Mar 19, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Question Gramps I understand that when a man in the Mormon Church is called to serve in a bishopric he is ordained as a high priest. As a result, the high priest group in my ward consists of many members of past bishoprics. However, there are others in the...
Feb 15, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, I have heard all my life that when the constitution of the United States hangs by a thread, that it will be saved by the Priesthood. Can you tell me if there is anywhere that this is written or is it just one of those tells that gets...
Jan 22, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, If all things happen in “God’s Time,” why then do we use the Priesthood power to try and interfere? Anna Answer Dear Anna, Given that all things happen in God’s time, the things that happen depend upon the...
Jan 3, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, Could you please explain to me the line from my Line of Priesthood Authority, which goes like this: “Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery ordained the Three Witnesses. (Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris) were called by...
Jan 1, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Gramps My husband and I were reading in the Doctrine and Covenants today when we came upon a verse we hadn’t recalled noticing before. The verse in question is D&C 107:52. It is one of the verses in a series defining the patriarchal order...
Dec 24, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Gramps, When King Mosiah gave Alma authority to set the church in order – Alma ordained Priests and Teachers. Jacob and Joseph were ordained as Priests and teachers of this people. Is this the same office referred to in D&C 20 as part of the...
Dec 20, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, I was just doing some reading about Blacks and the priesthood and I came across the case of Elijah Abel. What can you tell me about him and was he an exception to the rule? If so, why? Curtis Answer Dear Curtis, Not only was...
Nov 23, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, I were recently called as a president of the elders quorum. I am a little confused as regards to what the keys to serve as a quorum president are. An elders quorum president is called by the stake president, but most issues have to be...
Nov 16, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Obedience, Personal Revelation, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, Our leaders have counseled us to remain in our native country to help develop the Church. I am planning to leave my country, bring my wife and kids, which means I will also have to be released from a major church calling and take my...
Oct 5, 2006 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, Can you tell me what difference there is between the responsibilities of deacons and teachers in the Aaronic Priesthood? What new authority or responsibilities does a boy obtain in the Mormon Church when he is ordained from a deacon to a...