Why does God allow innocent people to suffer at the hands of nature?
Question Gramps, Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Not just by the hands of others but also in nature like people starving to death or killed and suffering some other ways by the hands of nature not because of the agency of other people. Brittney...
Why is there a discrepancy regarding the creation between the temple and scripture?
Question Gramps, I’m really trying to get some some clarification on this: in the scriptures (Moses, Abraham, Book of Genesis) the lights in the firmament were created and placed on the fourth day. In another place (non scriptural) it says they were created on...
How can I get over my dislike for our new Young Men’s President?
Question Hey gramps, I'm a priest within the church, I have concerns with my young men quorum. We just had a recently called young men's president a few months ago, and things haven't been the same. Our new young men leader is a bit more strict and less patient...
How can we justify to an investigator the trinity as three separate bodies?
Question Gramps, I have been approached by a investigator who wishes to know how we can justify the Trinity as three separate bodies instead of only one. The young lady in question cannot accept this, among some other points we believe. I used the scriptures...
Can we still ask apostles for priesthood blessings?
Question Gramps, I know in years past people could ask the apostles for priesthood blessings. Can we still do this and if so how do we go about it? My daughter has some kind of undiagnosed illness and has been suffering for the last 4-5 years. She barely made...
Who is the “him” referenced in 2 Nephi 26:16?
Question Dear Gramps, We need you to resolve a dilemma we have in our scripture study. Who is the "him" referenced in 2nd Nephi 26:16? We can find no other person in the surrounding verses that this refers to. Please help us! Roger Answer ...
What does Kolob mean?
Question Hello Gramps! I just discovered this wonderful resource. My question refers to Kolob. I have heard other people mention this name and you mentioned it in response to a question about the Pearl of Great Price symbol. I would like to know what this is!...
Can you show me how to gain a testimony that the Mormon Church is the true Church?
Question Dear Gramps, Lately I have been thinking a lot about my faith and I don’t think that I really have a testimony. I feel like I have just been going to the Mormon Church because I was born into it and have never really had to study and find out for...
My husband’s parents are divorced. Is he still sealed to them?
Question Hi Gramps, I was reading one of your previous posts about sealing to divorced parents and it got me wondering about my husband's parents. My in-laws were sealed in the temple before my husband was born. His parents divorced when he was 5. Both my...
Does my salvation hinge on knowing answers to Book of Mormon geography?
Question Gramps, Book Of Mormon geography - Heartland/North America versus Central America - current church leaders have chosen to remain silent on this as far as i know. does the answer to this question matter from a doctrinal perspective? that is - does my...