Aug 14, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Gramps, I was about to write my thoughts to a newspaper in response to another article which shared this scripture which I’ve never read before & it does seem off base. Maybe you could help me.I’ve looked at sites on Old Testament but haven’t found any help. Deut...
Aug 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Marriage
Hi, In my sunday school class we will be studying Jacob in the Book of Mormon. in Jacob 2:24 it says— Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord. Jacob 2:27 says— …for there shall not any man...
Aug 12, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, In Acts 16:14 it talks about Lydia being a seller of purple. I would like to know what is a “seller of purple”? Joan Answer Dear Joan, Lydia was in either in the dry goods business or the apothecary business. She either sold died cloth or the...
Jul 30, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants, Obedience, Priesthood, Satan
Dear Gramps, My question has to due with our world being the most wicked out of the countless other worlds that are out there. Are we the most wicked because Satan has the most influence on this world out of all the others? Were Heavenly Father’s children that were...
Jul 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology, World History
Gramps, Lev. 23:16 talks about a corn harvest. Was there corn in the old world in pre-Columbian times? Clive, from Powell, Wyoming Dear Clive, Corn is mentioned 86 times in the Old Testament and 8 times in the New Testament, so I conclude that is was grown in the...
Jul 21, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Jesus Christ
Gramps, Where is Yeaweh found in the bible, and is this the name Jesus is called? Robert, from Lafayette, Alabama Dear Robert, There are various spellings of the Hebrew word that is spelled Jehovah in the Old Testament. Perhaps the most common spelling is Yhovah. The...
Jul 20, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Death, Pearl of Great Price
Dear Gramps, In 2nd Nephi 2:19-21, it states that after Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit that the days of the children of men were “prolonged” and their time was “lengthened” so that they might repent while in the flesh. This is...
Jul 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Bible
Gramps, Baptisms in the Deseret? Jews do not perform the rite of baptism, so why would they have to worry about it in the desert. RS, from Rhode Island Dear RS, Where did you get the idea that Jews do not perform the rite of baptism? John the Baptist practiced the...
Jul 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology
Gramps, Adam and Eve were commanded to multiply and replenish the earth. It seems obvious to me that “multiply” refers to having offspring. What exactly does “replenishing the earth” refer to? Since the earth was new and not inhabited by man other than Adam and...
Jul 7, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Bible
Dear Gramps, How the baptism was done at the time of Moses in the Desert? Bishop Gonçalves, from Sao Paulo, Brazil Dear Bishop Gonçalves Baptisms in the desert during the time of Moses were done in exactly the same way that they are done today in the Mormon chapels...