Aug 31, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement
Question Gramps, With all of God’s knowledge and power, why did he need Jesus to atone and sacrifice for our sins? Sherlene Answer Hello Sherlene, In teaching the people of Gideon, Alma the Younger responded to very much the same question...
Jun 18, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement
Question Dear Gramps,In the April 2014 LDS General Conference, Elder Timothy J. Dyches quoted a statement from the “Preach My Gospel” handbook, “…all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus...
Sep 27, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement, Jesus Christ, Repentance
Dear Gramps: We hear wonderful things about the atonement. But do we know what it’s like should we have to pay for our own sins? Sugar Dear Sugar, The greatest gift we have been given is the Atoning sacrifice which our Lord and Savior freely gave to everyone who...
Feb 18, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement, Jesus Christ
Question Hi gramps! As we know, God and the Saviour with the help of many others created the earth and many other worlds. My questions is:Did our Saviour’s Atonement also include the other worlds? Thank you gramps for your time to answer. Marie ...
May 25, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine, Premortal Life
Dear Gramps, I understand that the Atonement was a physical and spiritual payment that Jesus Christ made for all of God’s children. He paid for our bodies overcoming death unconditionally, and paid for our spirits overcoming sin conditionally upon our faith,...
May 22, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine
Hi Gramps. I have a question about the Savior’s atonement. I am confused about some parts of it. Jesus died for our sins. He died on the cross. But many people died on the cross. It was the Roman’s cruel common punishment. I know that the Savior atoned for our sins in...
Jan 14, 2008 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Jesus Christ
Question Hi Gramps, My question is about the preexistence. We lived in the preexistence before we came to earth with many other spirits. The spirits who are now waiting to acquire a body of flesh and bone, can they go to another world other than earth to...
Jun 26, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement, Repentance
Question Dear Gramps, After a person becomes somewhat convinced of the extreme gravity of their sinful behavior, how long should they be harrowed up by the memory of their sins? The situation of Zeezrom in the Book of Mormon comes to mind. He was reduced to his...
