Feb 12, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants, Priesthood
Question Dear Gramps, I ran into your website just an hour ago and I’m so glad that I did. I can’t even keep track of how many questions and answers I’ve read already. But anyway, I have a question about the priesthood. When the law of Moses was established was...
Feb 8, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Was Alma the Elder married to one of the daughters of the Lamanites who were carried away into the wilderness by Noah? Karen __________ Hello Karen, We have no way of knowing for certain who Alma’s wife was. However, we know that Alma the Elder left the priests...
Feb 3, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Doctrine & Covenants
Question Gramps, The LDS Church encourages married couples to have children. In a letter the Church says: “We have been commanded to multiply and replenish the earth that we may have joy and rejoicing in our posterity. “Where husband and wife enjoy health and vigor...
Jan 7, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, As I was in deep reading with the spirit, I was curious by the word “nine moons” in Omni 1:21. I’ve struggled to comprehend what the word means and is that ever related to astronomy or just a cultural word in their days? Deaf...
Dec 13, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
This scripture (at face value) seems to imply that some of them would not die until He comes back again (second coming). What does it really mean? Joe ___________ Dear Joe, You pretty much have the correct meaning. The apostle John was transfigured and never tasted...
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...
