Aug 14, 2015 | Mormon Faith, Obedience
Question Dear Gramps, In the Church we are encouraged to study the Book of Mormon, read the General Conference Addresses, read and prepare a home teaching message from the monthly First Presidency message from the Ensign, study the Gospel Doctrine lesson, study...
Aug 11, 2015 | Current issues, Temples
Question Gramps, Did women work in the Old Testament temples or in the Book of Mormon temples? Were baptism or endowments done in these temples? Karen Answer Dear Karen, There is much we don’t know about these ancient temples, but there are...
Aug 9, 2015 | Church History, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, On an anti Mormon site, I have just read the original wording for the Endowment which included all of the changes made. The writer also said that Joseph Smith had indicated that the Endowment would never be changed from its original form, as...
Jul 28, 2015 | Church History, Doctrine & Covenants
Question Dear Gramps, In D&C 8, the Lord gives Oliver Cowdery the power to translate the Gold Plates. The Lord directs him four separate times in verses 1, 9, 10 and 11 to ask Him for the translation he needs. In D&C 9, we find out that Oliver was...
Jul 27, 2015 | Premortal Life, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I have been a member of the LDS church all my life and believe the doctrine stating that our spirits had a gender before we became mortal. I find myself pondering the possibility of an imperfectly gendered body. Hermaphrodites exist, and...
Jul 7, 2015 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, The church allows all to attend meetings, even nonmembers and ex members. What if a non, ex, or member began outright speaking against the church and its doctrines, to the point that they were a heckler? Would they be banned from the building?...
Jun 26, 2015 | Current issues, Prophets
Question Gramps, Brigham Young has said multiple times and it is written in the Journal of Discourses that he said people lived on the moon dressed as Quakers. He also said, “Is their life on the sun? Without question, for it was not created in...
Jun 9, 2015 | Afterlife, Current issues
Question Gramps, If there are other “Gods” and other “Earths,” do people that commit suicide perhaps go to another “Earth” with worse circumstances to work through? Timothy Answer Timothy, In short, no. Not...
Jun 3, 2015 | Current issues, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, When Christ was a youth, was He a tattle-tale? Since He could not “look upon sin with the least degree of allowance”, did He always turn His friends or family members in when He saw them do something wrong? Today, friends...
Jun 2, 2015 | Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, With the passing of beloved Apostle L. Tom Perry there is now a vacancy as it were in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I am interested to know what the process is for choosing a new Apostle. Barbara Answer Dear Barbara, Jesus...
