Mar 26, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, What happens at a temple dedication? Sara Answer Dear Sara, Our modern temple dedications follow the pattern and agenda Joseph Smith set with the dedication of the Kirtland House of the Lord. At that dedication, the meeting...
Jan 13, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Dear Gramps, I’ve heard the stories in Mormon lore about how Moroni hiked out west and dedicated some future temple sites in Utah. Are these stories credible? Or are they just the fabrication of someone with a dramatic imagination? How can one...
Jan 10, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, What are all the reasons why we, as members, can’t tell others about what goes on in the temple? Besides the fact that we are commanded, and the fact that those things are sacred. Also why is it not allowed to take pictures or videos in...
Dec 3, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, Why do we put names on the altars of the temple? It seems like some sort of magical wish-making. We are supposed to write a few markings that represent the phoneticism of someone’s name, which gets anonymously prayed over by people who...
Dec 1, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, Why are unworthy Saints or people who use fake temple recommends able to gain access to the temple? D&C 97:15-17 says no unclean thing shall enter or his presence won’t be there. This is a tough issue for me right now as an LDS...
Nov 28, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family History, Temples
Question Dear Gramps, When a common name like John Smith comes up for proxy ordinance work in the temple, how do they know on the other side which one is intended? There are hundreds with the same name in the Spirit World. I’ve heard that those being...
Aug 11, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, 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...
Mar 5, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Dear Gramps, What blessings can a person expect from submitting extended/distant family names for temple proxy work? Thanks for your kind help as always. Robert Answer Dear Robert, Our departed dead have need of the saving ordinances...
Feb 13, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, I have been wondering about the temple work that was done in the Nauvoo Temple when Brigham Young was working around the clock to get the work done before the Saints left Nauvoo. How is it similar or different than the work we do today? Rod...
Jan 2, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Temples
Question Gramps, How do I ask my very staunch Catholic, born again Baptists, and non believer relatives for permission to do temple work? Can I take cousin Billy’s name to the temple? Can I baptize your dead dad to be a Mormon? Your family needs to be...