Why We Believe
Why do we believe? What inspires faith, testimony, and conversion in members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? Dive into the personal conversion stories behind faithful members of the church. Join Nathan Gwilliam, host and life-long member of the church, as he sits down with guests with unique backgrounds and perspectives to discuss the deeply personal and spiritual journeys that led them to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ and why they believe. Through one-on-one interviews, hear firsthand accounts of the life-changing conversion stories and events that ignited and solidified these members' beliefs and personal testimonies. Gain powerful insights into the many unique paths that lead to faith and discover what continues to feed their dedication year after year. Join us each week for inspiring stories from faithful Latter-Day Saints and discuss Why We Believe.
Episodes
A teenager with no religious background walked into the Mesa Arizona Temple visitor center and felt some...
Dave Lindsay has spent more than 25 years telling other people's faith stories on film, including Front ...
Daniel C. Peterson has spent his career doing something most people would rather avoid. He goes looking ...
Paul Alan Cox grew up the son of a Grand Teton park ranger and a scientist. He graduated valedictorian from ...
Scott Anderson's family has been building Utah since 1847, when three of his ancestors walked into the Salt Lake Valley beside Brigham Young. Their homestead site sits beneath Zions Bank Tower today. ...
Garrett Batty has spent his career turning faith-based stories into cinema, but the story that shaped hi...
What does a United States Senator say when asked why he believes? For John Curtis, it starts on a mounta...
Brett Sampson moved 14 times before he ever left home, served a mission in Rochester, New York where the Sacred Grove was part of his assignment, and grew up to ...
Sarah Norton grew up in a faithful home, served in her community, and believed in Jesus Christ her whole life. But belief became something far deeper the night a stranger walked up to her outside a doctor's office, wrapped her arms ar...
What happens when the youngest CEO in NBA history finds himself kneeling by his bed in London, begging heaven to save his bleeding grandson? David W. Checketts r...
What happens when a Grammy-winning artist wakes up paralyzed from the neck down the day after auditionin...
Brad Wilcox was born on Christmas Day, spent his earliest childhood in Ethiopia, and grew up to write the most-viewed BYU devotional in history. He has served as...
A 19-year-old missionary was locked in a customs shed in Fiji with pigs and cows. No one knew where he was. No one was coming. He knelt down and heard his mother's voice praying for him from thousands...
Eva Timothy grew up in communist Bulgaria where religion was banned, Christmas did not exist, and her father hid a copy of the U.S. Constitution like a treasure....
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What happens when 17 years of saving other people's lives nearly destroys your own? Jeremy Cl...
What happens when a lifelong church member realizes he has never truly tested his own testimony? Jason Barney grew up in a family with roots reaching back to Nauvoo and Joseph Smith himself. He knew t...
Twelve years ago, Ganel-Lyn Condie's 40-year-old sister Meg died by suicide after a lifetime of mental health struggle. Six weeks later, Ganel-Lyn submitted her ...
What happens when an MBA graduate feels prompted to NOT get a job? Russell Banz told his wife he wasn't ...
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