Matt shares his struggles of overcoming rejection when he converted to the church as a young adult, as well as overcoming challenging things he since learned within church history.
Come Back Podcast
Ashly Stone
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
"I may be crazy, but I'm not crazy because I joined the church, it is one of the few good decisions that I have made in my life. I have investigated everything I can find about the church. I've read every negative publication that is noteworthy, I've listened to people share their exit stories. The only reason that I am here is because it is true, The reason I know it is true is because of the experiences that I have had. I hope if someone is thinking about coming back, just do it. Your life will be better, your posterity will thank you for making it through the hard times. I believe all the Church's truth claims. I am happy to be here and that I am still a member going to church."
Come Back Team:
Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone
Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose
Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson
Editor: Michelle Berger
Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Ashley Stone and you're listening to the Comeback Podcast. Matt, I'm so excited to have you on the podcast. I remember when we were in the same ward back in Charleston, and I love your wife. |
| 0:24.0 | She's so freaking awesome. |
| 0:25.8 | When you emailed me or you reached out to me |
| 0:28.2 | and you told me your story, I didn't know any of that. |
| 0:31.4 | And so it's just interesting to see how everyone has a story but I'm |
| 0:37.6 | super excited to have you on the podcast your story is awesome and yeah great to have you. |
| 0:44.1 | Thanks Ashley. |
| 0:45.1 | Let's go ahead and just jump in. |
| 0:50.0 | I'd love to hear about how you grew up and your first interaction with the church. |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah, I'm from Kentucky. I'm born and raised in Kentucky. I'm proud to be from Kentucky. I love |
| 1:00.0 | Kentucky. I was raised a member of the Presbyterian Church and then in high school I started |
| 1:06.5 | attending an evangelical church in Louisville on Wednesday nights. |
| 1:13.0 | And my mom is a person that probably has, |
| 1:19.8 | or is the person that probably |
| 1:20.6 | had the greatest religious influence on me. |
| 1:23.3 | She's very dedicated every Wednesday night. |
| 1:26.3 | She go work at church. |
| 1:28.5 | I don't know exactly what she's doing, it was paperwork. |
| 1:30.9 | To me, just all was boring, because she'd bring it home sometimes. But I knew that she was there. I knew that God mattered to her. I knew that she saw importance in organized religion. From her I got a foundation and we always almost always went to church. |
| 1:48.1 | And when I was a senior in high school two important things happened to me, |
| 1:54.1 | my actually maybe three, one is I almost died in a |
| 1:58.0 | whitewater canoeing accident, which was a great thing that |
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