Jan 31, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Personal Revelation
Question Gramps, I have a friend who feels that people of all religions want their religion to be true so badly that they convince themselves that their religion is true. He feels that any spirit or power felt by an individual is caused by a strong internal...
Jan 25, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I am fourteen years old and a freshman in high school. Last year I started handing out a little card at school with something spiritual and/or uplifting on it. For example, “Choose righteousness and happiness no matter what your...
Jan 23, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Homosexuality, Marriage
Question Dear Gramps, Should LDS parents attend the same-sex wedding of their gay children? What if they were having a heterosexual wedding in a Satanic church? Where does one draw the line in their children’s unacceptable conduct? How would one give their...
Jan 22, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Worthiness
Question Gramps, Some time ago, I heard a talk on BYU-TV by an apostle about bankruptcy. He talked about that and temple recommends. I don’t recall who it was, I have searched on the LDS.org site for talks but not there. Does this ring any bells or do...
Jan 16, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Marriage
Question Gramps, I am distraught. My husband molested my daughter when she was very young. He did not go through the proper steps of repentance at the time. Fast forward many years. He started again on the same daughter. It was stopped. I insisted on him...
Dec 28, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage, Testimony
Question Gramps, I married a non-member while I was inactive in the church. Now that I am active again, my wife seems to argue with me when it comes to anything church related. Every time I say my personal prayers, I ask that her heart be softened, It seems...
Dec 26, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Faith, Mormon Policy, Worthiness
Question Gramps, A family member told me that the way we celebrate Christmas is sinful because: 1. Lying about Santa is a sin that should prevent a recommend as it is willful and ongoing. 2. Celebrating anything other than the gospel is a waste of time 3....
Dec 25, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Testimony
Question Gramps, I am an endowed mother of eight who is losing my testimony because I feel my husband has used his Priesthood wrongly and is a hypocrite. My older children feel depressed about the church too. Now we find ways to doubt Joseph Smith’s...
Dec 24, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Life's Lessons, Obedience
Question Gramps, I have been taught (and it is in the Book of Mormon too) that if members of the church fall away from the gospel they cannot inherit the Celestial kingdom even if they repent after this life. Is this true? If so, than aren’t we better off...
Dec 19, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Addictions, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, My husband of 5 years is addicted to pornography. He told me about it while we were dating but I thought it would be a non-issue if we married because then his needs would be met within the marriage. It didn’t even occur to me that this...