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...
Could I be married to my deceased boyfriend if I were to join the Church?
Question Dear Gramps, I had a best friend who was Mormon. He was also my first love, and I honestly knew in my heart I was going to marry him since we were little. I have always loved him, and still do. He, unfortunately, died in a car accident in January. He...
Why does Nephi contradict himself in speaking of precious ores in the Book of Mormon?
Question Dear Gramps Why does Nephi speak of an abundance of precious ores in 2 Nephi 5:15 in the Book of Mormon, and then say precious things were not to be found upon the land in verse 16? Maria Answer Dear Maria, The verses in the Book of...
