Question   Dear Gramps, Are there any limits on physical intimacy after you’re married? Is it, ‘Anything goes’ or are there prohibited things? Nothing I’ve read gives a definitive answer. Anonymous   Answer   Dear Anonymous, Although you may not find an...

Question   Gramps, Situation: High Priest is companion to a 17 year old priest for home teaching. In the course of the visit a blessing is asked for. The HP did not have oil with him and the person asking for the blessing asks that the young man help with the...

Question   Gramps, Is it appropriate for a bishop to ask for the congregation to sustain a young 12 year old that is going to be ordained to the priesthood Doug   Answer   Dear Doug, Thank you for your question.  Not only is this appropriate for a...

Question   Hello Gramps. I'm nearly 18, and I am going through the stress of college applications.  I feel so unprepared. I feel terrified and hopeless.  I sometimes feel like I was never meant to live this long, and that I shouldn't be here, and that's why I...

Question   Gramps, Is it ok to fish on Sunday, I really enjoy fishing but I am wondering if it’s appropriate for the sabbath. Dallin   Answer   Dear Dallin, Fishing is certainly good, clean fun-it’s a moral hobby and a wonderful activity to partake in....

Question   Hello Gramps, I need some guidance on theft of a company.  I have someone that worked for me that is Mormon (I am not) that created her own business doing exactly what my company does.  When she quit she took company information and files with her...

Question   Hello Gramps My wife was a wonderful lady. We both held many church calling in the stake and the ward. However, she has fallen and has had many affairs during the past 5 years. I’m trying to do what is right. I love her  and keep on forgiving her....

Question   Gramps, What was the "light" from mentioned in Genesis 1:3? Annurs   Answer   Dear Annurs, Thank you for your question. There are several accounts of the creation given in the scriptures. Each account, while slightly different, all help to...

Question   Hey Gramps! I am planning to graduate BYU Idaho with a Bachelors in Nursing and I have considered joining the military part time so that I can be with my family and serve my country. My concern is the time I may be deployed, I will be away from my...

Question   Hey gramps, I've been wondering if Jesus was angry when he was cleansing the temple. If he was, then how would it be sinless? I'm not doubting his righteousness, he was sinless. But I'm probably not understanding the full concept. Was he angry? Was he...

Question   Dear Gramps, If a lawyer helps a plaintiff win an unjust case that sorely hurts the lives of a defendant and his family, will the lawyer have to answer for it someday at the judgment bar of God?  Or will the Lord say that he was just "doing his job",...

Question   Gramps, Why is there a restricted section in the Church' archives? Andrew   Answer   Dear Andrew, Probably the best way I can answer this is to quote directly from lds.org Access Policy: The Church History Department stores its collections in...

Question   Hi Gramps, We are told that Moses raising the brazen serpent for the Israelites to be healed from their snake bites was symbolic of Christ's being "lifted up" for us.  Is there a specific reason for the use of a serpent to represent Christ?  It seems a...

Question   Gramps, How far does this Elder Oaks model of prioritizing go? Where do we separate having personal lives and serving God. For example, I could have casual reading time reading a science fiction novel. That may be "good". But if I followed this model...

Question   Gramps, Are the Sons of Perdition all male spirits or female as well? Henry   Answer   Dear Henry, We don't know.  The Lord has not given us a lot of information on this subject.  I think it would certainly be possible for women to reach that...

Question   Hi Gramps. I am interested in your view on using our LDS chapels to hold Halloween celebrations. Halloween has a pagan origin and although all about candy etc now, I still find it strange that as members of the Church we follow and enjoy this event...

Question   Gramps, I'm very much into history especially military history. In my studies I come across lots of battlefields claiming to be haunted by those that died. I was wondering if the church has said anything on war and those that died coming back and...

Question   Gramps, I have come to really enjoy your wisdom. I have a coworker that is a good person and very well versed in his Bible.  One day we were chatting and the subject of wine and the word of wisdom came up. He pointed out that one of Christ's 1st...