Out of Mormonism's Podcast

Heidi describes the difficulty in accepting her fiance's conversion to Christianity. Although she felt separated from Mormonism she still believed in and defended Mormonism, as Clay showed her the differences between Christianity and Mormonism. Clay's questions forced her to do research to find the truth. After a year of research, she left Mormonism and embraced a belief in Jesus. Although her family rejects her new beliefs, Heidi says that her relationship with Jesus has never been better.

Heidi describes her experience as a Mormon. Her Mother and Father both were respected Mormons in the Church. Her siblings were good Mormons living as Mormons should. Heidi describes mistakes she made and how these decisions caused her family and friends to treat her differently. The judgement of family and friends and new found freedom caused her to make more bad decisions. She describes how she met her husband and his conversion to Christianity.

Brian finishes his story about how he came out of Fundamentalist Mormonism. Brian’s story takes twists and turns. He becomes an atheist, then joins the Mainstream Mormon church, becomes an atheist again, marries a Baptist girl and eventually finds the Biblical Jesus. Today, God is using Brian in the prison ministry as a Baptist minister. Brian’s story shows that God can save anyone.

In this episode, Brian explains why the Mainstream Mormon church cannot successfully separate itself from its polygamous past. In addition, Brian explains what blood atonement is and why he felt righteous justification in planning to kill his own father. As Brian’s story takes surprising twists and turns, Brian relates that his journey out of Mormonism began when he became one of Fundamentalism’s “lost boys.”

Brian describes his journey out of Fundamentalist Mormonism. Brian's story was not anything I expected. Brian grew up in Salt Lake City in the FLDS church rather than some remote compound. He played football with Warren Jeffs as a kid right there in the Salt Lake Valley. In this episode, Brian explains why Fundamentalist Mormons still practice polygamy. He also addresses the question - Who is more closely following the teachings of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, the Fundamentalists or the mainstream LDS church? Brian also describes what his life was like living in a polygamous household.

Matt tells why he believes Latter-day saints are deceived by their feelings. Matt explains that the devil would not be a very good liar if people could recognize by their feelings that he was a demon. Matt demonstrates why his new belief in Christianity is based on objective truth.

My brother, Matt Poland, tells his perspective on growing up in our Mormon family. We reminisce about our childhoods and some of the things we learned from our devout LDS parents. Matt explains the strong support we experienced, both in our LDS family and the LDS community. After Matt’s marriage, he became involved in discussions with a Christian at work about Mormonism. He felt confident he was right about Mormonism, but, could not convince his co-worker. Later, he was confronted with questions he could not answer, which prompted him to do his own search for the truth.

Jim and Judy finish their story by explaining why they started the ministry at Concerned Christians. Both believe that the relationship they have with the Biblical Jesus has given them hope that the Mormon Jesus could not give.