How do you help someone who has been offended by a church leader?
Question Hi Gramps, We recently visited a less-active sister and found out that the reason was that she got offended by the "cutting remarks" from the Stake President. How do you appease this situation? Thanks! Lex Answer Hello Lex, In our experiences in the...
Agency in the Millenium
Gramps, Say we are half way thru the millenium and the new children born become rebellious thru their own agency, Do they go bye-bye like those who did not live the terrestrial life at the beginning of the millenium? Gary ______________ I just don’t know Gary. The...
Priesthood in the Premortal World
I heard an opinion that every man who has kept his first estate had the priesthood given to him before he came to earth. We know it was given to some in the pre-existence. For example in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, he said that Adam was given the...
Doesn’t the Bible say there would be no more prophets after Christ’s time?
Question Gramps, I've just read scripture that says that since Christ's time and the completion of the Bible there were no other requirements for modern-day prophets and now I'm reading about Joseph Smith, who was proclaimed to be a modern-day prophet after...
Women and Keys
Are women given keys? Karen ______________ Karen, In the Church, the term “keys” is typically reserved for priesthood authority. So women are not given keys. -Gramps
Working and the Sabbath Day
Gramps, It's been told to me that part of the reason we don't buy things, engage in certain hobbies/entertainment, etc on the Sabbath is because we are, in effect, causing someone else to work on the Sabbath, which is supposed to be a day of rest. My place of...
Priesthood Office or Priesthood Keys
Hello Gramps, On a very snowy Sunday, only the 1st counselor in the bishopric showed up (the bishop and 2nd counselor were either ill or snowed in). The 1st counselor conducted sacrament meeting and presided. In my EQ class, the EQ president spoke up in an almost...
Timing of Vicarious Work
I know that all will be resurrected--that is the gift of immortality. Will there be resurrected spirits in the millennium who have not had their work performed/nor have they accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ. OR are those individuals reserved to come at the end of...
How can I understand what my Patriarchal Blessing means to me?
Question Gramps, I have a very complex and weighty blessing. I'm trying to piece together what it means for me here and now. There are parts to it that are very specific to me and parts about my pre-mortal existence. I know you can ask the Church to send you...
Are the series of questions to be asked by the Lord true?
Question Hi Gramps, I've heard my branch president and even my stake president use an article entitled "Stewardship" in their talks before. It was apparently by David O. McKay where he told some brethren exactly the series of questions that the Lord would ask...
