Oct 25, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, Why are God and Jesus Christ both considered “our Father”? Scott Answer Dear Scott, The concept that Jesus may be called both the Father and the Son is amply explained in the Book of Mormon, AND now Abinadi said unto them: I...
Oct 23, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Satan
Question Dear Gramps, My niece watched the movie “The Exorcism of Rose Lee” (Hope i have the title right.) She’s concerned about being possessed or how that happens. A friend told her there was a scripture in the Bible about a person having to give permission...
Oct 23, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Happiness
Question Dear Gramps, If God loves us then why does he make us suffer so much? Mystical Answer Dear Mystical, Two points– 1) There is purpose in suffering, and 2) God does not make us suffer. Probably the principal source of suffering is the...
Oct 22, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, I am very close to my dead grandparents who are of Jewish decent. My mother and father divorced and remarried, but I still go by my father’s and grandparents last name. My mother married a good member of the church and was sealed in...
Oct 21, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, I have been having a discussion with a few people lately over obtaining a remission of sins. I can clearly read in Preach My Gospel that baptism and the bestowal of the Gift of the Holy Ghost brings a remission of sins. I also have many...
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, 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...
