May 24, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, If pre-existence is a fact, then why would Paul teach the natural body to be first, then the spiritual? Howbeit that that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual (1 Cor 15:46). Wouldn’t...
May 12, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, If Laman and Lemuel were married to two of Ishmael’s daughters, did they accompany Lehi’s family when they left Jerusalem to travel into the wilderness? Julia Answer Julia, Thank you for your question. Let me give you...
Apr 15, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Last days
Question Gramps, In the latter days…..”and the moon shall turn to blood”, is this ” the blood moon”? This is mentioned in Joel. Raymond Answer Dear Raymond, Before I continue with basically a summary, let me point you...
Mar 31, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I’ve always understood that many of the references in the bible to heaven and hell refer to paradise and spirit prison–thus, the images of sulfur and burning. Therefore that’s why there’s no discussion of the three degrees in the Old Testament...
Mar 27, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, Was Amulek a polygamist? According to Alma 10:11 it seems he may have been. Eric Answer Eric, The scriptures specifies Alma blessed Amulek’s “women” while he stayed at his house. The truthful answer is that we...
Mar 25, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I have just been reading in Ether about the daughter of Jared devising a plan to secure the kingdom for her father by obtaining the head of Omer. It appears to allude to the story of John the Baptist and Salome but surely the Jaredites...
Mar 14, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Why do we only have the 4 gospels in the New Testament bible. The other 7 saint apostles should have been written also Drew Answer Dear Drew, I would give you a detailed history of the Bible and how we came to obtain it, but I...
Feb 11, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Dear Gramps In Alma 13 it states that Melchizedek was regarded as the Prince of Peace. Isn’t that a title we give to Jesus? Is Melchizedek the same person as Jesus? Confused Answer Dear Confused, You are right, that is a title that we...
Jan 26, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, When reading the bible I often find the Joseph Smith Translation in the footnotes. The longer corrections are in the back of the bible. Why don’t we just put the corrected parts (or translations) in place of the incorrect parts in...
Jan 16, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Why is the KJV Hebrews 11:40 quoted so much in the Church to teach the doctrine of salvation for the dead when the Joseph Smith translation clearly changes the meaning to not have anything to do with the subject? Elder David A. Bednar quoted...
