Hi, I'm Tyler

I Love to drum and read Biblical Hebrew. I'm a child of God, a husband and a father of two, and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I work as a consultant in the landscape and irrigation industry, but my passion is Ancient History. I tend to talk a little to much about history to my friends, and I'm almost certain they tune me out now.
I've been playing the drums now for about 15 years, and I love music. I'm a sucker for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and you can often hear my kids ask if we can listen to something other than grown up music. I have two beautiful children, and a wonderful wife. I live life to its fullest, and I know that Christ is my Savior.

Why I am a Mormon

I am a Mormon because of three very important things. 1) I know with an absolute certainty that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. I know he was called to restore Christ's church in these latter-days. 2)Because Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, he had power to translate The Book of Mormon. I have prayed to God in heaven about that book, and He has revealed to me through the Holy Ghost that it is a true record of the ancient inhabitants of this continent, and is, as it claims to be, another testament of Jesus Christ. 3) Because those previous two items are true, I know that the Mormon church is Christ's only true and living church on the earth right now, and that it has been established to prepare the way for His glorious Second Coming. That is why I am a Mormon.

Personal Stories

Please explain the part prayer plays in your life?

Prayer is the way that I communicate with the God that I love, and the feeling I receive whenever I pray, tells me that he loves me too.

Prayer is my opportunity to connect with the very God who holds all things within his loving hands. It is my chance to thank Him for all he has given me in this life.

Prayer gives me Hope, it creates a atmosphere of love and charity in my heart for those with whom I associate. It motivates to action the things that are important for me to do.

Prayer endues me with power to do Gods will.

Prayer is one of the greatest blessings we have in this life.

How I live my faith

I live my faith vary carefully. I am prone to the natural man way too much to not live by ever word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God at all times, every day.
I teach the weekly Gospel Doctrine class right now nearly every Sunday, and I love it more than I can say. Being required to lead the gospel discussion every week helps me stay focused on keeping myself in tune with the Holy Spirit, and without that spirit, I cannot teach to save my life.

Mormons believe Jesus Christ is their Savior. Why do we need a Savior?

Tyler answered...

There hasn't been a time in the history of mankind when we have needed a Savior more than now. As prophesied in the New Testament, men's hearts are failing them, and people are loosing faith in their creator and their redeemer.
The Savior gives us hope, not just in this life, but in the eternal life to come. He has saved us from the bondage of sin and death, and has shown us the way to return to live with our Father in Heaven once more.
Meaghan answered...

Have you ever met a perfect person? I doubt it. Why? Because everyone makes mistakes. When you make a mistake or are confused on what you should do, you want someone to help you, right? We all need someone to help us. We all need a Savior. We always hear that Jesus Christ saved us, but what does that truly mean? It not only means that he suffered and died for you personally, it means that he lived and lives for us too. He wants to help us. Jesus Christ is the only one who underestands everything that we go through. He not only wants to make up for the mistakes we make, but he wants to carry our burdens too. All we need to do is let him carry our burdens. Everyone faces personal challenges and Jesus is there to help. Everyone makes a mistake qa some point in life too. The beauty of having a Savior, is the fact that we can be forgiven. Sometimes our hands get dirty, but they can always be washed clean.

Why was a Restoration of the Gospel needed? Haven’t we always had the Bible?

Joshua answered...

The Restoration is needed because of the Apostasy. The apostasy is a time foretold of by the prophet in the Bible Amos. In Amos 8:11-12

" Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it."

Amos tells us that there will be a time when the gospel, or "the word of the Lord" will be lost. That time came when Jesus Christ and the Apostles were killed. Even though we still had the bible, there were no prophets or apostles to keep the gospel pure and true. Man was left with their own interpretation of the Bible. As we all know, there are thousands of christian churches all based on the bible, BUT all teach different doctrines. When Christ was on the earth He did not set up thousands of different churches so that there was something different for everyone. He had one church. His church. The prophet Peter tells us that there will be a restitution or a restoration of the gospel, in Acts 3:21

" Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."

In short, the gospel was lost during the Apostasy and the Restoration brought it back. So, now we have the same gospel that Christ set up when he was on the earth. :)