Aug 17, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Gramps, Where can I find out what happened to the golden plates when Joseph Smith finished the translation of the Book of Mormon? Is there anything that directly states what happened to them? Thank you, Jack, from California Dear Jack, The golden plates upon...
Aug 16, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ, Satan
Question Gramps, I have a question with respect to Nephi and the “great and abominable church.” Does that term refer to the Catholic Church? Donna Answer Dear Donna, Let’s look carefully at the scriptures. It’s important that we accept what they say and not...
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 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Book of Mormon
Dear Gramps, I would like to give my baby a name from the Book of Mormon. Are there any names for girls in the Book of Mormon, besides Sara and Abish? Is it OK. to name a girl Nephi? Is there a female version of Nephi? Marci, from Ontario, Canada Dear Marci,...
Aug 7, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ
Gramps, What is the approximate time frame of Christ’s appearance in the Americas? Skip, from Orlando, Florida Dear Skip, Samuel, the Lamanite prophet, prophesied of the conditions attending Christ’s birth about five years before the event. The Book of Mormon record...
Aug 5, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Gramps,All during the Book of Mormon, there is continuous warfare. Right from the beginning, with Nephi and Laman and Lemuel’s grandkids. It always says a few years with peace then years with wars- actually saying how many of thousands died in the separate wars....
Aug 5, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Priesthood
Question Hi Gramps, I was reading in 2nd Nephi where Nephi ordained teachers and priests shortly after separating from Laman and Lemuel. Also when Jacob begins speaking he talks of being ordained after the Holy order of the Son of God (I know those are not the...
Aug 2, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Dear Gramps, My dad, a non-member, loves to bring this issue up whenever we get to talking about religion. He said that years ago (that may mean anywhere from 10 to 40 years ago) he’d read an article or had seen a news program that said that the Church of Jesus...
Aug 2, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Hi Gramps, I have a question regarding Nephi’s age at the beginning of the Book of Mormon. I have been told more than once that Nephi was about 15 when his family left Jerusalem. Is there any written information that upholds this information? Jen, in Ohio Dear...
Aug 1, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Dear Gramps, In 2 Nephi 6:6-7, it says that Kings will be their nursing fathers and Queens will be their nursing mothers. It also says that they will bring thy sons in their arms; and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. What is this referring to? Pam,...