Should chapel doors be open or closed during the Sacrament?
Question Gramps, There is quite the debate going on in our ward at BYU Hawaii concerning people showing up late for church (if at all). I heard once of a General Authority that likened the Sacrament room unto Noah's ark. Should the doors be shut or opened...
Is it okay to wear t-shirts that proselytize during service projects?
Question Gramps, I was always told that service projects are not proselyting activities. Yet there is interest in my ward from a couple of people who are wanting to have printed proselyting type tshirts for everyone to wear while doing service projects. I'm...
What are the implications of a divorce without being sealed?
Question Gramps, I am a member and so is my wife. I have been a convert for 3 years and she has been a convert for a little over one. I am considering divorce. We are not sealed but are both endowed. What are the implications? Bob Answer Dear Bob,...
What does being “truly converted to the Lord” mean?
Question Gramps, What does being "truly converted to the Lord" mean? In Book of Mormon, the group of people were converted and “never did fall away”(Alma 23:6). So when we are truly converted we never do evil again. But we have weaknesses, we sometime make...
Why is there very little told about Christ before the age of 30?
Question Gramps, Hello. I was speaking to my niece about a month ago and she told me that she learned in college that Christ murdered people during his time before the age of 30! I couldn't believe that came out of her mouth first of all. But she asks why...
Am I being sinful to take up a hobby?
Question Gramps, I am the sole carer to my wife and would not wish otherwise. Whilst I cannot get about much due to disability I have in my mind to return to an old hobby of mine, model railroads. Obviously there is not much time to pursue the hobby because I...
How can we be certain that abortion is forgivable?
Question Dear Gramps, I am currently going though a process of repentance for the terrible sin of abortion. It has been a painful journey and I am living on hope and faith that the worst sin I've ever committed is forgivable. My question is, although it is...
Do all who have died meet with Jesus Christ?
Question Dear Gramps, In Alma 40:11, it says, "...the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body...are taken home to that God who gave them life." And almost all people who have had Near-Death-Experiences report that they have a...
Why isn’t God fair?
Question Gramps, I feel God isn't fair. He has blessed others with families that love them and support them, He has blessed me without parents that care for me. I feel it's not fair for Him to expect the same things out of all of us. He did not bless us with...
Is there reason to study the U.S. Constitution any more?
Question Dear Gramps, Is there any reason to study the U.S. Constitution any more? It has been negated and dismantled from the founders original intent in so many ways. And the powers that be will never let us go back to the way it originally was. So why...
