Why did LDS Saints practice polygamy?
Question Dear Gramps, Non-members I talk to often ask about the plural marriages performed back in the “old days.” Usually they ask about the “why,” why was there such a command given and why was it discontinued. Up until now I never thought about asking anyone...
How can I get over an addiction to pornography?
Question Dear Gramps, I have been struggling with pornography for quite some time. I first discovered it around age 10 and had a couple of instances with it. I found out it was bad and didn’t touch it for a few years. Then, at about 14, I viewed some of it....
What do our spirits look like?
Question Dear Gramps, Since mortality we inherit half the genes from our mother and half from our father. Do we look like we do now, when we die, or before we were born? Will you recognize people in the spirit world you knew here or will they look totally...
Is it fair that we must live on the most wicked of all the worlds?
Question Dear Gramps, I'm trying to understand Satan's role in all of Heavenly Father's creations. I have come to understand that Satan was banned to this earth only and that is why the Savior came to this earth, as it would be the only world that would crucify...
One of my dear friends has cancer and is not doing well. Her husband has a difficult time understanding why this is happening to her. What could I say that would give them some relief?
Question Gramps, I have two very good friends with whom my wife and I served a mission in 2001-03. About a year ago, the wife contracted cancer in her left eye. Her case was dragged out by the doctors and we feel was mishandled. Now her left eye has been...
How do I know if the decisions I am making are the right decisions?
Dear Gramps, I’m single and am thinking about moving to another state for my work. I already have a job lined up but have a lot of doubts about moving since I have a lot of debt. How can I know it’s the right decision, that it’s based on true principles and not...
If the Mormon Church is the true church, would cremation alone prevent me from joining my family in the hereafter?
Question Dear Gramps, I was raised a member of the Mormon church, but have been inactive for several years. I am going to church services every week in another church. I am considering cremation when the time comes. How does the Mormon Church feel about this...
Can a member have their non member family sealed to them?
Question Dear Gramps, This is my third question to you in the past month. I want to thank you for your previous answers. I checked “sealings” in “search Ask Gramps” as you recommended to another reader, but didn’t find an answer to the following: If a person...
What is the Mormon Church’s view on the “new” scriptures that have recently come to light?
Question Gramps, The Doctrine and Covenants section 91 gives us God’s instruction about the “Apocrypha” but what is the Mormon Church’s view on The “new” scriptures that have come to light since. e.g. The Gospel of St. Thomas, The Book of Enoch, The Book of...
What does it mean by a third part followed Satan?
Question Dear Gramps, It has been said many times that Lucifer influenced one third of the hosts of heaven to follow him. However, this principle has been explained to me that it was a third part not one third. You can tear a piece of paper into three parts and...
What is the Doctrine and Covenants?
Question Dear Gramps, In your response to Amber's question "Will mortal children be born in the Millennium" you quoted from "Doctrine and Covenants 101:30-31" What is this source? By the way, I thought your answer was right on. We have been studying the book...
Is getting baptized into the Mormon Church the right thing for me to do?
Question Dear Gramps, I am getting baptized next week, and wanted to know if it is right for me?? I hear different stories about why it is good, and why it is bad. I’m confused. Linda Answer Dear Linda, You will hear lots of stories about whether...
How can I get my stubborn 16 year-old teenager to listen to reason?
Question Dear Gramps, I have a teenager who won’t drop an AP class that he is struggling in. He is overwhelmed and getting depressed. He is getting a B in the class, but it will affect his GPA such that he may not be able to get into BYU, which is his goal. He...
How should I treat my unfaithful husband if I have forgiven him but don’t trust him?
Question Dear Gramps, My husband has recently confessed to our bishop and to myself that has cheated on me both physically and through internet porn.(His ex-fiancee is now attending our ward and he was unhappy with the way the bishop treated him when he...
Why do I still feel unworthy although I’ve repented of everything that I can think of?
Question Dear Gramps, I have kind of an odd question/problem. After nearly a dozen years of inactivity, I have re-discovered the blessings of the Mormon Church. I’ve become very active, read my scriptures daily, pay a full tithing and feel very peaceful about...
So if a person marries a wife and she dies and then he marries another, isn’t that polygamy?
Question Dear Gramps, I was reading a response of yours about the law of polygamy being no longer practiced today. My father who has recently left the Mormon Church begs to differ. He says that the Church loves to claim that, but in reality the man can divorce...
How can I help my son-in-law get over a childhood rape, and how can I get him to convert to the Mormon Church?
Question Dear Gramps Our family are members of the Mormon Church. My daughter recently married a young man of another faith, who had been raped when he was a young boy. The perpetrator of this vile act was hunted and captured and put on trial with full press...
Is free agency really free?
Question Dear Gramps, Many members of the Mormon Church including yourself and the General Authorities use the term “Free Agency” when speaking of agency. I believe it was Joseph Fielding Smith who said that agency is not free. It was bought and paid for by the...
If all things happen in “God’s Time,” why then do we use the Priesthood power to try and interfere?
Question Dear Gramps, If all things happen in "God's Time," why then do we use the Priesthood power to try and interfere? Anna Answer Dear Anna, Given that all things happen in God’s time, the things that happen depend upon the words, thoughts and...
Why does the Lord allow people to hurt little children?
Question Dear Gramps, In the news a while ago a little boy fed his little brother windex through a bottle. I know that free agency is there but why does the Lord allow people to hurt his children. My Dad told me that the Lord takes them away quick so that they...
Are the stories in the scriptures always literal, or do some of them just illustrate true principles?
Question Dear Gramps, Are the stories in the scriptures (like Adam and Eve, Noah’s ark etc.) always literal, or are some of them not literal but just illustrate true principles for the purpose of teaching? Jordan Answer Dear Jordan, I think that...
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