My heart is broken that my daughter is not marrying someone of her own faith. What should I do?
Question Dear Gramps, My Daughter just turned 18 and is going to marry someone outside the Mormon Church. I feel as if I have failed Heavenly father in someway. I know her life would be so much easier if she married within the church. He is a nice young man and...
How should Mormon missionaries be addressed and treated while serving their missions?
Question Dear Gramps, I am a new member of the Mormon Church and I have a question to ask. What does it mean when an elder writes his FIRST name and his last name? In one line? And also can a missionary fall in love with someone while on a mission? And can an...
If I am the second wife sealed to my husband in the Mormon Temple will I have to share the first wife with my husband?
Question Dear Gramps, I’m thinking of being sealed to this wonderful priesthood holder in the temple. However, I’m having issues with the fact that I’ll be the ’second’ wife sealed to him. His first wife died of an illness and he was sealed to her. Will I have...
Why did the Savior live in mortality on this particular world?
Question Dear Gramps, If we live on one of the most unrighteous worlds that our Father made, why did He choose this one on which to have his son born? Also, were we more inferior spirits in our first estate than inhabitants of other worlds when we lived with...
Does the Mormon Church use the same approach as the Catholic Church in granting forgiveness of sin?
Question Dear Gramps, Does a Mormon bishop grant “remission” or “forgiveness” for sins, the way Roman Catholic priests claim to do (not themselves, but through the power/authority vested in them by God)? As I have mentioned, I am a former Roman Catholic, but I...
Where did God come from, and is our Heavenly Father the God of all the universe?
Question Dear Gramps, Hi. Please tell me where our Heavenly Father came from. How was He created? Did He create other worlds previous to and after He created the earth? Is our Heavenly Father the God to the entire universe? My other question is, has Jesus been...
Who are the House of Israel, Judah, and Ephraim?
Question Dear Gramps: Did Joseph Smith, Jr. teach that he was descended from the House of Ephraim? If so, did he mean this literally or allegorically? Can you explain or clarify regarding the distinctions between the House of Israel, the House of Judah, and the...
Are there 2 different types of fasts in the Mormon Church?
Question Dear Gramps, I was raised in the Mormon Church and my parents taught that we fast from two meals and give a fast offering based on that; and we fast for 24 hours for personal fasts. In my house, 24 hours can include six meals and several snacks...
Should we eat meat only in winter and famine?
Question Hi Gramps. Lately I have been contemplating the Word of Wisdom. It seems I and others stop reading at verse 12 of Doctrine & Covenants 89. Because the verse after says, regarding eating flesh of animals, And it is pleasing unto me that they should...
How could the words of the prophet Brigham Young be so different from the words of later prophets, e.g. President Spencer W. Kimball?
Question Gramps, After reading the question about Brigham Young and blacks, I was reminded of the time he said that no one with even one drop of black blood flowing through his veins would ever hold the priesthood. How can one prophet be so far from another...
