What does it mean to “cast your bread upon the water?”
Question Dear Gramps, Thanks for answering my last question. In my deceased husbands patriarchal blessing it states cast your bread upon the water and it will return to you a hundred fold. What does this mean? Kate Answer Kate, I assume that it...
Did Jesus Christ appear to Lorenzo Snow in the temple?
Question Gramps, I read the question asked about the inscription on our temples “House of the Lord, Holiness to the Lord” and it seems like I have heard this several times. President Lorenzo Snow told one of his granddaughters, about a place in the Salt Lake...
Is Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible sanctioned by the Church?
Question Hi Gramps, Concerning the JST Bible. I found a site by the RLDS that claims they have the complete JST Bible. I have read some of Genesis and it follows a lot with what is written in the Pearl of Great Price. I have to admit it is a very interesting...
Should we have faith in our patriarchal blessing?
Question Gramps, My wife is struggling with her faith right now. She has lived a very faithful life. So far, we have not been able to conceive. She was told in her patriarchal blessing that she would be “a mother in Israel, as an instrument in providing earthly...
Does God hear everyone’s prayers?
Question Gramps, Does God only hear and answer the prayers of worthy members of the Latter-day Saint church? Kalola Answer Dear Kalola, We need to realize that God is the Father of all mankind. He is interested in the prayers of all those who...
Can you explain the omnipresence of God?
Question Gramps, I don’t understand the omnipresence of Christ, Heavenly Father, and the Holy Ghost. How can this be if they have bodies of flesh and bones. Excluding the Holy Ghost of course. The Holy Ghost can only be one place at one time, so I’ve heard....
Why is “The House of the Lord” etched into each temple?
Question Gramps, Why is the inscription “The House of the Lord” etched into each temple? I have heard that the Savior personally inspects and accepts each temple. Is that correct? Loren Answer Dear Loren, The following is an excerpt from the...
Praying for our Enemies
Subject: praying for your enemies Message: I was wondering about the command to ‘pray for your enemies and/or those that despitefully use you.’ What exactly are we supposed to pray for? I know someone who would fall into this category. I’m trying to forgive this...
Children
Dear Gramps, My son was married in 2005, Sealed in the Temple in 2006. In 2007 He asked me not to contact his wife in any way. I don’t understand what I have done to make them so up-set at me that my son hasn’t spoken to me since Oct. 08. I didn’t receive a card, or...
Satan and his followers
Subject: satan and his 1/3 Message: Was it only male who were cast down to earth with satan. Did they have the Priesthood? Kate Kate, Many times in the scriptures the term ’sons of God’ is used to designate both men and women. I would presume that the 1/3 of the...
What is the difference between excommunication and disfellowship?
Question Gramps, Can you explain the difference between excommunication and disfellowship? If a woman was separated and just waiting for her divorce papers to be signed by the judge, and had inappropriate sexual relations with someone, is that grounds for...
Anointing with Oil
Dear Gramps, Does it matter if the oil is poured directly on the head; or, is it okay to first apply it on the finger and then placed on the head? Jack Dear Jack, In previous years’ priesthood manuals, there was a section giving instructions in the performance of...
Return to Lord’s Kingdom
Subject: Rebaptism for members Message: Dear Gramps, I’m LDS since 1987, but have been most of the time inactive and not lived up to the moral standards of the church. Is it possible to start from the bginning and have a rebaptism? Although I’m already a member on...
Everyone is Welcome
Message: HI, Gramps, I have a question. Does the member of the church has the authority to expel me of the church? While the bishop did not expel me and treated me well. Do all men have the autority to expel the member even he is not the bishop? I feel so confused...
God the Father
Subject: Prophets & Heavenly Father Message: Please can you tell me if any other prophet besides Joseph Smith has seen God the Father face to face, like he did. Thanks so much. Jenny Dear Jenny, If you read in the Bible Dictionary under God, a very good...
God is Perfect
Does God make mistakes?? Twan Dear Twan, We read in Matthew 5:48 "Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect." Also in 3 Nephi 12: 48, Jesus commands the Nephites, "Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in...
Animals in the Gospel Plan
Subject: resurection Message: I heard in church last Sunday that all the animals will be resurrected with the righteous. I know that the righteous who are resurected, come back and rise from the grave. Do animals come back where they died? Do our pets get to be...
Gaining and Regaining a Testimony
Dear Gramps I am 63 years old. I have been a member of the Church since 1 Jan 1963, I was 17 at the time stationed in England with the USAF. I have always believed in Jesus and the Church. During the past couple of years I have read the scriptures front to back,...
Pornography and its devastating effects
Dear Gramps, How I wish that I really had a sage grandfather who would answer this question with a personal feeling attached, witnessing the anguish and sorrow caused by his granddaughter’s husband. We hear many talks in Sacrament and in General Conference about what...
Where do you go after you die by suicide
Dear Gramps, Where does the spirit go after you die if the person kills themselves. Cherilyn Dear Cherilyn, The following is given to us by the prophet Alma in Chapter 40: 11 Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection—Behold, it has been...
Love marrriage and missionaries
Dear Gramps I don’t even know if I should ask this question cause you probably have more serious ones to answer but I thought that I might anyway. I don’t know if it’s for real but I think that I love this soon-to-be missionary. He’s like my best friend, I love him...
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