Gary Miller: How the Book of Mormon Changed a Baptist Pastor's Life
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Gary Miller wasn't searching for a new religion. He loved serving as a Baptist pastor and felt learning about different religions strengthened his preaching. But when he stumbled across an audio recording of the Book of Mormon while looking for something to listen to on a drive, curiosity led him to press play. On this week's episode, Gary shares how that unexpected decision set him on a six-year journey that ultimately led him from the Baptist pulpit to serving on a stake high council in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
2:30- Cassette Tapes, Religion, and Searching for Answers
9:04- A Podcast Recommendation
16:11- A Jesus Book
20:00- Identity and Faith
31:40- To a New Member
38:06- The Temple
46:36- The Blessings of the Gospel
49:30- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
"I believe simply that The Book of Mormon is a Jesus book. …And anybody that wants more Jesus, just start reading The Book of Mormon, you're good to go."
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Outside the Lane podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outside-the-lane-with-gary-miller/id1896771862
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| 0:00.0 | One very important note before we get into this week's episode. |
| 0:03.7 | This week is our season finale, and we'll be taking a break and returning September 14th with new episodes. |
| 0:10.6 | I hope you have a wonderful summer or whatever season it is, wherever you're listening, |
| 0:14.8 | and I'll look forward to being back with you in September. |
| 0:19.7 | In 2020, I stumbled upon a podcast where Gary Miller, an independent fundamental |
| 0:25.5 | Baptist pastor in Texas, shared the story of how he had recently joined the Church of Jesus |
| 0:31.2 | Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:33.1 | I reached out and we had a conversation that has stuck with me for years because of Gary's passionate |
| 0:38.6 | witness of the truthfulness of the gospel and specifically the power of the Book of Mormon. |
| 0:45.1 | Five years later, though, it was really incredible to me to see how much the gospel has, as Gary |
| 0:50.9 | described it so beautifully in this episode, gone from his head to his heart. |
| 0:56.9 | Gary Miller is the host of a podcast called Outside the Lane, having previously hosted a podcast |
| 1:02.8 | called Hope in Him Today. Before joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, |
| 1:08.1 | he served as an independent fundamental Baptist pastor. |
| 1:11.7 | He spent 11 years in the United States Air Force dividing his time between critical care |
| 1:16.9 | medicine and professional development training as a master military training instructor. |
| 1:22.7 | He holds a bachelor's degree from Wayland Baptist University and studied theology at Liberty Theological Seminary. |
| 1:30.0 | Currently, he works as a director of marketing for a Salt Lake City-based insurance firm |
| 1:35.1 | and serves as a state high counselor in the Katie, Texas Steak. |
| 1:42.6 | This is Allen, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be |
| 1:48.6 | all in the gospel of Jesus Christ? |
| 1:50.7 | I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to have Gary Miller on the line with me. |
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