As in the Bible, men took the leading roles in church affairs, but by the end of his life Smith taught that men and women were redeemed together through eternal marriage.
The Bible is the guide to walking that path and based upon certain readings of the scripture in the Bible, men with men and women with women are not the way God intended.
If you are inclined to believe the Bible, a man named Methuselah lived 969 years.
Recently, a caller asked Hank Hanegraaff ("The Bible Answer Man") about the message of grace that I share in my book "The Naked Gospel". Below are Mr. Hanegraaff's comments, along with my thoughts in response.
The way it happens in the Bible the man would take several wives and not the other way around, but this woman, Augustine, had a way about her that could bend you to her will.
("Baby and Child Care" has been read, so far, by 30 million book buyers and countless borrowers; it is history's biggest seller besides the Bible). Each man, in his own way, faces the challenge with conscience, conscientiousness and a healthy, endearing humility.
"So, you read in the Bible, 'One man, one woman.' Any logical person would say what the guy is saying -- that'd be me -- is if you want to be safe from a lot of debilitating diseases that's the route to go and it agrees with what God says.
He's a Bible-believing man.
