May 5, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, We were just reading Hebrews 3 where it says that the Lord has sworn in His wrath that those who sinned in the wilderness – and were made to wander forty years – will not enter into His rest. Does this mean they cannot obtain the...
Apr 21, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, We name the years before Christ as in 2000 BC, 1500 BC, 600 BC, and so on. But how did those people at that time count their years? They couldn’t have used BC in any of their calendars. Or as time passed, did they even label or keep...
Mar 15, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Scriptures
Question Gramps, What does it mean, “For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still”? Why is it repeated so many times and always seems contradictory? Beatrice Answer Beatrice, Thanks for the question,...
Mar 5, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, Why in 2 Nephi 29:6 would Nephi have used the word Bible? Annette Answer Hi Annette, Nephi would not have used the word “Bible”. He would not have used any English words at all. Nephi did not speak English, but a...
Mar 1, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, What does it mean, “For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still”? Why is it repeated so many times and always seems contradictory? Beatrice Answer Beatrice, Thanks for the question,...
Feb 15, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, Did Moroni write the title page to the Book of Mormon? Robert Answer Dear Robert, We don’t know. What is now the title page was originally on the last of the gold plates, so it is reasonable to assume that Moroni wrote it....
Feb 1, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, How did the Gentiles get their hands on the brass plates from the Jews as said in 1 Nephi 13? Any historical events regarding the book? Dallas Answer Dallas, Thank you for asking this question. The “brass plates” in...
Jan 30, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, I read in the New Testament Student institute manual: “Tradition indicates that John may have been Jesus’s first cousin. This tradition also indicates that Salome, who is mentioned in Mark 16:1, was the sister of Jesus’s mother, Mary,...
Jan 26, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon
Question Gramps, Did the Nephites or Lamanites ever meet Christopher Columbus. Is he mentioned in the Book of Mormon? Kayla Answer Kayla, Thank you so much for your question. With our study of the Book of Mormon this year it’s a timely...
Jan 23, 2020 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Gramps, Was the forbidden fruit really an apple? Dallas Answer Dallas, In reality, we do not know what type of fruit the forbidden fruit was. Could it have been an apple? Perhaps, just as it could have been any other fruit, including...
