Dec 12, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon
What kind of weapons do you think angels use? Righteous _____________ Dear Righteous, In the scriptures angels wield all manner of metaphoric weaponry. Predating sci-fi by several thousands of years, the author of Genesis tells us that the cherubim guarding the...
Dec 6, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants
What is the soul? Henry ______________ Henry, The Doctrine and Covenants defines the soul as “the spirit and the body” and adds that “the resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul” (88:15-16). -Gramps...
Nov 29, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Holy Ghost
I enjoy reading your answers to questions that puzzle people. I just have a comment on the question of 3 Nephi 9:20. When I was baptized I did not know the Holy Ghost was part of me in the way that I do now. When a person like myself and also as the Lamanites had no...
Nov 26, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Jesus Christ
Does the church have articles on the lives of each of the disciples after the death of Jesus? If so how would I type that into a search? I joined the church 2 years ago. Judy ____________ Judy, The Church Educational System has published a New Testament manual to aid...
Oct 28, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants, Mormon Policy, Worthiness
I was recently studying the church resources about the principle of fasting and came across this statement: “When fasting, members of the Church are advised to abstain from two meals each Fast Day also by prayer in connection with fasting to develop spiritual...
Oct 26, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Current issues, God, Self Worth
I know that we are all God’s children and He loves us equally. But as I read scriptures (both Bible and Book of Mormon, I have noticed that God seems to have loved David in a special way over the rest of us. And He is very protective of women and warns man about the...
Oct 10, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, In 3 Nephi 18 the disciples were taught the sacrament ordinance and they all partook of the bread and the disciples were given the power to confer the Holy Ghost. How could that happen when they were baptized in Chapter 19? Sherwin ...
Sep 8, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith
Why does the Book of Mormon refer to The Twelve in 3rd Nephi as disciples and not Apostles? I found 24 reference to disciples, ministers and the Twelve but no any mention of Apostles. Why is that? Is it because there can or should be only one set of Apostles on the...
Sep 7, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon
Were ther 2 trees in the Garden of Eden? Were they both forbiden. I always thought there was one forbiden? Reading in Alma 12:21-28 Thank you! Norma ____________ Norma, of the many trees in the Garden of Eden, two were significant. Eating the fruit of the tree of...
Sep 3, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
In Genesis 22, we find the story of Abraham being commanded to sacrifice Isaac. Why is Isaac called Abraham’s “only son” when he had an older half-brother, Ishmael (via Sarah’s maid, Hagar)? Seanette __________ Seanette, The Septuagint suggests...
