Jul 8, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Hello Gramps, I am confused. There are just too many faiths. Actually they all accept the fact we are spiritual beings and we are here for just a while. Do we really need religions? Because somehow I think Jesus wasn’t for organized religions but...
Jul 6, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Miracles, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, I have been spending a lot of time reading the scriptures lately, especially the Book of Mormon and the New Testament. Both books are filled with many miracles performed by righteous prophets, church leaders and the Savior himself. There...
Jul 5, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples, World History
Question Gramps, How many temples were built in Jerusalem and when? Elizabeth Answer Dear Elizabeth, The bible tells us the first temple was the Temple of Solomon built around 957 BC. This was to replace the portable tabernacle that they had used...
Jul 1, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question What does it mean to “turn your back to the priesthood” (a HC said this when interviewing me for the MP)? I’ve read D&C 84, but it isn’t clear on the “oath and covenant,” or what would specifically constitute...
Jun 30, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Faith
Question Gramps, I have a hard time reconciling grace and the temple. I understand temples were used anciently, but as I have studied the Hebrew temple I have questions. There a priest made a sacrifice on behalf of the people and metaphorically entered into...
Jun 28, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Ordinances
Question Gramps, How come men can be sealed to multiple women but women cant be sealed to multiple men? Kendra Answer Dear Kendra, It’s not that simple actually. If a man is living and his wife dies, then yes he can be sealed to another...
Jun 27, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine
Question Gramps, A friend of mine, a former Bishop, believes that ghosts are real, but he cannot explain why some ghosts are friendly vs the ghosts that are of the devil. I cannot understand why a spirit would be allowed to stay on this earth and be seen...
Jun 26, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine
Question Gramps, I believe God will never cease to have children, and those children all need to go through life on an earth. So after Christ’s second coming, is the cycle restarted and begins all over again with a new Christ and new earth(s)? This brings...
Jun 25, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith
Question Gramps, I am struggling with my faith. No big event triggered it, just a culmination of things. I am doing what I can to overcome it. But it seems that the canned answers of “study the scriptures, “pray sincerely,” fasting, searching, reading the...
Jun 24, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith
Question Gramps, Hello, my question for you today is, is there such a thing as a blessing of faith? One given by the laying on of hands but not with priesthood authority. Just by the faith of the person giving and receiving the blessing. I ask this as I hold...
