Mar 6, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Blessings
Dear Gramps, My Patriarchal Blessing states that I will “have the blessings of the great patriarchs” and “the yearnings of Abraham.” Could I please get a little clarification on these. And I know that these, as well as all blessings are contingent on our personal...
Jan 31, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology
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...
Aug 14, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Last days
Question Dear Gramps, In 2 Nephi 6:6-7, it says that Kings will be their nursing fathers and Queens will be their nursing mothers. It also says that they will bring thy sons in their arms; and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. What is this...
Aug 12, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Miscellaneous
Dear Gramps, This past Sunday I taught Gospel Doctrine Lesson #38 where we learn that Paul apparently yields to the pleadings of his brethren and goes to the temple to participate in the prescribed ceremony for personal cleansing as a show of support for the Law of...
Aug 6, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology, God, Love
Hello Gramps, I’m hoping you can give me some insight on why we need to both “Love God and Fear God”. Shouldn’t our actions have to do with the desire to please our Heavenly Father and to want to be with Him again, rather than being afraid of Him? Jennifer, from...
Feb 11, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology
Gramps, Can you please explain the Oracles of God? Scott, from Columbus, Ohio. Dear Scott, There are three different definitions for the word, oracle. It could refer to 1) a person through whom a deity is believed to speak; 2) the shrine from which such a person...
Jan 23, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Church History
Gramps, What are the names of the two published works prior to 1830 that contain references to chiasmus in the Bible? Mark, from Indianapolis, Indiana Dear Mark, Boys, Thomas, Tactica Sacra, London: T. Hamilton, 1824. Boys, Thomas, Key to the Book of Psalms, London:...
Dec 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, Was John the Beloved transformed in a twinkling of an eye and will he tarry until the second coming and visit the stakes of Zion? Somehow in our class mentioned that he was about 90 years old when he wrote the Book of Revelation. I think...
Nov 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps, I am reading in Matthew Chapter 9 verse 14 through 17.Can you please clarify the meaning of these verses for me? Paul, Stillwater New York Dear Paul, Fasting, of course, requires a bit of self discipline. But the fasting required by the Lord is not just...
Nov 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, World History
Dear Gramps, I’m a senior in high school. In seminary, we are currently learning about Israel’s bondage in Egypt. Recently, I have studied some very mysterious findings and research on the Great Pyramids. How are these findings related to Israel? If Israel...
