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....
Why do you believe the Mormon religion has been growing? What is the appeal of the religion?
Question Gramps, Why do you believe the Mormon religion has been growing? What is the appeal of the religion? Sarah Answer Dear Sarah, That is a simple and interesting question with profound implications! The simple answer is that the Mormon...
When will the second resurrection occur?
Question Dear Gramps, I’ve heard and read various things about the 1st and 2nd resurrection. To my understanding the 1st will go in affect when the Savior comes again. When will the 2nd happen? Stetson Answer Dear Stetson, The second resurrection...
Did Adam and Eve ever have a childhood?
Question Dear Gramps, Did Adam and Eve ever have a childhood? Gary Answer Dear Gary, The biblical account of the genesis of Adam and Eve is an allegorical account. It is not the literal history of the genesis of the parents of the human race. Adam...
Why do so few people know about Christ?
Question Dear Gramps, My son is on what I call a quest for the truth. He has no doubt that there is a God but does not accept Christ as his Savior yet. He has posed the question to me that if Christ is truly the son of God then why do so few people on...
I’m on a mission unworthily. What can I do?
Question Hi Gramps, I'm having trouble. I'm on a mission and I want to start off by saying that I fully intend on finishing my mission. The problem is I'm not here worthily. I want to be, I just don't have the courage to confess my sins. Before I left on my...
What do Mormons believe about the three trumpets that will sound before Jesus’ Second Coming?
Question Dear Gramps, Could you please explain in detail, along with your opinion of the three trumpet sounds before Christ’s coming? I realize it will not be all at once, but I’m also sure it will be a scary thing even for the saints who are living...
Would the lost ten tribes be living somewhere under the ice near the North Pole?
Question Hi Gramps! Great big squeezes and hugs! I would like to know why my dad believes that the ten lost tribes live at the North Pole under all that ice. He says that they will return some day, but right now they are living inside the earth. Maybe with the...
I already have a large family. What would happen if I terminated a pregnancy?
Question Dear Gramps, Help! I have five children which I can barely cope with. My youngest is eight months old. I have found out I am pregnant again. Both my husband and I cannot cope, but the guilt and shame of termination is killing me and tearing me apart....
Why does the Mormon Church not accept the apocryphal books in the Latin Vulgate?
Question Dear Gramps, Why do we not accept all of the canonized books of the Vulgate bible? Do we actually use a protestant version of the bible? Why did we exclude some of the books the Catholic church accepts? Rebecca Answer Dear Rebecca, The...
Why would the Lord destroy entire cities along with their women and children?
Question Dear Gramps, I was stunned reading Nephi the other day where Jesus Christ destroyed entire towns, women and children. I asked my Mormon neighbor, who rhetorically asked about Sodom and Gomorrah. But I was shocked that the Savior of the World, the...
Does the Mormon Church teach and subscribe to replacement theology?
Question Gramps, Do we as a church teach and subscribe to replacement theology? Andrew Answer Dear Andrew, For my readers that aren't familiar with replacement theology, it is the teaching that since "God is able of these stones to raise up...
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