Jul 10, 2009 | Bible, Marriage
Question Dear Gramps, I don’t understand how one can seal their marriage for all eternity when Matthew 22:30 says that we will be like angels, not married. Marilyn Answer Dear Marilyn, First the Pharisees and then the Sadducees tried to entangle...
Jul 9, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Love, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, The scriptures say that to be carnally minded is death, while to be spiritually minded is life eternal. How does this apply to intimacy in marriage? How can one engage in physical intimacy with one’s own spouse without having carnal thoughts and...
Jun 15, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine
Dear Gramps, I read a scripture that has had me questioning if the LDS Church is the truth. Its in D&C 132 v. 54,55. How could Emma Smith be threatened to be destroyed if she didn’t abide my this new law? That does not make sense to me. I am having a hard time...
Apr 20, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price, Temples
Dear Gramps, What is LDS Church policy regarding civil unions? Garth Garth, When you refer to “civil unions”, I am assuming you mean civil marriages between a man and a woman that has been performed by an individual authorized by the local government. The Church...
Apr 16, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Dear Gramps, I have been married for 20 years in the temple and have 4 children. I have struggled with my husband who will not get a job, is grumpy and lazy. I have been to sole provider of our home and am resentful. I have stayed married because of my covenants but...
Apr 15, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Dear Gramps, My husband and I are active church members. We serve in the temple. The problem is we argue much too much. I have fasted and prayed about this many times over and have begged him to try to help us have a happier marriage. I have asked him to go to...
Feb 21, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Love, Marriage
Question Dear Gramps, My husband and I were talking to my in laws, and they told my husband it wasn’t appropriate for him to be talking to his friends who are girls that are married. That he is not supposed to text or call or email them. They said it can open doors to...
Feb 2, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage, Temples
Dear Gramps, My husband and his 1st wife were converts to the LDS church, but never sealed in the temple. I am not a member, but interested in learning and perhaps joining. Half of our 10 children are members. I am divorced from an abusive husband. Randy and &...
Jan 19, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Divorce, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, How I wish that I really had a sage grandfather who would answer this question with a personal feeling attached, witnessing the anguish and sorrow caused by his granddaughter’s husband. We hear many talks in Sacrament and in General Conference about what...
Jan 15, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Love, Marriage
Dear Gramps I don’t even know if I should ask this question cause you probably have more serious ones to answer but I thought that I might anyway. I don’t know if it’s for real but I think that I love this soon-to-be missionary. He’s like my best friend, I love him...
