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Greg Trimble | August 14, 2014 | 13 COMMENTs

Why You Don’t Need to Be Scared To Talk To Your Bishop

Over the years I have talked to hundreds of people that want to come back to church, want to go on a mission, or want to raise their kids in the Church in good conscience. Many more write to me privately through this blog, expressing their desire to come back but not knowing how to…

Greg Trimble | August 3, 2014 | 21 COMMENTs

How My Life Was Changed Through One Interaction At Church

All I did at age 21 was play baseball, surf, and hang out with my friends. I wasn’t going to Church very often and I was on my way to Hawaii to finish my college baseball career…or to the minors to take my shot at the big leagues. My life was filled with one fun adventure…

Greg Trimble | July 31, 2014 | 14 COMMENTs

Proof That You Don’t Need A Degree To Teach The Gospel

Recently I’ve encountered some people that have questioned my ability to truly know the gospel because of my career choice. I have apparently been rendered unfit to teach the gospel because I lack a degree in religion. My degree is in Information Technology and not religion…so how could I ever hope to understand the doctrine of Christ?…

Greg Trimble | July 29, 2014 | 11 COMMENTs

3 of Life’s Most Important Questions Answered by a Mormon

There are three questions that are in the back of everyone’s mind. Few have ever been able to answer these questions and its been the biggest source of frustration, hopelessness, and misery for eons of people throughout centuries of human existence. Those three questions consist of: Where did we come from? Why are we here on…

Greg Trimble | July 28, 2014 | 7 COMMENTs

Do You Think It’s Hard To Sustain Your Leaders?

One day in Nauvoo, The prophet Joseph dressed up in the worst clothes he could find, got on a horse, and rode down to a boat just as it was emitting a whole load of converts from England. The first man that came up the row, he stopped. “Why are you here?” he enquired. “I…

Greg Trimble | July 26, 2014 | 27 COMMENTs

3 Types of People That Will Never Succeed in Life

About a month or so ago, my son and I went out for a boy’s night out date to BJ’s Pizza. For some reason, our kids think it’s cool to go out with one parent, individually. They both begged us to go to the same place. So there we went… driving separate cars to the exact…

Greg Trimble | July 23, 2014 | 6 COMMENTs

Why Public Displays of Affection are Good for Your Marriage

Let me start off by saying that I’ve never been a “public display of affection” kind of guy. I always thought it was so lame to see a couple all over each other in public. If you haven’t yelled “get a room” to some couple over the years, then surely you have whispered it under your breath a…

Greg Trimble | July 16, 2014 | 11 COMMENTs

When Seeking Truth… Ask God, Not Google

[Tweet “When you’re seeking truth… ask God, not Google”] A Mormon missionary knocks on your door and asks to share a message with you. You’ve heard a lot of stuff about the “Mormons” and you’ve probably even slammed the door on them a time or two over the years. You can’t figure out why they wear…

Greg Trimble | July 4, 2014 | 19 COMMENTs

What Happens To All of the People That Never Heard of Jesus Christ?

Too many people through the ages have had to live under the assumption that their ancestors were banished to hell just for being born in a time or geographic location that was deprived of the knowledge of Christ. Even worse, loving parents have lost their precious children in infancy and had to endure the thought that their…

Greg Trimble | June 30, 2014 | 222 COMMENTs

You Should Not Leave Mormonism For Any of These 5 Reasons

Lately I’ve been getting messages from people explaining to me why their friend or family member has decided to leave Mormonism and the LDS Church behind. They write with their hearts broken, unable to find the words to convince them to give it another look. While there are many reasons why a person might leave the…

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