Oct 28, 2013 | Book of Mormon, Etymology
Question Gramps, In the Book of Mormon it mentions in several different places phrases (example Mormon 1:18) where the treasure or physical items became “slippery”. What does slippery mean? Does it mean the items physically disappeared or did people...
Oct 10, 2013 | Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith
Question Gramps, I searched and saw your answer to this question, but it didn’t answer it. Do you or any church historians know what happened to the brass plates after Mormon transferred them onto the gold plates? I have found that he transferred the...
Aug 28, 2013 | Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Jesus Christ
Question What is meant in 3 Nephi 25:2 when it says Christ will heal us with his wings of healing? Did Christ have wings? Rick Answer Dear Rick, When the Savior visited the Nephites, He wanted them to have the significant prophecies of Malachi. The Old...
Aug 27, 2013 | Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Mormon Doctrine
Question The question came up in Sunday School today about the Lord’s annointed and I was just wondering who that includes? Thanks! Tracey Answer Dear Tracey, Ancient Israel anointed their priests and kings (an anointing is simply to have oil poured over the...
Aug 26, 2013 | Doctrine & Covenants, Forgiveness, Repentance
Question Does this not go against the 2nd Article of Faith, which states that men will be punished for their own sins? Furthermore, is the Lord condoning the holding of a grudge until we are paid back in the end of verse 47? If you could clarify some of this for me it...
Aug 17, 2013 | Bible, Premortal Life
Question Hello Gramps, Apparentally, the creation of Adam and Eve took place outside of the Garden of Eden? Do you know any sources that tell us where Adam and Eve were before they were allowed to go into the Garden of Eden? Is the answer the Pre-mortal existence?...
Aug 14, 2013 | Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, A friend recently asked me why the Book of Mormon is free and why there is no compensation collected for handing it out. I could not answer her. Would you share some insights? Was the Book of Mormon ever NOT free? Thank you for your time!...
Jul 28, 2013 | Afterlife, Book of Mormon
When we are resurrected, what will be our age? If I died old will I be brought back at that age or younger like in the prime of life? Will physical defects such as a deformity be done away with? Thank you. Jim ____________________ Jim, This is a great question....
Jul 25, 2013 | Bible, Priesthood, Prophets
First of all thanks Gramps for such an informative site. May we all shoot for that goal. But my question is in regard to the return of Enoch and his city to the New Jerusalem where it says that we will cry on their shoulders and they on ours. What do you think the...
Jul 24, 2013 | Bible, Book of Mormon
Question Dear Gramps, I just became aware of the fact that the story of the Exodus is seriously doubted by archeologists and scholars. In fact, my understanding is that modern day archeologists believe that the Jewish people came from Canaan and not from Egypt....
