What does Kolob mean?
Question Hello Gramps! I just discovered this wonderful resource. My question refers to Kolob. I have heard other people mention this name and you mentioned it in response to a question about the Pearl of Great Price symbol. I would like to know what this is!...
Can you show me how to gain a testimony that the Mormon Church is the true Church?
Question Dear Gramps, Lately I have been thinking a lot about my faith and I don’t think that I really have a testimony. I feel like I have just been going to the Mormon Church because I was born into it and have never really had to study and find out for...
My husband’s parents are divorced. Is he still sealed to them?
Question Hi Gramps, I was reading one of your previous posts about sealing to divorced parents and it got me wondering about my husband's parents. My in-laws were sealed in the temple before my husband was born. His parents divorced when he was 5. Both my...
Does my salvation hinge on knowing answers to Book of Mormon geography?
Question Gramps, Book Of Mormon geography - Heartland/North America versus Central America - current church leaders have chosen to remain silent on this as far as i know. does the answer to this question matter from a doctrinal perspective? that is - does my...
In a divorce situation, who chooses who can ordain to the Aaronic Priesthood?
Question Gramps, In a divorce situation, who chooses who can ordain a child to the Aaronic priesthood? Is is the parent with legal custody? I have a situation where my ex lied his way into being re-baptized after excommunication, and now holds a temple...
I haven’t received a calling. Am I not important?
Question Gramps, I am 14 and in Mia Maid's right now. All of my friends have been in a presidency in Beehives or Mia Maid's, but I have not. Why? I feel like I am left out or not important. I follow all the teachings of the Church and attend church every week...
What is meant by the scriptural term “kicking against the pricks”?
Question Gramps, Where did it originate and what does the noun “pricks” refer to? Is it a biblical phrase or is it a 19th century term? Will Answer Dear Will, In Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary of the English Language, the noun prick is defined as...
I’ve been told the temple endowment ceremony is weird. How can I be better prepared before I go?
Question Dear Gramps, I have been recently preparing to receive my endowment as I leave on my mission soon. As I've been preparing, many of my friends who already have their's say it was a little 'weird'. Without crossing the line into the sacred aspect, but...
How does one truly obtain a pure heart?
Question Dear Gramps, How does one truly obtain a pure heart? I am unwillingly being made to go through a divorce right now, and the physical desires and the temptations that accompany them leave me confused and frustrated. To what degree does the Lord hold me...
Does the Book of Mormon teach that Christ was born in Jerusalem?
Question Gramps, Does the Book of Mormon teach that Christ was born in Jerusalem? Jeffrey Answer Dear Jeffrey, I'm guessing your question originates with Alma 7:9-10 (emphasis mine). 9 But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying:...
