Apr 14, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, I know an LDS man who is a very poor learner, but not retarded. He is a convert to the Church. In about two years of activity he still hasn’t learned who Nephi and Lehi are. We’re trying to study the scriptures and I see how poor...
Mar 23, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, How can I use my gift of discernment to help others? Thankyou. Emmie Answer Dear Emmie, When I read your question, the words of Elder Bednar came to my mind: “There are times when people are silent in their screaming but you...
Mar 19, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Question Gramps, Why do we make the choice of who we will be with for “all eternity” in a state of existence where we have the veil, are still developing and changing who we are, and are still so naive in our understanding and learning? The longer...
Mar 6, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Jesus Christ, Self Worth
Question Gramps, How can I know when I am worthy to and have sufficient faith to receive the Second Comforter? Yearning Answer Dear Yearning, Receiving the Second Comforter, or parting the veil and conversing with the Lord face to face, comes with...
Feb 26, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, I am aware that God grants exemptions for killing enemy soldiers in the case of war. Killing an enemy solider in war is not a sin as far as I understand. (correct me if I’m wrong). But what if I joined a mercenary corps? I have wanted...
Jan 28, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Mormon Faith
Question Gramps, I hear this phrase all the time. “If we bring our weaknesses to the Lord, he will make them strengths.” What does this mean? How does one’s weakness become a strength? Justin Answer Justin, This is an excellent...
Jan 16, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Personal Revelation
Question Gramps, I do not know if you have seen in the news, but a group of militiamen recently seized a government facility in Oregon. The leaders of this group are LDS and they claimed to have received revelation to do this. (Of course, the Church has...
Nov 27, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, My grandmother has always been involved in black magic and we have suffered from it a lot through the years. We have always been members. Recently she said she does black magic specifically for our family. How can we stay away from its...
Oct 28, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Scriptures
Question Dear Gramps, How can one tell when they are reading the scriptures enough? They tell us that we are to feast from them, and not nibble or snack. So how much is “enough?” How does one tell when they are “full” from this kind...
Oct 15, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I have been thinking about this for a while. Obviously, we don’t believe in fate because that would take away our agency. But we do believe we were intentionally born at a certain time into certain circumstances to experience certain...