Apr 23, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I want to know who helped Noah build the ark? Josefa Answer Dear Josefa, The Book of Jasher (a medieval text that repeats Jewish traditions that have built up over the years around the stories in the books of Moses) says it took...
Mar 9, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, LDS Church
Question Gramps, What scriptures in the Bible confirm the LDS gospel to be true? Mindy Answer Mindy I have a feeling my answer might shock you, but here it is. There aren’t any. More to the point, there aren’t any scripture verses in the Book of...
Mar 5, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Church History
Question Gramps, My question is more out of curiosity than of faith building , but as I read of the travels of Moroni, and view many maps of the journeys, I wonder about the Hill Cumorah. I see two possible locations of this place and they are nowhere close to...
Feb 20, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Jesus Christ
Question Hi Gramps, I know I’ve been asking you a lot of questions, primarily because I haven’t seen them addressed before. This one has come to my mind periodically since I was in middle school. I don’t believe that Judas knew that the...
Feb 12, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, I know we have lots of reasons why Laman and Lemuel didn’t want to go with their family into the wilderness, and we have lots of evidence to prove that they at times tried to not go or to head back. My question is why they ended up going?...
Feb 6, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, If Nephi was a Jew he was under the Law of Moses. When did the Law of Moses get replaced with the doctrine of Christ and replace sacrifice with baptism? In the Bible the Levites were baptizing. When did this start? I’m confused. I...
Jan 14, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Is King Saul in perdition? If so, why? Donna Answer Dear Donna, Your question was the first I’d ever heard of Saul being in perdition. I did a little research into it, and could not find any Latter-day Saint opinion on it....
Dec 29, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God
Question Gramps, Someone explained to me that they thought Jehovah/God of Old Testament days was harsh, whereas after life experiences, suffering the atonement, Jesus/God became gentler, more patient, long suffering. I’ve never heard of this idea and...
Dec 17, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Life's Lessons, Worthiness
Question Dear Gramps, We have heard it taught for years now throughout the Church that chastity (or virtue) cannot be taken away but only given away by someone’s free will. Yet Moroni 9:9 has a statement about the wicked Nephites, which seems to...
Dec 6, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Blessings, Prayer, Priesthood
Question Gramps, I wonder what the difference is if someone with the priesthood prays for someone who is sick and they get healed compared to a preacher in another church who prays for the sick who gets healed. Nicko Answer Nicko, That is a great...