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Ava
Chris, when did you realize as a Mormon that – what you had been taught, believed, and practiced all your life, was a lie?
Chris
Well, Ava – I had returned from an LDS mission, got married in the temple, was very active in the Church, when I began to feel that something was missing in my spiritual walk. That something, I recognized was a greater relationship with my Savior. I decided one day to read the New Testament but this time with fresh eyes. I started with the, Gospel of John and remember asking God to help me understand the truth of who He is. I barely got through the first three verses in chapter 1, when an awakening started to happen within me.
Ava
What did those verses say?
Chris
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
Ava
So, what kind of awakening were you experiencing?
Chris
I realized the si
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Ava
Chris, when did you realize as a Mormon that – what you had been taught, believed, and practiced all your life, was a lie?
Chris
Well, Ava – I had returned from an LDS mission, got married in the temple, was very active in the Church, when I began to feel that something was missing in my spiritual walk. That something, I recognized was a greater relationship with my Savior. I decided one day to read the New Testament but this time with fresh eyes. I started with the, Gospel of John and remember asking God to help me understand the truth of who He is. I barely got through the first three verses in chapter 1, when an awakening started to happen within me.
Ava
What did those verses say?
Chris
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
Ava
So, what kind of awakening were you experiencing?
Chris
I realized the si