Jun 20, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Tithing
Question Gramps, I have always had this doubt about tithes. If we could assign this principle to one of these two laws, what would it be? Felipe Answer Dear Felipe, You’re not alone in your struggle regarding tithing. However, the...
Jun 15, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Creation, Mormon Doctrine
Question Dear Gramps, In reading the book of Moses and Genesis, the description of the creation seems to indicate that the beasts of the field were created at the same time as Man and Woman. There are teachings that indicate Adam and Eve were created separately...
Jun 13, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Hi Gramps, Regarding your response to the woman in Idaho about honoring the monthly fast day, etc– The older General Handbook of Instructions, the older Gospel Principles book and local tradition, depending on the interpretation of the principle based...
Jun 12, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, It is widely known that black men could not receive the priesthood, and therefore, could not enter the temple. I don’t remember anything said about black women though. They have nothing to do with the priesthood -it not being a...
Jun 10, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Priesthood
Question Gramps, The Mormons teach that we are not held responsible for the sins of Adam and Eve (in the Catholic Church a child is born with “Original Sin”–the sin of Adam and Eve). So….why would the Mormon Church teach that all generations of blacks are held...
Jun 9, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Premortal Life, Satan
Question Gramps, I have a friend that adamantly refuses to accept that we were all spirit brothers and sisters, including Lucifer as a spirit child of our Heavenly Father. He won’t accept references from the Book of Mormon or the D&C. I’d like...
Jun 8, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, Hello. I am wondering about my 7 year old autistic son. He is very low functioning and does not speak. He cannot tolerate going ‘anywhere’…. literally. Does not do well around large groups of people, therefore we are...
Jun 7, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Dear Gramps, Will we be able to see and speak with our Heavenly Father and Jesus in the Spirit World, or must we wait until after the Resurrection? Is it incorrect to say to someone if their loved one dies, “he/she is with the Lord now”? Suzanne ...
Jun 6, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Repentance
Question Dear Gramps, What happens to a person that was born under the temple covenant, baptized at age eight, rebelled at age fourteen, was inactive for most of his life, committed some serious sins, repented in his late forties, and since has been to the...
Jun 5, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Creation
Question Gramps, When it is talking about the Gods created the earth in the Book of Abraham. What is it referring too? Let me know thanks! Josh Answer Dear Josh, There are two aspects of the creation. Both are explained in the Book of Abraham....