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Most people aren't running from God. They're just stuck. Stuck with questions about faith. Stuck wondering if they've messed up too much to start over. Stuck asking if God really hears them.

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Most people aren't running from God. They're just stuck.

Stuck with questions about faith. Stuck wondering if they've messed up too much to start over. Stuck asking if God really hears them.

On the Choosing Jesus Christ Podcast, missionaries Sister Hawker and Elder Avalos sit down with real people navigating their faith journey. Some are discovering Christianity for the first time. Others are rediscovering faith after years away.

These conversations are honest, unscripted, and real.

No pressure. No judgment. Just people asking the questions that matter and finding out what happens when they do.

New episodes drop every week. Each one is a different story, a different background, a different journey. But the thread running through all of them is the same. Jesus Christ meets people exactly where they are. Not after they have cleaned themselves up. Not after they have figured everything out. Right now. In the middle of whatever they are carrying.

If you have ever felt like something is missing, you are closer than you think.

Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and join the conversation every week.

Keep asking. Keep seeking. Keep choosing.

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He Had Questions the Catholic Church Would Not Answer. He Found a Church That Would.

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Sister Dameron was scooping butter at Texas Roadhouse, working doubles, drinking at night to forget what was waiting for her at home, and trying to figure out how to scrape together enough money for the next semester. She had been inactive from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for three years. She was in an abusive relationship. She was angry at God, angry at her family, and angry at herself.
He Had a Feeling He Couldn't Explain. This Is What It Was.

Hunter was not searching for faith. He was just trying to figure out his life after high school. College, work, a move to Rexburg, a buddy who invited him to BYUI. None of it felt spiritual. It was just the next step.
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We help people find Jesus Christ — and discover that He's already looking for them. This website and the Choosing Jesus Christ podcast are a digital outreach of the Idaho Falls Idaho Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We're here for anyone with questions about God, faith, or what it means to follow Jesus Christ. No pressure. No judgment. Just an open door. Have a question? We'd love to hear from you.

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