Can a priesthood holder with disabilities perform a baptism?
Question Gramps, Can a priesthood holder with disabilities perform a baptism? Jim Answer Dear Jim, Absolutely! The Church Handbook of Instruction (vol 2, 20.3.8) lists the steps for performing a baptism. Assuming you're the one baptizing, you: 1....
Did John the Baptist ever hold the higher priesthood?
Question Gramps, My question is; John told Joseph he was acting on behalf of Peter, James, and John. Why did he not bestow the Melchezedik priesthood upon Joseph and Oliver? Did John the Baptist ever hold the higher priesthood? Dan Answer Dear Dan, In...
What is meant by “wings of healing?” Did Christ have wings?
Question What is meant in 3 Nephi 25:2 when it says Christ will heal us with his wings of healing? Did Christ have wings? Rick Answer Dear Rick, When the Savior visited the Nephites, He wanted them to have the significant prophecies of Malachi. The Old...
Who are the Lord’s annointed?
Question The question came up in Sunday School today about the Lord's annointed and I was just wondering who that includes? Thanks! Tracey Answer Dear Tracey, Ancient Israel anointed their priests and kings (an anointing is simply to have oil poured over the initiate...
D&C 98:45-48. Does this go against the 2nd Article of Faith?
Question Does this not go against the 2nd Article of Faith, which states that men will be punished for their own sins? Furthermore, is the Lord condoning the holding of a grudge until we are paid back in the end of verse 47? If you could clarify some of this for me it...
What is meant by the “ministering of angels?”
Question Gramps, In D&C 13 it says the Priesthood of Aaron holds the keys of the ministering of angels. What does it mean to hold the keys of the ministering of angels? Does it mean that ministering angels hold the Aaronic Priesthood or that they receive...
Was it the Three Nephites?
Question There is a story in History of Joseph Smith about David Whitmer's fields being mysteriously plowed and sown by three men. Is it possible that these three men were the three Nephites? Rosanne Answer Dear Rosanne, The story in Church...
Revelation about Gay Marriage
Question Gordon B. Hinckley once said about revelation: "Now we don’t need a lot of continuing revelation. We have a great, basic reservoir of revelation. But if a problem arises, as it does occasionally, a vexatious thing with which we have to deal, we go to the Lord...
Forgiveness of Non Members by Christ
Question In Sunday School the teacher stated that only those who are baptized into the church would have their sins taken away through Christ's atonement. Non members, even if they repented and changed their lives to what they believed Christ wanted would still have...
Are families physically separated in the Spirit World?
Question Gramps, Thank you for your website. It's always an informing and enjoyable read! We have a sister in our ward who maintains that families are physically separated from each other in the spirit world (currently, not after judgment day) until their...
