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Brandon Pak seemed to be on the path to achieving what he’d always wanted: He was a student at Berklee College of Music, he’d opened for Pentatonix and had recently performed as a backup singer for Charlie Puth. And yet, he’d never felt more empty. So, he wandered into the church he’d attended but left as a young man. On this week's episode, we talk with Brandon about finding greater purpose than he could've imagined through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Show Notes

1:45- A Place To Call Home5:17- Church Starts and Stops11:37- Berklee or BYU16:50- Empty22:01- Three Months26:30- Getting to Serve34-02- Music and Missionary Work36:15- Processing Through Songwriting39:36- Worth It To Save42:45- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“I knew what it felt like to be lost and to find the gospel and what type of worth that gave me as a person…and I wanted other people to have that.” —Brandon Pak

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In her freshman year as a vocal performance major, Emma Nissen received devastating news. Just nine weeks into her studies, she learned that her vocal cords were damaged and required surgery. She very easily could’ve felt, in that moment, that everything she’d worked for was falling apart. But she remembered a prompting she had earlier that week—a prompting to serve a mission—and how she’d told the Lord if he’d create a window of time for her to serve, she’d go. So she went and the rest, as they say, is history. On this week’s episode, we talk with Emma Nissen about how God’s window opened a door for her to share her music in a way she never could’ve dreamed possible. 

Show Notes

2:16- A Musical Family10:00- God Opens a Window14:49- Music On a Mission37:08- Faith Reconstruction49:43- Guided51:49- What Does It Mean to Be All In? 

“I like to think that the Spirit and I can banter.” —Emma Nissen

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“Hear Him” new music video
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According to a 2015 Pew Research study, 59 percent of Americans believe that science and religion are often in conflict. This perceived tension between the two can be especially challenging for students in fields such as biology, who may encounter scientific theories that seem to contradict their faith. As a biology professor at Brigham Young University, Jamie Jensen has seen firsthand how science can either deepen or diminish students’ spirituality. In this week’s episode, she shares strategies for helping students approach science in a way that enhances their understanding of God’s wonders, rather than detracting from it.

“When you’re building a testimony and you’re gathering spiritual evidence, that evidence is still real, it’s still measurable, but the instrumentation we use is different. So instead of using thermometers, or rulers or calipers, we’re using our spiritual eyes, personal revelation, feelings that are inside, and it’s just as real, but it’s not as tangible.” —Jamie Jensen

Show Notes

1:45- Teaching Science to Students of Faith6:02- Scientific Process and Spiritual Process8:42- Big S Science and Little S Science10:56- Science is Agnostic?19:18- Comfortable in Uncertainty24:19- Dogmatism26:17- Correct Evidence and False Evidence29:37- Teaching Science in the Home32:17- One Take on Evolution43:03- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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He helped coach the Boston Red Sox on their way to becoming World Series champions but on today’s episode of All In, Justin Su’a coaches you on how to enhance the way you show up in life by cultivating a strong mentality. Su’a also explains the importance of faith in athletics and in the lives of disciples of Jesus Christ.

“I think as you have faith in the process, and do everything you can and build your life with these heavenly habits around you, you’ll end up finding that you can be happy in the moment, you’re going to find joy in keeping the commandments and doing what the Lord asks. And...that’s when the magic happens. And when the Spirit is filling your life, it becomes palpable and tangible, and you wake up excited to do it the next day.” —Justin Su’a

Show Notes

1:34- Winning a World Series4:02- Journey to Mental Skills Coach8:28- When One Door Closes9:49- Prepared For Sports Psychology14:45- Experiences With Faith On The Job19:55- “Increase Your Impact” Podcast25:15- Raising Mentally Tough Teens29:00- Modeling Strong Mentalities33:23- Strengthening Your Mentality37:14- Spending Time With God41:00- The Role of Faith43:50- Choosing the Right47:24- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” The Gospel of Jesus Christ?

This episode originally aired on September 11, 2019.

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Six years ago, Marilee Killpack gave birth to a baby boy. That baby boy was diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a life-threatening genetic syndrome that affects just one in 250,000 children and is only symptomatic in boys. The life expectancy was 3-5 years. There was, however, one possible way to save his life: He could receive a bone marrow transplant and his 7-year-old brother was a perfect match.

"I can't articulate it well, but I came to love Abraham as a mom because he was saved and needed saving. And I think of our Heavenly Parents who have this Son, who is perfect and they know He's going to do it and they know He's going to be awesome and then to look at us, like I look at Abraham, and realize he needs saving. He's not going to make it and there's just such a love that I can't explain for him for fighting, and for being saved by his older brother." —Marilee Killpack

Show Notes

2:15- Abram's Story7:19- Finding Peace9:35- The Lord's Preparations12:11- A Perfect Match15:46- The Saving Power Between Siblings19:41- "Witness What the Lord Has Done"24:32- Feeding the Soul26:25- Promises of the Temple28:32- "The Family That Prays Together"33:02- The Faith Not To Be Healed36:32- "All Is Well"40:20- "The Lessons We Came to Earth to Learn"43:55- What Does It Mean To Be "All In" the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

This episode originally aired on October 16, 2019.

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You may have never heard of scrupulosity, but it is possible it has hijacked the religious experience of you or someone you love. In her September 2019 Ensign article, Dr. Debra Theobald McClendon wrote, “Scrupulosity masquerades as a desirable, higher standard of righteousness and personal worthiness—but it’s not!” So, what is scrupulosity? How does it manifest itself? How is it treated? Dr. McClendon helps us answer all of these questions and more on this week’s episode.

“If it is a spiritual prompting, and you go through the things you need to repent, including a confession to an ecclesiastical leader if necessary, you will feel better. If it is driven by toxic anxiety, you will not feel better, because it's an anxiety issue. It's not a moral issue or a spiritual sensitivity issue.” —Debra Theobald McClendon

Show Notes

3:11- What is Scrupulosity?8:34- How Does It Manifests Itself?12:39- Confession16:18- Therapy and Treatment23:41- Correcting Sin While Not Giving Into Obsessions26:18- Triggers31:44- Godly Sorrow?34:02- How to Help Others Who May Be Struggling38:48- Too Late?41:35- Repentance is Not a Checklist43:31- The Atonement45:16- What Does It Mean to be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

This episode originally aired on July 1, 2020.

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