have there been any documented sightings of them. Trish ...
Nov 14, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Second Coming
Question Dear Gramps, John the Beloved asked to stay on the earth so he could build the kingdom of God. What evidence is there that he has done this? I don’t recall hearing about any “sightings” of him or his work. Karen Answer Dear Karen, Indeed...
Nov 13, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Missionary Work, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, What can I do if our Mormon Church is described as a sect? How do I react? Thank you so much, Lennart Answer Dear Lennart, There are many opportunities for missionary work, and this is one of them. A sect is usually thought...
Nov 12, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Obedience, Premortal Life, Trials
Question Dear Gramps, I accidentally clicked on a link that inadvertently led me to a question posed about how foreordination/predestination and freedom to choose can be non-mutually exclusive. I write to you today to share with you my thoughts and see if you...
Nov 12, 2006 | Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, My question is somewhat existential, somewhat theological, and purely speculative, I think. I believe in an existence prior to mortality—that individual “spirits” or “essences” (or whatever philosophical parlance you prefer) gathered...
Nov 11, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, Funny writing to a grampa when I am a Gramma myself. That’s ok, I never had a grampa to talk to. My question is about my sweet husband. He died in September of 2000. He had cancer, and God took him very fast. I miss him, he is my best...
Nov 11, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, I have been reading the questions about other worlds and how the Savior atoned for the sins of all the different worlds. I knew that He was the only Savior but what I want to know is, why was I or you or anyone placed on this world? You...
Nov 9, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, I had always heard that we picked who our parents were going to be in the Pre-existence. And then on the other hand I was told that we could have married ANYONE and had children and been happy. So did we know that we were going to come to...
Nov 9, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Obedience
Question Dear Gramps, If murder is wrong/breaking a commandment how will the Lord look upon killing another human being during wartime? If I remember right, President David O. McKay gave an amazing piece of sound doctrine regarding this. Again, one of my early...
Nov 8, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Joseph Smith, LDS Scriptures
Question Dear Gramps, At the time Joseph Smith received the record of Abraham, which was subsequently translated into what we now know as the Book of Abraham in the Pearl Of Great Price, he also received the record of Joseph. That record was apparently...
