Nov 26, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Babies, Family
Dear Gramps, I have seen Q&A’s in your column dealing with still born children, and the family keeping their own records of the children with names. Does it apply to children who were determined to be lifeless early in the pregnancy, thus resulting in a...
Nov 18, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Family, Marriage
Gramps My husband recently passed away-a faithful member of the Church with whom I was sealed in the temple. I understand that if both of us are worthy of the celestial kingdom, we will be reunited as husband and wife with our celestialized bodies. As I understand it,...
Nov 8, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, God, Premortal Life
Dear Gramps, If there was a council in heaven and all of God’s children were there, and, using their free agency made the choice to follow Satan or Christ, where do the spirit children God has sired since that council fit in? Do they come under that council with...
Jul 20, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Dear Gramps, For full exaltation, one cannot make it alone. One must be accompanied by one’s spouse. However, what if that spouse is a non-member who is highly unlikely to ever join the church, and thus be eligible to be sealed with me in the temple? I would...
Jul 9, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Family
Gramps, Why didn’t Adam and Eve have children in the Garden of Eden? Donna, from Nevada Dear Donna, Very little has been revealed about the lives of Adam and Eve between the time that they came to this earth and the account given in the scriptures about...
Jul 5, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Babies, Current issues, Death
Gramps, What do you say to a mother who carried a little boy for six months. Gave birth to this premature little child, whose weight was only 1 lb. My friend saw and held this little boy, named him, and after only 2 days the little boy died. This child was my...
Sep 23, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Premortal Life, Satan
Dear Gramps, It mentions in Revelations that 1/3 of the spirits were banished from the presence of God. In Abraham 3:28, no number is given, but it says “and many followed after him.” In LDS lessons and talks, we always hear 1/3 quoted. Could 1/3 be just an...
Mar 20, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Mormon Doctrine, Premortal Life
Dear Gramps, Why did Heavenly Father give Adam 2 commandments knowing he would have to sin to keep the one? Do not Partake of the Fruit and Multiply and replenish the Earth. Leila Dear Leila, First of all, we need to keep in mind that Adam and Eve did not sin while...
Feb 10, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife
Dear Gramps, As I have been reading some different blogs I have picked up on some different conversations talking about a husband calling his wife forth at the resurrection and that is why he needs to know her name, but no one seemed to know if it was doctrine and/or...
Jan 26, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Premortal Life, Priesthood, Satan
Subject: satan and his 1/3 Message: Was it only male who were cast down to earth with satan. Did they have the Priesthood? Kate Kate, Many times in the scriptures the term ’sons of God’ is used to designate both men and women. I would presume that the 1/3 of the...
