Mar 8, 2014 | Word of Wisdom, Worthiness
Question Gramps, I just want to know your side about members who are selling products against the WOW like tobacco, alcohol, etc. Are they entitled to have a temple recommend? How about a farmer planting tobacco as means of income? Any enlightenment is greatly...
Mar 5, 2014 | Book of Mormon, Church History
Question Gramps, My question is more out of curiosity than of faith building , but as I read of the travels of Moroni, and view many maps of the journeys, I wonder about the Hill Cumorah. I see two possible locations of this place and they are nowhere close to...
Mar 4, 2014 | Current issues, LDS Church
Question Why can’t agnostics who have a genuine Christian hope be admitted into the church? The baptismal requirements do not say one must believe in the Book of Mormon. Why is hope not enough? Thomas Answer Thomas Your question doesn’t make a whole...
Mar 2, 2014 | Current issues, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, I have been reading a lot of responses–some pro and some con– to Elder Callister’s article in the March Ensign. Some things came out of the objections that I had not considered. If you are plugged into the ongoing conversation,...
Feb 24, 2014 | Current issues, Repentance
Question Hey Gramps, I had a question on sin that I’m unsure about. Do you have to repent of every single sin you do, that is at age 9 and up? In terms of new members who had to give up a lot of old habits, do they have to remember and forsake every sin...
Feb 21, 2014 | Abortion, Baptism
Question Gramps, Can you be baptized if you have had an abortion? Trudy Answer Trudy, The short answer is yes…. Yes you can. Baptism is about having faith in Christ and having the desire and willingness to repent, in addition to joining the...
Feb 20, 2014 | Bible, Jesus Christ
Question Hi Gramps, I know I’ve been asking you a lot of questions, primarily because I haven’t seen them addressed before. This one has come to my mind periodically since I was in middle school. I don’t believe that Judas knew that the...
Feb 18, 2014 | Current issues, Premortal Life
Question Dear Gramps, I really appreciate the time and effort you put in answers all those questions. And I again want to thank you on behalf of all those thousands and thousands who I know are following your answers almost on a daily basis. I have been...
Feb 8, 2014 | Current issues, Forgiveness
Question Gramps, I’m confused about D&C 84:41. It reads: 41 But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor in the world to come. My question is:...
