Where does the brain end and the soul begin?
Question Dear Gramps, Where does the brain end and the soul begin? I figure that our brain is not what is giving us our agency, since it is subject to outside stimuli, such as medication. People do not choose their brain, so how can they be responsible for what...
If I have a divorce after a temple marriage but do not have the sealing cancelled, will I be sealed to my ex forever even though we have parted company now?
Dear Gramps, I read your answer about plural marriages and that there will be no marriages performed passed this earth life and I am a little confused. I was sealed to my husband in the temple but then we were divorced. He has since been sealed to someone else but our...
My parents are against my joining the Mormon Church. How can I become a member of the Mormon Church and please my parents at the same time?
Question Dear Gramps, My mom and dad who don't even communicate are against me getting baptized in the Mormon Church. I really want to but am unsure if I can live up to the commitment especially around my family who expect me to be just like them. Also I am a...
How do I convince my wife that all will be well even with a promise to an ex-spouse?
Question Dear Gramps, I have been married to a wonderful lady for over two years. This is our third marriage for both of us. I hold the Priesthood and have a heart-felt desire to be sealed to this lady. This is where complications are coming in. She was...
Is Talmage expressing a different interpretation of Psalms 82:6 in his book Jesus the Christ?
Question Dear Gramps, In Psalms 82:6 it reads I have said, Ye are Gods; and all of you are children of the most High. I have always thought this passage was telling us that we have the potential to become Gods. However, James E. Talmage may have...
Why doesn’t God care about my wife and me enough to let us have children?
Question Dear Gramps, When my wife and I were married in the temple many years ago, we naturally thought that we would have children but, that didn’t happen so easily. After a few years of trying with no success, we turned to infertility and adoption. With...
Why is general knowledge of the Father and His role not widely known?
Question Gramps, Why is general knowledge of The Father and His role not widely known? Is it Satan’s objective to keep people from revealed knowledge of Him? The main focus in the Christian world is Jesus Christ – which is not bad but without knowing the Father...
Why don’t other religions “get” and “lose” their testimonies?
Question Dear Gramps, Why is it that amongst all the Christian denominations in the world, only the Mormons "get" as well as sometimes "lose" their testimonies? How come we never hear about Baptists or Methodists losing their testimony of Christ? Or in the...
Why is some of the Book of Mormon identical to the Bible?
Question Gramps, I was reading in the New Testament in Matthew chapters 6-7. In 3 Nephi it references from Matthew almost word for word, verse for verse out of the King James Version. There were a few words changed here and there but the verses were literally...
How can I get my testimony back?
Question Dear Gramps, How can I get my testimony back? I have been baptized in the Mormon Church now for 18 months. I remember my conversion and felt a very strong spirit from the Lord. for the first six months of my conversion. I was extremely strong and I new...
