863: Christianity After Mormonism: South Mountain Community Church Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The South Mountain Community Church has become home for many former Mormons—which make up nearly half of the congregation. As strange as it may sound to some, the church also has a large contingent of atheist/agnostic former Mormons, as well as many who have embraced Biblical Christianity.
In this exciting panel interview, we interview Pastor Rick and Pastor Paul along with panelists Keri, Dave, Emily, and Jim about what drew them to SMCC, and what their lives look like now in terms of belief and spirituality. Some of the important questions we try to answer include:
- Why do the panelists believe the New Testament is reliable?
- Why the panelists believe following Jesus of the New Testament is not a feelings based decision?
- Do the panelists scrutinize the claims of the Bible as thoroughly as they scrutinize the claims of religions they don’t endorse?
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Bournemont Stories is a production of the Open Stories Foundation and relies solely upon |
| 0:06.6 | the support of people like you, its listeners. |
| 0:09.6 | To help keep the podcast alive or to become a member of the community, please become a monthly |
| 0:14.4 | subscriber by visiting BournemontStories.org and clicking the Donate button on the top right |
| 0:19.6 | side of the page. |
| 0:21.3 | All contributions to Bournemont Stories are completely tax deductible and go towards |
| 0:25.0 | producing the podcast and building communities and programs of support for Bournemont's |
| 0:29.5 | like you. |
| 0:30.5 | Thanks for your support. |
| 0:45.5 | Okay, so for each of you really quick just tell your story of how you went from leaving |
| 0:50.0 | the church and kind of what it was about South Mountain that kind of really pulled you |
| 0:55.6 | in. |
| 0:56.6 | Let's go in the same order. |
| 0:58.9 | Okay, when I was in Mormon, I studied in Jerusalem for six weeks and I just remember being |
| 1:07.8 | in love with the New Testament. |
| 1:10.1 | I couldn't get enough of it. |
| 1:11.9 | So I think that is the reason that I always believed in God. |
| 1:19.3 | I guess I was lucky that way. |
| 1:21.6 | I just wasn't sure where he was. |
| 1:27.6 | So what I did, I had a very good friend, Becky's, who would talk to me a lot about God |
| 1:35.0 | and Jesus. |
| 1:36.2 | And I didn't really have that experience in Mormonism. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. John Dehlin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. John Dehlin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.