What is the Mormon Church’s view on the “new” scriptures that have recently come to light?
Question Gramps, The Doctrine and Covenants section 91 gives us God’s instruction about the “Apocrypha” but what is the Mormon Church’s view on The “new” scriptures that have come to light since. e.g. The Gospel of St. Thomas, The Book of Enoch, The Book of...
What does it mean by a third part followed Satan?
Question Dear Gramps, It has been said many times that Lucifer influenced one third of the hosts of heaven to follow him. However, this principle has been explained to me that it was a third part not one third. You can tear a piece of paper into three parts and...
What is the Doctrine and Covenants?
Question Dear Gramps, In your response to Amber's question "Will mortal children be born in the Millennium" you quoted from "Doctrine and Covenants 101:30-31" What is this source? By the way, I thought your answer was right on. We have been studying the book...
Is getting baptized into the Mormon Church the right thing for me to do?
Question Dear Gramps, I am getting baptized next week, and wanted to know if it is right for me?? I hear different stories about why it is good, and why it is bad. I’m confused. Linda Answer Dear Linda, You will hear lots of stories about whether...
How can I get my stubborn 16 year-old teenager to listen to reason?
Question Dear Gramps, I have a teenager who won’t drop an AP class that he is struggling in. He is overwhelmed and getting depressed. He is getting a B in the class, but it will affect his GPA such that he may not be able to get into BYU, which is his goal. He...
How should I treat my unfaithful husband if I have forgiven him but don’t trust him?
Question Dear Gramps, My husband has recently confessed to our bishop and to myself that has cheated on me both physically and through internet porn.(His ex-fiancee is now attending our ward and he was unhappy with the way the bishop treated him when he...
Why do I still feel unworthy although I’ve repented of everything that I can think of?
Question Dear Gramps, I have kind of an odd question/problem. After nearly a dozen years of inactivity, I have re-discovered the blessings of the Mormon Church. I’ve become very active, read my scriptures daily, pay a full tithing and feel very peaceful about...
So if a person marries a wife and she dies and then he marries another, isn’t that polygamy?
Question Dear Gramps, I was reading a response of yours about the law of polygamy being no longer practiced today. My father who has recently left the Mormon Church begs to differ. He says that the Church loves to claim that, but in reality the man can divorce...
How can I help my son-in-law get over a childhood rape, and how can I get him to convert to the Mormon Church?
Question Dear Gramps Our family are members of the Mormon Church. My daughter recently married a young man of another faith, who had been raped when he was a young boy. The perpetrator of this vile act was hunted and captured and put on trial with full press...
Is free agency really free?
Question Dear Gramps, Many members of the Mormon Church including yourself and the General Authorities use the term “Free Agency” when speaking of agency. I believe it was Joseph Fielding Smith who said that agency is not free. It was bought and paid for by the...
