Jul 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Forgiveness, Obedience, Repentance, Satan
Gramps, I was always under the impression that the Lord would never tempt us above what we can bear. However, after reading Alma 13:27-28 it seems to read that if we are not continually repenting and humbling ourselves then we could be given temptations beyond what we...
Jul 11, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Mormon Doctrine, Prayer
Dear Gramps, Is there ANY way to reconcile 1 Nephi 3:7 in the Book of Mormon with D&C 124:49? Wouldn’t this last scripture have given Nephi and his brothers an excuse NOT to keep trying to obtain the Brass Plates from Laban? At what point in our own lives do we...
Jul 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Bible
Gramps, Baptisms in the Deseret? Jews do not perform the rite of baptism, so why would they have to worry about it in the desert. RS, from Rhode Island Dear RS, Where did you get the idea that Jews do not perform the rite of baptism? John the Baptist practiced the...
Jul 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology
Gramps, Adam and Eve were commanded to multiply and replenish the earth. It seems obvious to me that “multiply” refers to having offspring. What exactly does “replenishing the earth” refer to? Since the earth was new and not inhabited by man other than Adam and...
Jul 7, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Bible
Dear Gramps, How the baptism was done at the time of Moses in the Desert? Bishop Gonçalves, from Sao Paulo, Brazil Dear Bishop Gonçalves Baptisms in the desert during the time of Moses were done in exactly the same way that they are done today in the Mormon chapels...
Jul 6, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Divorce, Satan, Sexual Issues
Hello Gramps, What are the extremely serious consequences of adultery? If you can’t tell me could you send me where to go in the scriptures or anywhere? Wondering Dear Wondering, Surely you have heard of the Ten Commandments, the seventh of which is Thou shalt not...
Jul 4, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants, God, Jesus Christ, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price, Satan
Gramps, Thanks for your reply. But I am confused about Jesus being God. My understanding is that the Mormons teach that Jesus is God’s actual Son and that Satan is Jesus actual brother?? Is this correct? If this is correct, then how can there be a trinity of God, the...
Jul 3, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Holy Ghost, Revelation
Question Dear Gramps, I would like to thank you for your response to my question. I have found articles on the internet outlining the contents of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in some detail. I have spent the last couple of hours reading through these...
Jul 2, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon
Dear Gramps, I wanted to know in the Old Testament it talks about the two sticks being joined. My thought is the book of Judah is the Old Testament and the book of Joseph being the book of the New Testament. Is his correct. Thank you for answer. Scott Dear...
Jun 30, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I’ve been trying to get some type of timetable or year B.C. of Adam’s birth and I can’t get any scriptural reference to this? I look forward to hearing from you. Flynn Answer Dear Flynn, There are no extant records of the year of...
