Oct 18, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Joseph Smith
Question Gramps, What is the true story behind Joseph Smith becoming a Mason? I once found that he was encouraged to join because he was told he and the early Saints would be protected by the Masons, but found it to be false; then left it. Later, I read that...
Oct 16, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps: I have been studying the Gospel and praying more fervently recently. As I have done so, my greatest desire is to become like the Savior in all regards. Since Jesus Christ is the great High Priest, I have felt a desire to seek this blessing...
Oct 14, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, Having been a member of the church for well over fifty years I am now feeling somewhat tired by the repetition of teachings of the church every Sunday. I am longing for something new to be taught i.e The Discourses of Brigham Young and the...
Oct 13, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, If an emotionally disturbed person with a gun asks me if I am Christian with the intent of killing me, if I answer yes, is it denying Christ if I say no? A family member argued that I would be under no obligation to a crazy person, one who is...
Oct 8, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hi Gramps! I have always found it interesting (and a little bit sad) that men can be sealed to multiple women, but women cannot do so. Not that I want to be sealed to multiple men, but just in the case of the death of a husband or something rather....
Oct 5, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Repentance
Question Gramps, Why must I confess sin to the ‘arm of flesh’ (sinful man) when God is sinless and is the only one that could possibly understand my particular situation. No man has not walked in my shoes and for that matter no man knows my...
Oct 3, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Satan
Question Gramps, If the Devil causes depression. how can a child suffer from depression before he or she reached the Age of Accountability? The first episode that I remember was when I was 4. I suspect I began having episodes before I was 4 that I don’t...
Oct 1, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Gramps, My mother in law is a very mean and angry person. She goes out of her way to upset family members. She took lessons from missionaries years ago but was never baptized. She isn’t interested in the church and doesn’t attend...
Sep 28, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Question Gramps, I have a very good friend who is a devout Catholic. She asked me this morning do Mormons believe in hell? Of course we do but only for a select few correct? Evelyn Answer Dear Evelyn, Yes, we do believe in hell, though I think our...
Sep 25, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History
Question Hi Gramps, I was reading some online material that stated that according to the Kirtland Temple lawsuit and a later court decision (because the previous was thrown out) that the Community of Christ, and not the LDS church, is the legally recognized...