Is Matthew’s version of the events around Christ’s death accurate?
Question Gramps, In Matthew 27::52-53 the Savior dies and is still hanging on the cross. The veil is ripped in two and the graves open and saints witness in the city of Jerusalem. Matthew is the only gospel that mentions this phenomenal occurrence and my...
If pre-existence is a fact, then why would Paul teach the natural body to be first, then the spiritual?
Question Gramps, If pre-existence is a fact, then why would Paul teach the natural body to be first, then the spiritual? Howbeit that that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual (1 Cor 15:46). Wouldn’t...
In Joel 2:31, is this referring to the blood moon?
Question Gramps, In the latter days…..”and the moon shall turn to blood”, is this ” the blood moon”? This is mentioned in Joel. Raymond Answer Dear Raymond, Before I continue with basically a summary, let me point you...
Does heaven and hell refer to paradise and spirit prison?
Question Gramps, I’ve always understood that many of the references in the bible to heaven and hell refer to paradise and spirit prison–thus, the images of sulfur and burning. Therefore that’s why there’s no discussion of the three degrees in the Old Testament...
Are the stories of Salome and the Daughter of Jared inspired by each other?
Question Gramps, I have just been reading in Ether about the daughter of Jared devising a plan to secure the kingdom for her father by obtaining the head of Omer. It appears to allude to the story of John the Baptist and Salome but surely the Jaredites...
Why is there only 4 gospels in the New Testament?
Question Gramps, Why do we only have the 4 gospels in the New Testament bible. The other 7 saint apostles should have been written also Drew Answer Dear Drew, I would give you a detailed history of the Bible and how we came to obtain it, but I...
Why doesn’t the Church put the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible in the text rather than in the footnotes?
Question Dear Gramps, When reading the bible I often find the Joseph Smith Translation in the footnotes. The longer corrections are in the back of the bible. Why don’t we just put the corrected parts (or translations) in place of the incorrect parts in...
Are our leaders using Hebrews 11:40 correctly?
Question Gramps, Why is the KJV Hebrews 11:40 quoted so much in the Church to teach the doctrine of salvation for the dead when the Joseph Smith translation clearly changes the meaning to not have anything to do with the subject? Elder David A. Bednar quoted...
