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,...
Oct 29, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Jesus Christ
Question Gramps, Mark 16:16 states the following words of Jesus, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; he that does not believeth is damned.” What does the word “damned” mean in this case and how is it compatible with work...
Oct 19, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Are all the stories in the King James version of the Bible completely true? I know that many plain and precious parts were taken out and that the Joseph Smith Translation corrects some of those errors. But there are still some stories in the...
Sep 2, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, LDS Church
Question Hello, We know that the Apostle John was the last of the original Twelve. We also know that he was translated so that he would not taste of death until a much later time. And when we think of the Great Apostasy, usually, we imagine it taking place...
Jul 31, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Hiya Gramps, Maybe this is a silly question, but were Adam and Eve (and everybody else) vegetarians until Noah and the flood? I have been reading an autobiography of a well known Christian and he notes that before the flood we were peaceful with all...