Feb 10, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, In Genesis it says, Leah (Jacob’s wife), was hated and tender eyed. What does that mean? If Leah was hated, does that mean Jacob didn’t love her? I’m just curious. My name is Leah and I am forming a complex about my name....
Feb 6, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, In the Book of Mormon, Nephi and Jacob heavily quote Isaiah. However, modern Bible scholars hold that parts of Isaiah weren’t actually written by the Old-Testament prophet, and maintain passages after Isaiah 40 were written after...
Nov 16, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Could you please explain to me the verses 36 and 37 of Matthew Chapter 9? Why did Jesus say those words and how does it match with the questions asked by people about fasting? kwrwmdao Answer Dear kwrwmdao, Thank you for your...
Sep 21, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I enjoy reading your posts. I have been curious about this passage of scripture for awhile: Matthew 26:13. In what ways do we preach this in all the world as a memorial to her? Is it something passively taught? Or was it meant to be more...
Aug 4, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, In reading the Old Testament for seminary this year I stumbled upon Numbers 31:1-18, in which Israel destroys a city and takes the spoils to Moses. When their prophet Moses finds out, however, that they have saved the married women and...
Jun 13, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Are the 144,000 spoken of in Revelation 7:4 virgins? Jeff Answer Hello Jeff, Thank you for your question Jeff, and the question is not one that will provide a definitive answer. The answer will provide you with points to consider...
May 31, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Were Adam and Eve married in the Garden of Eden? Matua Answer Matua, This is a great question and according to our doctrine we are able to provide this information about Adam and Eve’s marriage, “Adam and Eve were...
Nov 26, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I have a troubling Biblical question no one seems to be able to answer. It is blunt and personal, but I am desperately seeking an answer. According to 1 Cor. 6:16, is premarital sex non existent? Is sex marriage? To spare details, I have...
Nov 20, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I have had a difficult time trying to reconcile the message of God’s perfect love with the accounts of wrath and brutality in the Old Testament. Why would God command that entire populations, including women and children, be destroyed? ...
Nov 5, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Why was there so much justified killing in the Old Testament? Including children and animals? Janis Answer Hello Janis, This is a question I have pondered myself. We are all the sons and daughters of God. Our father in Heaven,...
