Nov 23, 2013 | Life's Lessons, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, Is it a sin to go a casino and play the slot machines for entertainment when your bills and tithes have been paid? Frankie Answer Frankie, To willingly and knowingly break a commandment of God is by definition a sin. This is what...
Nov 19, 2013 | Preparedness, Revelation
Question Gramps, Is storing a one year supply of food no longer suggested by the Church? Also, as conditions worsen in the USA and the world, the less is said about the present conditions in the General Conference talks. It is like the 800 pound gorilla in the...
Nov 18, 2013 | Life's Lessons, Premortal Life
Question Gramps, Thanks for all the knowledge you share in your answers. I am wondering how effective can we consider our agency was in premortal life. I mean, how effective is our agency if we just needed to elect to choose or not the Father’s plan ? Did...
Nov 12, 2013 | Faith, Family, Marriage, Mormon Faith
Question Gramps, I read your answer to the guy who was worried about being an angel only. I have a friend who was sealed to her husband and has two kids. He was lost tragically in a car accident. She has had trouble dating LDS men, They do not wish to pursue...
Oct 31, 2013 | Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Worthiness
Question Gramps, My brother had some unresolved sins before he went on his mission and as a result ended up getting sent home when he confessed to his mission president during his first transfer. While he was home he met with the bishop and the stake president on a...
Oct 26, 2013 | Personal Revelation, Prayer, Youth Issues
Question Gramps, Some questions I have asked you I have asked other people before and after I’ve seen your answer. Who am I to believe? Sometimes my Sunday School teacher will give me a different answer than my Seminary teacher which might be different...
Oct 10, 2013 | Marriage, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, I recently attended a wedding in our ward chapel between a member and a non member. The Bishop did not perform a ring exchange ceremony. He later stated “we LDS do not do that” but they exchanged rings at the reception in the...
Aug 20, 2013 | Family, Life's Lessons, Love
Question Dear Gramps, Ever sense I was young I have always felt that my mom loves my brother more than me. No matter what I did I would always get in trouble and my brother could get away with murder. Still till this day I have tried making our relationship stronger...
Aug 19, 2013 | Depression, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I spent some time reading messages on this website trying to find answer on my problem and I wasn’t able to do so. Maybe that is because of complexity of my problem, and yet again, maybe my problem has no solution. I was exposed to LDS...
Aug 18, 2013 | Health, Life's Lessons
Question My step mom still thinks I imagine the headaches; despite the fact that, in 1996, I had emergency surgery to remove a tumor from my brain. My concern is this: I don’t know if my family is correct, if I have been over-stating my “conditions” to use as a...