College or mission? What should I do?
Question Gramps, I have been wondering if I should go to college or serve a mission. My leaders have said it will be the best year and a half of my life. But I have bad anxiety being far away from home without someone I have known or a call home. I can't even...
How will we find our loved ones on resurrection day if not buried near each other?
Question Gramps, How important is it that we be buried near our loved ones? As much as we want to be, sometimes this is not possible. I am curious as to how it will work on resurrection day. Will we quickly be able to get to our loved ones even if we are many...
How can I use my talent to expound the scriptures?
Question Gramps, I received but one talent from Heavenly Father - It is " If I prove to be true and faithful I will be given the opportunity to "expound the scriptures." I have studied the word expound and have found more than 300 definitions. So, I narrowed...
What will the coming of the Savior be like?
Question Gramps, Ever since I was little and my Grandma died I have always wondered if when Jesus comes again he will bring all the people of heaven with him to help us fight, or if he will resurrect all the people that he has not yet resurrected and then they...
How is it that Adam condemns men to death and Christ atones for death?
Question Dear Gramps, How is it done, that Adam condemns men to death and Christ’s atonement in the Garden atones for death. Robert Answer Dear Robert, It wasn’t that Adam condemned men to death, but that through the transgression of Adam death...
How can I teach my children that the Mormon Church is the only true church?
Question Dear Gramps, My question is complex. My children are struggling at this time with the reason we call ourselves the only true and living church on the earth. How do I help them understand why there is a need for a one true church? Why only one plan? The...
Are the Father and the Son one being or one in purpose?
Question Dear Gramps, I have a few friends and we get to talking about the church and what I believe in. It goes all well and everything until we start talking about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. They believe they are one person and when I...
As a recent convert, how long does it take to get my first calling?
Question Hi gramps, I am recent convert to the church and I am waiting for my first calling. How long does it take to get your first calling and can you request one as our ward is small and there is no librarian or helper. I would like to help out. What is...
If I get a civil divorce but not a temple cancellation, am I still required to wear my garments?
Question Gramps, If a couple are married in the temple and after many years get a civil divorce and not a temple divorce are they still required to wear their garments? What about if they get remarried in a civil wedding to a non-Mormon but not a temple...
About how old was Nephi when he started writing his record?
Question Dear Gramps, About how old was Nephi when he started writing his record? Rebecca Answer Dear Rebecca, As a historian Nephi leaves no record of specific dates of any occurrences or the specific ages of any of subjects of his narrative....
