How do I convince a friend that we can become like our Father in Heaven?
If someone does not believe we can become like God, no amount of scriptural evidence will convince him.
What is the Mormon Church’s view on guardian angels?
Angels are near us, but we have no particular guardian angel. The true guardian angel is the Light of Christ.
What are “intelligences?”
Intelligences are eternal entities from which all living things are created. Intelligences cannot be created, they have always existed.
What work will Mormons do in the Celestial Kingdom? Are there Mormon temples in Heaven?
Mormon prophets have taught that those who reach the highest kingdom of Heaven, or the Mormon Celestial Kingdom, will be busy preparing for Christ’s Second Coming. There are no temples in Heaven, rather Heaven itself is considered a temple.
How does a sealing work when family members aren’t active?
Question Dear Gramps, My parents were baptized into the church, but were never sealed. They are divorced and both are inactive. Who am I sealed to other than my husband? Since my parents are divorced, do I seal myself to my inactive father after he dies and...
Can children be sealed to only one parent?
Question Gramps, I am an active Mormon and my husband is a member also but inactive and doesn’t keep the Word of Wisdom. I am getting ready to take my endowments and we have two children, one of which has been married in the temple and I have one grandson. Can...
Can a woman be sealed multiple times?
Question Gramps, I feel sure that I know the answer to this question, but I have to ask anyway. I have a sister-in-law, works faithfully in a temple, and she says: A woman can, on this earth, be sealed to as many men as life gives her through a temple sealing,...
What Church restrictions are there after a divorce? Is adultery a “sin unto death”?
After a divorce, a Priesthood holder might receive restrictions in the Mormon Church based on the nature of his actions which resulted in divorce. In Mormonism, denying the Holy Ghost, murder in the first degree, and some cases of adultery are considered “sins unto death.”
Must a child be adopted to be sealed in the temple?
Question Dear Gramps, In the Maori culture here in New Zealand, children are sometimes born into a family, then passed to another family to rear. My question is in regard to sealings for these children. If the child dies without being officially adopted into...
Where are the “north countries” spoken of in the Doctrine and Covenants?
The north countries spoken of in the Mormon Doctrine and Covenants is currently unknown, as is most information concerning the lost tribes of Israel. Some obscure scriptures will only be understood as they are fulfilled.
