How can I regain my testimony and help my family as well?
Question Gramps, I am an endowed mother of eight who is losing my testimony because I feel my husband has used his Priesthood wrongly and is a hypocrite. My older children feel depressed about the church too. Now we find ways to doubt Joseph Smith's word. We...
Aren’t we better off not teaching our children the gospel?
Question Gramps, I have been taught (and it is in the Book of Mormon too) that if members of the church fall away from the gospel they cannot inherit the Celestial kingdom even if they repent after this life. Is this true? If so, than aren't we better off to...
What does it mean to have access to the blessings given to Father Abraham?
Question Dear Gramps, My Patriarchal Blessing says I will receive my inherited blessings through Israel directly. And that I now have access to the blessings that Heavenly Father gave to father Abraham. I don't understand. Also what are the blessings from...
Can those denied the Priesthood previously have it done by proxy?
Question Gramps, My wife and I were rereading the Pearl of Great Price last night. The verses are found in the Book of Abraham, Chapter 1:25-27. Specifically in verse 25 it states that Pharaoh was the eldest son of Egyptus who was the daughter of Ham. In the...
What allows a person to go from spirit prison to paradise?
Question Gramps, What are your thoughts about what allows a person to go from spirit prison to paradise? Does it require an ordinance like baptism or is it based only on the person accepting the atonement? Dick Answer Dick, The scriptures tell...
How could King David be considered a prophet when he did bad things?
Question Gramps, Most often when we think about David, we think of the shepherd boy who became a great king. That is the good side. But in taking a closer look at David, we see a man who was a deceiver, a murderer, an adulterer, and a multiple law-breaker....
How do I support my husband who has a porn addiction?
Question Dear Gramps, My husband of 5 years is addicted to pornography. He told me about it while we were dating but I thought it would be a non-issue if we married because then his needs would be met within the marriage. It didn’t even occur to me that this...
Does the first resurrection happen before the millennium begins?
Question Hi Gramps, Jesus said that no man would know of the second coming of Jesus Christ, I believe he referenced it as "thief in the night." My question is this. The Savior was introduced by Father in Heaven to young Joseph Smith to end the great apostacy...
Can chastity and virtue be taken?
Question Dear Gramps, We have heard it taught for years now throughout the Church that chastity (or virtue) cannot be taken away but only given away by someone's free will. Yet Moroni 9:9 has a statement about the wicked Nephites, which seems to contradict...
How should unpublished content or information in the church be handled?
Question Dear Gramps, Would you comment on President Alvin R. Dyer’s talk of 1962, “For What Purpose?” given at an Oslo, Norway Mission Conference? How should unpublished information or content in the Church be dealt with? Is there some way to handle it...
