Mar 18, 2016 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, I am wondering about the doctrine behind the consecrated oil. Why do we use olive oil? Why don’t we use another kind of oil? I understand that it is a very old practice but why did they start to use it in the first place? Thank You!...
Mar 17, 2016 | Jesus Christ, Offerings
Question Gramps, When and how were the temple sacrifices stopped after Jesus introduced the sacrament? Vicki Answer Dear Vicki, We know that, right after His crucifixion, the Lord excused His followers from the necessity of blood sacrifices. See,...
Mar 13, 2016 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, When and why is it that the church leadership considers it okay to brand everything as “Mormon” when the scriptures specifically say not to and when their own talks discourage the use of it in reference to the church? Examples...
Mar 9, 2016 | Jesus Christ, Scriptures
Question Gramps, I was told that women were not allowed to speak in church. I thought that Christ had changed the way women were viewed in the church. Theodore Answer Theodore, If the person who told you this said that women are not allowed to...
Mar 6, 2016 | Faith, Jesus Christ, Self Worth
Question Gramps, How can I know when I am worthy to and have sufficient faith to receive the Second Comforter? Yearning Answer Dear Yearning, Receiving the Second Comforter, or parting the veil and conversing with the Lord face to face, comes with...
Feb 21, 2016 | Baptism, Personal Searching
Question Gramps, In 1 Peter 3:20 it reads: 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. Do the 8 souls saved by water...
Feb 18, 2016 | Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Question Gramps, I moved to a new ward when my oldest son was 15. At sixteen I ordained him to the office of Priest and bestowed the rights, powers, and authority of that office, I added in the ward and stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Feb 17, 2016 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question Gramps, I have been studying the historical priesthood ban and curse of Cain. The idea to connect the curse of Cain to African blacks was a false idea made up by Southern Protestant Churches in the Southern American states to justify slavery. It was...
Feb 16, 2016 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question Dear Gramps, Who is the British actor that portrays Christ in all of the recent church videos and memes? Is he LDS? What is his story? Did he have to sign an agreement to keep his life and future career choices honorable, so as not to bring reproach...
