How can I gain guilt?
Question Gramps, I have been struggling with a certain sin for a long time, and I have begun to not feel bad or sorrowful for sinning. I do my best to read the scriptures meaningfully, and I have a desire to overcome my sin. What can I do to gain godly sorrow...
How can I make my devotional in Seminary more memorable?
Question Dear Gramps, For seminary we have to give a devotional. I was assigned the topic "The Premortal Life" and I want to make my devotional memorable so that if the kids in my class are learning something and it's not just a 5 minute lesson that they hear...
What is D&C 13:1 saying?
Question Gramps, The scripture found in D&C 13:1 says, 1 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion...
What does it mean to “put away childish things?”
Question Dear Gramps, I've been thinking a lot about what it means to "put away childish things". Is it wrong for an adult to have a "childish" hobby? Like building Legos, for example. Or is it wrong if a hobby revolves around the acquisition of things? I.e: a...
When Christ was on the cross, did he forgive only the Romans?
Question Dear Gramps, Once I heard a Stake President say that when Christ said on the cross "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" that he was asking for forgiveness for the Romans only; that the Jews were never forgiven. Considering what the...
Did we have any say in the circumstances we would be born into?
Question Gramps, Did we have any say in what kind of circumstances we would be born into on this Earth in the premortal life? Seems unfair to me if it wasn't that way. Sojourner Answer Dear Sojourner, First, let me say categorically that we don't...
Before becoming a Bishop, is it required to be on a High Council first?
Question Gramps, Is a man required to serve on the High Council before he is considered a candidate for the calling of Bishop? I was advised by a member of the High Council that Bishops are almost always required to sit as a High Councilman before he is...
Why were the deaths of the early apostles so brutal?
Question Gramps, I was interested in the life of the remaining Apostles after the death of the Savior. As I researched their lives I was stunned and shocked by the manner of death the majority of the Apostles experienced. I know the Savior loved his...
If a man is of a certain tribe, are they automatically called to be a Bishop?
Question Gramps, I heard that it has been stated that some people have been told by their patriarch that they are not of Ephraim or Manasseh but of the tribe of Judah. There are other tribes, and I've heard that if one is being told to be of a certain tribe,...
Is Mormon underwear magic?
Question Gramps, I am not a Mormon, but a Born Again Christian faithfully attending a Protestant church. I have recently been involved in a study in which we examined other religions of the world, and spent two sessions on Mormons and the LDS. (I assume they...
