Life Through My Eyes...

I want to be a positive light in a sea of sadness. I hope to bring clarity to complex topics while strengthening faith in God, improving families, and uplifting those who might be struggling.
Greg Trimble | | 9 COMMENTs

Do Mormons Get Paid To Serve In The Church?

In my not too distant past… I found myself standing at an intersection with 4 different churches, one on each corner. I thought it would be fun and interesting to go in and talk to a couple of the priests and pastors of those churches about various aspects of their doctrine and beliefs. A couple of…

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Greg Trimble | | 3 COMMENTs

This Is What Mormonism Is All About

People say lots of things about Mormonism. Unfortunately few of them come close to accurately describing what it’s all about. Mormonism at it’s core is about helping people. Not just Mormons…but everyone, from any congregation. Recently, I was able to observe the people of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at their best. While it was…

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Greg Trimble | | 31 COMMENTs

The 3 Types Of Mormons In The Last Days

On June 16th 1844 Joseph Smith gave what is known as the “Sermon in the Grove.” It was one of the last things we’d ever hear from the prophet and it got cut short on account of the rain. He was only eleven days away from his martyrdom at Carthage and he knew that his time was…

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Greg Trimble | | 12 COMMENTs

Jesus Isn’t Going To Save A Nation Of Pseudo Christians

There was really only one thing that Jesus truly hated and that was hypocrisy. But not just any kind of hypocrisy. Jesus couldn’t stand religious hypocrisy. Empty acts of piety that were calculated to further one’s own political and monetary goals. “Ye hypocrites…” Jesus says to the “religious” politicians, “draweth nigh unto me with their…

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Don’t Let The Media Turn You Into A Racist

Racism is crazy. I don’t know how any logical person could be racist. I was raised in Southern California. Everyone is a different color here. Lumping people together into groups and assuming they are bad because of the tint of their skin is just nuts and it’s tearing us apart. When I was about 10 years…

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Greg Trimble | | 4 COMMENTs

What Elder Holland Prays For Every Day

Recently I passed through Nauvoo, and it reminded me of an interesting story told by a member of a past Nauvoo temple presidency. Personally, I’ve always wondered what an apostle prays for on a daily basis, so my ears perked up when this man mentioned what Elder Holland said in Nauvoo that he prayed for every day. …

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