Meet the Mentors — Glenn

I live in California and I’m a retired 73 year old former Mormon for 35 plus years, married in the temple, actively participated in ward activities as a Sunday school leader and Stake missionary. Questions and doubts arose and I was not able to find satisfactory answers so I investigated the facts of Mormonism on my own and ultimately found truth in the Bible, the book that Mormons say they do not trust. Now I am confident in my eternal security as I trust in Jesus Christ alone.

I am now 73, retired from a firefighter career of 32 years, was a Mormon for about 35 years, married in the temple and an active member for many years.
 

When I was just a toddler my mother was killed in a traffic accident. Three years later my dad was remarried to a lady who was a member of the LDS Church and who became the only mother I ever knew while growing up. My step-mother enrolled my younger brother and me in the local Mormon Church and I was baptized at the age of eight. I went on to receive both the Aaronic and Melchezedic priesthoods and was actively involved in church work serving in Sunday school leadership and as a Stake missionary.

I was married in the St. George Temple and continued for several years as a faithful LDS member. Unfortunately my marriage failed as spiritual matters were an ongoing topic and source of contention as I questioned the teachings I had received over the years. I then earnestly sought the truth concerning the many claims of Mormonism which I could not find any reasonable evidence to back up from my local ward leadership. Joseph Smith’s claims concerning the gold plates and the numerous changes made to that “perfect” Book of Mormon; the notion that mere humans could one day become a god; the teaching that there are a multitude of gods ruling many planets; the notion that polygamy was God’s celestial plan; the historical teachings of previous prophets which later prophets contradict are but a few of the questions that I struggled with. I also began to see that the LDS Church does not reveal the true history of its early days.

Upon investigating the Bible I found it could be trusted and it is not un-reliable as taught in Mormonism (Eighth Article of Faith). In fact I found an entirely different message within the Bible than what I had been taught in the LDS Church. I came to realize I am a sinner and was on my way to eternal torment and not destined to become a god. I soon was brought to a testimony of Jesus Christ and His redeeming work on the cross and since receiving Him into my life as Lord and Savior I have had total peace concerning my relationship with God and eternity.

Having raised a family of seven children my wife and I are now retired. We have been in active fellowship in a local church for many years. I have served in various responsibilities and as a deacon and elder. I consider Psalm 40 my life scripture as “my feet are now on the solid Rock.”