What does “children of men” mean?
Question Gramps, All through the scriptures, I see the phrase children of men. What does this mean? Troy Answer Dear Troy, Thank you for asking this question. It is my privilege to make the attempt to answer it for you. The simple answer is this:...
Why are we called a “covenant people?”
Question Gramps, Why are we called a covenant people? Mike Answer Hello Mike, This is a great question. Thank you for coming to Gramps for answers. Typically, I would answer the question as I understand it using scripture or official talks from...
If Home Teaching was discontinued, why do I still get visits?
Question Gramps I was told that last year the Prophet Russell M Nelson and the brethren declared an end to the home teaching practice the way we had known it. Why do my former home teaches still want to come over at the same time to my house every month? Robert...
Has Heavenly Father given up on me?
Question Dear Gramps, I need help. I wrote you before about being gay and angry at Heavenly Father about it. I’m an alcoholic and I’m so afraid that Heavenly Father has given up on me. I have a lot of problems and I don’t know how I can ever come back. I don’t...
At the start of the millennium, will Christ announce which church is the true church?
Question Dear Gramps, It is the Savior Himself who arrives to initiates his millennial reign. For the life of me, why would he not immediately, as first order of business, identify which church is truly His church and denounce all others as false – as he had...
Did Lucifer tempt Adam and Eve on other worlds?
Question Dear Gramps, In the history of Adam and Eve, Lucifer was cursed by having badly given of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge and they, however, for having done the same thing in other worlds. This means that Lucifer does not make more this in other...
If one remarries after the death of a spouse, what happens in the afterlife?
Question Hello, Gramps. I’ve been following your blog for years now, and I finally had the inspiration for my own question. What would happen if a man or woman remarried after the death of their previous spouse? Who will they be in a stable relationship with...
Is it okay to date while I’m separated?
Question Gramps, I have been separated now for 21 months. Would it be ok for me to start seeing other women? Charlie Answer Charlie, If you are not legally divorced, then no it is not okay. According to some state laws, the divorce must be...
Do we need to pay tithing on social security?
Question Gramps, I am 80 and have no living son or husband. I paid tithing for years when I worked and raised two families. I now am totally alone and live on a very small pension (200.00) and a small social security. My bishop and stake president say I am...
Can those with an addiction still receive promptings?
Question Gramps, By the grace of the atonement I was able to overcome a drug addiction a number of years ago. A disagreement that my wife and I have always had is that someone who is still involved in their addiction can still receive guidance or promptings...
Why does someone have to wait one year to receive endowments after they die?
Question Gramps, This is not a comment. I have been trying to find out why after someone dies that you have to wait another year before you can get them their endowments. I have tried to find out through the proper ways, but no one has the answer for me. My...
What was the age of Joseph Smith when he had the First Vision?
Question Gramps, In Joseph Smith history he states he was in his fifteenth year (JSH 1:7)... Though he was 14 when he had the first vision. Why is this the case I'm just a little confused by it. Jordan Answer Dear Jordan, This seeming discrepancy...
What does it mean by their speech shall “whisper out of the dust?”
Question Dear Gramps, In 2 Nephi 26:16 it says in part, “…the Lord God will give unto him power…” Just who is the “him” referenced in this scripture? We have read this verse over and over again, along with the verses that come before and after and cannot come...
Who are the dead that one must be baptized for?
Question Gramps, Comment on baptism for the dead. No documents of the early Christian congregation testify to the practice of baptism for the dead. The Bible principle is clearly stated: each person is answerable for his/her own deeds. Who are the dead one must...
Why are the genealogies for Jesus in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 different?
Question Hi Gramps, Why are the genealogies for Jesus in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 different? I realize that Matthew runs from David and Luke all the way from Adam, but the people are different, right down to Joseph’s father! Furthermore, the notes to one of the...
What is the correct posture or stance for passing the Sacrament?
Question Gramps, When I was a full time missionary in the MTC in Provo (January-March '82), we were taught to keep our left arms and hands at our side. That is, we were specifically told not to bend our left arm behind our backs, as do some worldly armies. We...
How is baptism a covenant?
Question Gramps, I regularly hear members and leaders refer to baptism as a covenant, which is a formal promise made by a coventantor to a covenantee before witnesses. Yet at a baptismal ceremony, the person being baptized makes no promises nor do they signal...
What does it mean that God is a jealous god?
Question Gramps, What does it mean that God is a jealous god in Mosiah 11? Brian Answer Brian, As used in the scriptures, the word jealous has two meanings: (1) to be fervent and to have sensitive and deep feelings about someone or something, and...
What were Lucifer’s responsibilities as the “Light Bearer?”
Question Gramps, Lucifer is often heard being described as Heavenly Father's "Left Hand" in a way; which leads to the possible assumption that Lucifer's name quite reasonably once held an equal level of reverence to that of Jesus' name before his rebellion...
Does God lie?
Question Gramps, The strongest spiritual impression I ever had was that my boyfriend "would wait for me" during my mission. I heard a voice and felt so peaceful. Fast forward 18 months and he's married. Was my "revelation" simply wishful thinking? What does it...
How can I give a friend a Book of Mormon without offending him?
Question Dear Gramps, The owner of the gym where I work out has become a friend with my husband and me. He shared with me a dream he had about what “hell” was like. He said it was not fire and brimstone but total darkness. He felt that “hell” was the absence of...
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