How can I help relieve the apathy in my ward?
Question Dear Gramps, I too enjoy your column, and I don't know that I have a question as much as I am looking for information to present to our youth. I have been asked to talk to our young women and young men about "callings," accepting and following through...
Our patriarchal blessings declare that every one of our family except one are from the house of Ephraim. One daughter is from the house of Manasseh. Does this make her a Lamanite?
Question Dear Gramps, My daughter and I had a discussion about her patriarchal blessing and the tribe she is adopted in. Our whole family is of the house of Ephraim with the exception of her. She is of the house of Manasseh and feels like she will be with that...
Is it OK for a person who is going through a divorce to attend a Singles Ward in the Mormon Church?
Question Hi Gramps, I have a Mormon friend that is going through a divorce. She is now attending a singles ward. Is this right? She says that her divorce is still in the works (not final) but what if she started dating again or participating in activities as a...
How can a just and perfect God promote the increase of population?
God is in control of his creations. The earth belongs to him. Those who preside over the Mormon Church receive instruction from God with respect to family size and all other religious and moral matters.
Will mortal children be born during the Millennium?
A strain of mortals will propagate during the millennium to perform the proxy work in the Mormon Temples for those who received the gospel in the spirit world after mortality.
What is the meaning of the expression “the east wind”?
The “east wind” is a euphamism, expressing a destructive force sent forth from God upon the wicked.
Could you prove your claim that Jehovah and Jesus Christ are the same person by using the more modern translations of the Bible?
Question Dear Gramps, You evidently use the King James Version translation of Zechariah 12:10 to prove your claim that Jehovah God and Jesus Christ are one person. Could you prove this claim using more accurate modern Bible translations? Some of them are cited...
What scriptures will help us resist temptation?
There are three categories of disobedience to God–actions, words and thouights. If we can acquire thought control we can avoid all three forms of disobedience.
How can the Book of Mormon be true when it says in Revelation not to add to nor take away from the prophecy of “This Book”?
“Adding and taking away from the words of the book of this prophecy”, Rev. 22:18-19, refers to the Book of Revelation, not to the entire Bible.
Will spirit children born after the great war in heaven come under the saving grace of the Savior’s great atoning sacrifice?
Satan’s plan was to save all the children of the Father by forcing them to comply with the Father’s will. Satan’s plan was rejected and its proponents were banished from heaven.
