By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler
You who are my regular column readers know that I began this two-part series last week focusing on “The Purpose” of the church building and our bodies and how we’re to treat them. Last week I wrote mostly about the church building and how so many people disrespect God and his house. I’ll conclude now with my focus on our bodies being the temples of God and that we ought to treat them as such.
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler
In this column I want to merely touch upon “The Purpose” of the church building and our bodies and how we’re to treat them. Please note that I said merely touch upon because I certainly cannot exhaust all that I would want to share with you in just one short newspaper column. What’s “The Purpose” of the physical church building, facility, structure or edifice, and why have I chosen to address this issue at this time you might ask?
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler
While there are several biblical passages which make it quite clear that we are to honor our parents, both of them, our fathers and mothers, I decided to place a special emphasis on our mothers for this particular column because this is Mother’s Day weekend, and besides, I wrote a two-part column about not forgetting our fathers just a couple of weeks ago that ran in this newspaper. Yes, by all means, honor our fathers and our mothers, but in this column the focus will be on our mothers. To all the real mothers out there … I love, respect, and honor YOU!
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler
I wonder if I’ll ever learn my lesson pursuant to taking on some of the most seemingly difficult inquiries in life. You see, so many people seek me out for answers to rather tuff questions. That said, here I go once again launching out into the deep. Last week at the passing and homegoing of one of my first cousins, his surviving mother asked me if it was written in the Bible someplace where it says: “Weep when a child is born and rejoice when a saint (i.e., a saved person) dies.”
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler
In this modern day age, many pastors, ministers, and Christians in general are using several different versions of the Holy Bible. Well, I suppose I’m just a tad bit old-fashioned then. And while I’m not speaking against the other biblical versions, I do say, “Take Me To The King”. In this case, I mean The King James version of the Holy Bible. I’m sticking with King James.