Terryl Givens on navigating faith and doubt, the true nature of God, and the secret of Christianity
“Doubts don’t begin as a rejection of God or his gospel, they generally emerge as a rejection of ways in which God is being characterized… So what are the expectations we bring to the table? My personal take on this is, does my faith make God present to me? Does my faith give me access to the God of truth and love? Everything else is ancillary to that question or should be, and in my case, what I find is that yes, this church does.” —- Letter to a Doubter, by Terryl Givens: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1856&context=interpreter Book Recommendation: The Crucible of Doubt, by Terryl Givens — 00:00 Choosing Faith is Courageous 05:38 Letter to a Doubter 07:31 The Role of Doubt in Faith 10:30 The True and Living Church 16:25 The Importance of Community in Faith 23:30 Addressing Culture 24:44 The Genuine Question 35:01 Rebuilding Faith from the Ground Up 42:05 The Restoration of God’s Love Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% offhttps://memorjewelry.com/Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/Mike’s Auto Shackhttps://mikesautoshack.com/ If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Jared Halverson on consecrating your faith crisis..”Jesus takes brokenness and turns it into beauty”
Recorded at our Fall Come Back to Christ Event in Provo, UT. “I’m grateful for all that Jesus does with our brokenness. He doesn’t believe in creation ex nihilo, creation out of nothing. We don’t believe in it. Jesus doesn’t do it that way. He takes stuff and if you have stuff then you have something to offer. If you have brokenness, if you have doubt, if you have concern, if you have questions, if you have sin, if you have struggle, if you have sorrow, if you have broken hearts and contrite spirits or even broken covenants, whatever you’ve got, it’s stuff. It’s matter. And if you will consecrate to God your crisis, he can create something beautiful.” 00:00 Mama Bear Moment 01:53 The Prodigal Party 03:25 Personal Prodigal Stories 13:12 The Role of a Judge 18:58 Gospel Tangents and Celestial Slingshots 32:05 The Fortunate Fall 35:45 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% offhttps://memorjewelry.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/Mike’s Auto Shackhttps://mikesautoshack.com/ If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
When Scott encountered anti-mormon content online, he turned it into a mission of faith through FAIR
“I have the fortunate experience of having seen so many critical questions answered that I just have faith that there’s going to be an answer somewhere for most of it. But really for me, it also comes down to the Book of Mormon. Because I believe the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have a witness of that. I feel that there is evidence of that, not proof, but strong evidences that indicate that it is true. There’s testimony from witnesses, and the criticisms against it that I’ve looked at have been weak. And so when I come across a new question that I don’t know the answer for, I always rely on- I know the Book of Mormon’s true, so the church is true- even though I don’t know the answer to this question. And there are some questions that don’t have good answers for them. We just don’t have the information.” — Fair website: Home Page Jason Coombs free webclass, ‘The Secret to Sobriety: How to Break Your Son’s Addiction Without Paying $30,000 for Rehab’, Next Class starts Saturday August 2 at 9:30am. Register for this free webclass here: https://www.liveunhooked.com/register — Cozy Earth code COMEBACK for 40% off https://cozyearth.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ 00:00 Introduction: People are Complicated 04:58 The Origins and Mission of FAIR 14:17 Facing Faith Challenges and Finding Answers 16:11 Human Imperfections and Church Leadership 32:05 Addressing Criticisms and Corrections 36:09 Personal Reflections on Church Leaders 46:45 When You or a Loved One Faces Faith Challenges If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For business inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Jasmin Rappleye: Polygamy, New Garments, Temples, and defending the church on social media in 2025
“ I think studying a little bit about a hard topic can be more dangerous than studying a lot about a hard topic because there’s so much more under the iceberg that can help contextualize what’s going on. And so I would definitely say if you’re struggling, don’t be afraid of the hard questions, but just do it with an approach of faith, hope, and charity. Take a deep breath, make sure you take your time and are doing it in a mindset where you are prepared to tackle these in a rational, reasonable, and faith filled way. But probably more importantly, I ultimately don’t think that study and rational thinking is what really keeps people in the church. It really is having a relationship with Jesus Christ. It’s those spiritual moments that make us realize that this is true, that this is good, that this is something that is going to bring so much meaning and beauty into my life and this is gonna bring me closer to God than anything else.” – Recommended sources for hard questions: https://mormonr.org/ Home Page https://scripturecentral.org/ http://www.youtube.com/@churchhistorymatterspodcast Jasmin’s instagram: jasminrappleye – Episode Sponsor: Serve Clothing Website: https://www.comebackpodcast.org Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/come.back.podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085100628137 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Come_Back_Pod Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@come.back.podcast If you have a story to share please contact: ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For business inquiries contact: info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
What is the CES Letter and why you shouldn’t let it shake your faith | Q&A with Sarah Allen
“How I handle things when I have questions is I do my own studying and I look at things from different sides, but I always lean on Heavenly Father. I always keep Him in the loop. I always tell Him what I am questioning, what I am struggling with and He always points me to sources that help. Sometimes it takes a while, the answers don’t always come right away. But He always points me to something that helps me understand things or helps me feel at peace about it even if I don’t fully understand it.” — PSA: The Letter For My Wife is another anti LDS document that Sarah is writing a rebuttal to on FAIR https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Sarah_Allen_CES_Response_Posts Recommended talk: “Stand Forever” by Lawrence Corbridge: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/lawrence-e-corbridge/stand-for-ever/ — Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Editor: Michelle Berger Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
Tad R. Callister answers questions on “A Case For The Book of Mormon” – December Book Club
“The greatest doctrinal truth, to me, is the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It’s in the Book of Mormon we get the phrase ‘the Infinite Atonement’ and we learn all the ways the Atonement is infinite, including being retroactive in time. We can be cleansed before the purchase price ever took place. In the Bible we know that Christ redeemed us from sin and death, but the Book of Mormon teaches us that it also had enabling powers and that He could comfort and strengthen us in our weaknesses and perfect our imperfections. It was not just designed to cleanse us, but to perfect us.” — Recommended books: A Case for the Book of Mormon, by Tad R. Callister The Infinite Atonement, by Tad R. Callister — Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Editor: Michelle Berger Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
Bridger’s incredible story of overcoming his faith crisis and returning to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“At one point I was at the lowest of the low and I went to church. During church I just decided, ‘OK I am going to have a reset. I am going to fight my way back.’ So right there I started cleaning up my social media, putting limits on my phone and getting my calendar updated, those types of things. Then after church my friend invited me to stake choir and I decided to give it a chance. We sat down and sang the song ‘Be Still My Soul’ and that was the second time in my life I felt that burning in the bosom, just straight out of the scriptures. An undeniable feeling, I just remembered it again with the peace and the hope and the optimism, the passion. All of those emotions just came flooding, in what I believe to be the fruits of the Spirit.” To contact Bridger: Bridger.coburn@outlook.com. Or you can just go to my Instagram: bridgethoughts, — Recommended: Home Page https://bookofmormoncentral.org/ Saints Unscripted videos: “Faith and Beliefs,” and “Controversial Beliefs” by David Snell Recommended books: The Crucible of Doubt, by Terryl and Fiona Givens Faith is Not Blind, by Bruce C. And Marie K. Hafen Seekers Wanted, by Anthony Sweat A Case for the Book of Mormon, by Tad R. Callister — Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Editor: Michelle Berger Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
Jasmin from Book of Mormon Central: Answering HARD Questions!
*DISCLAIMER* This podcast goes into some of the more in depth questions that can be challenging for church members to grapple with.* I am a huge fan of Jasmin’s. Her knowledge and testimony of the gospel is incredible. I have seen several of her videos and knew that I wanted her to join the podcast and give answers to some of the tough questions that can challenge a persons testimony, and ultimately refine it to be more mature. Questions in regards to the history of the church can ultimately lead to strength and more assurance of our testimony if we can turn to the Lord. — Recommended: ScripturePlus (app) https://www.scripturecentral.org/ — Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Editor: Michelle Berger Art Director: Jeremy Garcia