What is the “Mark of the Beast?”
Question Gramps, What is the Mark of the beast? Is it literally a mark? It says we are not too take the the mark. It again says something about you can't buy or sell without the mark. I'm confused what this means. I've heard that in the last days, the...
Wasn’t there a better choice of a person to give Joseph Smith the Priesthood?
Question Gramps, Would John the Beloved or the Three Nephites have been able to give Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priestnood rather than John the Baptist and Peter James and John? Herb Answer Dear Herb, The Aaronic...
Why don’t we “plead the blood of Jesus” over different things?
Question Gramps, In many churches they use the words 'plead the blood of Jesus' over this or that. I am wondering why the Latter-day Saints don't use those words. Lex Answer Lex, Why would we? That phrase is primarily from so...
How does the allegory of the olive trees answer Jacob’s question regarding the Jews?
Question Dear Gramps, Jacob in the Book of Mormon asks a question about the Jews in Jacob 4:17: "And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head of their...
What does knowing Christ really feel like?
Question Gramps, I often hear people say things like I know the Lord when I pray to him. They seem to be saying I know Christ when I pray to Heavenly Father which seems weird to me. It made me wonder if I really know Christ or just know of him. I know I...
I feel I’m being blackmailed into serving a mission. Am I doing the right thing?
Question Gramps, An RM entered back into my life from youth, and left me questioning my own mission call. I have prayed and studied to receive the answer that it’s up to me. I decided to stay and prayed over that as well. When I broke the news to my parents...
After reading D&C 50:42, how do I know if I am one of those that the Father gives to the Son?
Question Gramps, I read in D&C 50:42 "And none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost." The cross references in the footnotes are verses that say a similar thing. How does one become one of those that the Father gives to the Son? Is there a...
Will those mentioned in Hebrews who were forced to wander in the wilderness never obtain the Celestial Kingdom?
Question Gramps, We were just reading Hebrews 3 where it says that the Lord has sworn in His wrath that those who sinned in the wilderness - and were made to wander forty years - will not enter into His rest. Does this mean they cannot obtain the Celestial...
Do I believe scientists or doctrine? Can matter be created?
Question Gramps, I’ve always learned about the doctrine that matter cannot be created nor destroyed. Our universe was organized, not ex nihiloed, but I’ve recently come across something that really has affected my testimony. Scientists say that matter can be...
I fear the millennium because of polygamy. How can I come to terms with it?
Question Dear Gramps, Like many women, I have (really) struggled for decades with jealousy and plural marriage. I fear the Millennium because of the intimacy that will come with plural marriage. Any insight you can give to me, I will be grateful for. Ann...
