Out of Mormonism's Podcast

Marilyn Scroggins begins her story by telling of her strong Mormon heritage. Mormonism was a belief she never questioned. She tells of her family pride and strong relationships she developed while she was a Mormon. Her life started to change because of a strong spiritual experience that shook her to the core.

Elaine finishes her story by sharing ways to approach Latter-day Saints with the biblical gospel. She explains how current Christian churches fall short in helping Mormons as they leave. Elaine describes the rejection she received from friends and family members as she embraced Christianity. 

Elaine continues her story by telling about her first encounter with her current pastor. She did not expect to leave Mormonism, but believed that she would convert the pastor to Mormonism. The discussions between her pastor and Elaine proved to be more than both expected.

Elaine Kozuka describes what she believed Mormonism provided for her. Elaine viewed herself as a very righteous Latter-day Saint, who would become a goddess someday. Elaine saw no reason to leave the LDS church, but God changed Elaine’s plans in a way that she did not expect.

Dustin describes some of the differences he discovered in his investigation between Mormonism and biblical Christianity. He tells of the struggle he encountered from his LDS family as he told them he was leaving Mormonism. Dustin explained his new found relationship with Jesus and the hope that he could not find within Mormonism.

Dustin shares about his beliefs growing up LDS. Dustin explains how he rebelled against his LDS morals as a youth and later viewed himself as an atheist. As Dustin became a father, he began to clean up his life and sought God within his Mormon faith. Dustin became exposed to biblical Christianity through dating his wife Megan. Megan tells of their struggle to choose a church after their marriage.

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.”