Is there any truth to the Witch of Endor summoning Samuel?
Question Gramps, Was that really Samuel that the Witch of Endor summoned? Was it a lie? Was it a demon? Karl Answer Karl, While I could not find any official doctrine or statement clarifying this passage, the Old Testament Student Manual Genesis-2...
Why does God in the Old Testament, refer to himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
Question Gramps, Why does God often, especially in the Old Testament, refer to himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Why not the God of Adam, or the God of Moses? Eric Answer Eric, “Yhovah” is a transliteration of the Hebrew...
Why did Moses order the killing of women and children?
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...
Was the Sacrament practiced in the Old Testament?
Question Gramps, I have a question regarding the Sacrament. Multiple church leaders and gospel-oriented manuals teach that Jesus Christ instituted the Sacrament in remembrance of both his body and his blood. While reading my scriptures, I came across Genesis...
How is it Joseph Smith saw God and lived?
Question Gramps, I was wondering how Joseph Smith saw God and lived? Here are two scriptures: Exodus 33:20, John 1:18…my Mom is Mormon, and gave me a copy of an LDS living magazine that said Joseph Smith actually saw God, how can I believe that with these...
Who, or what are the Nephilim?
The term, Niphilim, is the English version of the Hebrew term meaning giants.
How did Adam and Eve get to Egypt from the Garden of Eden?
When Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, the Earth contained only one unbroken land mass.
