Have you ever heard of someone being healed after performing baptisms for the dead?
Gramps, I have been reading a book of Temple Manifestations. There is a section relating to baptism in the Temples. A phrase was used of baptism and confirmation for the healing of the sick. It describes how endowed members would go to the Temple and be...
Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord
Dear Gramps I would like to learn more about The Thousand-Year Reign and what will happen during that time. I understand that we will see our ancestors and will be able to bring our family records up to date. Will there still be Temple work going on? What will be the...
Temple Sealing
Dear Gramps, My husband and his 1st wife were converts to the LDS church, but never sealed in the temple. I am not a member, but interested in learning and perhaps joining. Half of our 10 children are members. I am divorced from an abusive husband. Randy and &...
Why cannot women be sealed to someone else after the husband has died, while men can?
Dear Gramps, I’m glad I found your site. There is an investigator in my branch of the Mormon Church who is troubled about eternal marriage. He wants to know why women cannot be sealed after the husband has died, while men can. I’m not even sure whether that’s the...
Why is family genealogy so important in the Mormon church?
Dear Gramps, Why is family genealogy so important in the Mormon church? Ernie, from Powell, Ohio Dear Ernie, In order to be saved in the celestial kingdom of God, a person must accept Jesus Christ as his Savior, repent of his sins, be baptized by immersion for the...
Would it be necessary to do temple work for our deceased daughter who did not need to be baptized because of mental limitations from down syndrome?
Gramps, Last year our 12 year old daughter with down syndrome died due to heart and lung defects. Some ward members told my wife that she needed to have her temple work performed but I am a little confused because in the past I was told by a stake president not to...
Is there any way to undo the sealing ordinance performed in the temple for my grandparents?
Question Dear Gramps, I recently found out that my Grandparents (deceased and never asked of this, since they were already dead) were sealed in the Temple via my Dad’s widow. I feel very hurt by this as they were devout Methodists. My Grandfather was also a...
Would it be OK to have a civil marriage with someone who does not believe in the Mormon Church?
Question Dear Gramps, I am on the verge of breaking up with my non-member boyfriend of two years because he refuses to accept the gospel. I have told him that I will only marry him if he can take me to the Temple. I brought up the idea of proxy sealing after we...
Why must new converts to the Mormon Church wait a year before being allowed to enter the temple?
A year’s membership in the Mormon Church is required before entering the temple in order to give the new member of the Mormon Church time to realize and comply with the requirements for temple attencance.
