Why We Believe

Nathan Gwilliam
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Why do we believe? What inspires faith, testimony, and conversion in members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? Dive into the personal conversion stories behind faithful members of the church. Join Nathan Gwilliam, host and life-long member of the church, as he sits down with guests with unique backgrounds and perspectives to discuss the deeply personal and spiritual journeys that led them to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ and why they believe. Through one-on-one interviews, hear firsthand accounts of the life-changing conversion stories and events that ignited and solidified these members' beliefs and personal testimonies. Gain powerful insights into the many unique paths that lead to faith and discover what continues to feed their dedication year after year. Join us each week for inspiring stories from faithful Latter-Day Saints and discuss Why We Believe.

  1. JAN 22

    How Repentance, Not Perfection, Became the Foundation of His Faith (With Dr. Kendall Peck)

    What if the foundation of your testimony is not built on one dramatic miracle but on a lifetime of quiet answers? Dr. Kendall Peck , Online Vice President at Brigham Young University - Idaho , shares how daily repentance became the anchor of his faith. A sixth-generation Church member raised on an Idaho farm, he learned early from his mother not just how to pray, but why prayer matters. In this episode of Why We Believe, host Nathan Gwilliam explores Dr. Peck's journey, including a defining lesson from Elder Kikuchi, and what it means to be a striving but imperfect disciple who clings to the Atonement. His story is a powerful reminder that the healing and enabling power of Christ is not reserved for extraordinary moments but is available every single day. Loved this episode?   Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear that imperfect disciples can still cling to Christ! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube . Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Dr. Kendall Peck: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendall-peck-213a0722/

  2. JAN 14

    Waiting made whole (with Crystal Gwilliam)

    What happens when doctors spend 27 years running tests and still can't explain why your body is in constant pain? Crystal Gwilliam has lived that reality since she was 16 years old. Bedridden for months at a time, wheelchair-bound, and facing brain surgery that cost her 70% of her field of vision, she still raised three daughters on a foundation of faith and consistency. In this episode of Why We Believe, host Nathan Gwilliam sits down with his wife of 27 years to hear her story of finding Christ on the top bunk of her childhood bedroom, learning to savor moments as the molecules of eternity, and the day she flew to Portland, went into a doctor's office in a wheelchair, and walked out healed. Her family was so confident in the miracle that they left the wheelchair behind. Crystal shares how chronic illness taught her to focus on what matters most and why she still chooses to believe despite decades of unexplained suffering. Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear that God still sends miracles! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Crystal Gwilliam: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/socialentrepreneurship LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystal-gwilliam-2a00408/

  3. 12/24/2025

    After a Severe Hand Burn, God Healed This Grammy-Nominated Violinist (with Jenny Oaks Baker)

    What happens when a violinist catches a searing hot curling iron with her bare hand hours before a music video shoot? Jenny Oaks Baker, Grammy-nominated Billboard #1 artist and daughter of President Dallin H. Oaks, watched her bright red, shiny hand heal completely within 20 minutes after praying for a miracle. In this episode of Why We Believe with host Nathan Gwilliam, Jenny shares the email her father sent from the BYU Jerusalem Center that taught her the difference between faith in outcomes and faith in Jesus Christ when her mother was dying of cancer. She reveals how walking the Grammys red carpet taught her that the world erases your name the moment you pass, but God keeps ours written on His hands forever. Jenny also opens up about the moment she realized God had solved her impossible dream of being a concert violinist AND a present mother, 46 years before she even knew the answer. Her story reveals that when we follow the Spirit without knowing the destination, God creates paths we never could have imagined. Loved this episode? Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear that they belong to Christ no matter where they come from! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T9DjmWBXJZPFyIFXUCdhm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-believe/id1751537256 Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Jenny Oaks Baker: Website: https://www.jennyoaksbaker.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-oaks-baker-64315918/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennyoaksbaker/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JennyOaksBaker Twitter/X: https://x.com/jennyoaksbaker

  4. 12/17/2025

    After His Daughter's Liver Failed, a Blessing Brought Her Home for Christmas with Dr. Steven Neal

    Two years ago multiple myeloma threatened to end his life's work before completion. Sculpting to music, a song came on with the lyrics have a little faith. The Lord said you're not done yet. After one month of treatment, his cancer markers dropped from one in a thousand to one in one. He's been in remission for over eight hundred days, racing to finish sixty Book of Mormon sculptures by 2028. In this episode of the Why We Believe show with host Nathan Gwilliam, Dr. Steven Neal shares how a temple vision thirty years ago changed everything for him. Alone in the Portland Temple, he saw a bird's eye view of a sculpted park with an eighteen-foot Christ at the center. The Spirit told him this explained his patriarchal blessing he never understood. You shall hold a light where it may be seen from afar. That light is the Savior, not him. Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear that their life's work isn't finished even when time seems short! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! #WhyWeBelieve #DrStevenNeal #MonumentOfTheAmericas #HaveALittleFaith #CancerSurvivor #MultipleMyeloma #LehiWasReal #BookOfMormon #TempleVision #PatriarchalBlessing #SculptureGarden #ChristStatue #MedicalMiracle #BuildingForChrist #SacredArt #LifesWork Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T9DjmWBXJZPFyIFXUCdhm  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-believe/id1751537256 Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Dr. Steven Neal: Website: https://www.monumentoftheamericas.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monument_of_the_americas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevennealmd/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@monumentoftheamericas

  5. 12/03/2025

    After Asking God to End Her Life, This Palestinian Found Peace in the Gospel with Sahar Qumsiyeh

    A depressed Palestinian teenager who thought God had abandoned her people found peace after following a prompting to attend BYU instead of accepting a $56,000 scholarship elsewhere. In this episode of Why We Believe with host Nathan Gwilliam, Sahar Qumsiyeh shares how she spent 12 years climbing 10-foot walls, hiding from soldiers, and paying watchmen to spot military shifts just to attend the Latter-day Saints church in Jerusalem. One day soldiers spotted her on a hill and started shooting. A stranger said he would distract them so she could escape. She made it to church that day because he took the risk for her. Sahar grew up five minutes from Bethlehem but had to travel to Utah to find Christ. After her bishop told her not to join the church because it would be hard, she ignored him and contacted missionaries herself. Walking toward Golgotha years later she heard divine words that transformed her identity. Sahar is author of Peace for a Palestinian and faculty at BYU Idaho. Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear that they belong to Christ no matter where they come from! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube . Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! EndFragment Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T9DjmWBXJZPFyIFXUCdhm  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-believe/id1751537256 Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Sahar Qumsiyeh: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saharq/ Sahar's Book: https://amzn.to/4iuK6KB

  6. 12/01/2025

    Gethsemane: The Story Behind the Song Every Latter-day Saint Child Wanted to Sing with Melanie Hoffman

    In this episode of Why We Believe,with host Nathan Gwilliam, award-winning songwriter Melanie Hoffman shares the canyon drive when words for Gethsemane hit her like a thunderbolt after months of fearing how to explain Christ's suffering to children. She sat at her kitchen table and words poured out as she wept through writing the bridge about the hardest thing ever done and the greatest pain ever known. Every child who received the album wanted to sing that one song. Years later, a Tabernacle Choir member told Nathan this would go down in history as their greatest recording. After videos by an Oregon couple, Jenny Phillips, and three-year-old Claire Crosby built momentum, the church included it in Children's Friend and selected it for the new hymnbook. Steve Schenk called the night before release to tell her personally. Melanie reveals how 47 years of self-employment walking by faith fulfilled her patriarchal blessing promise that she would never want. Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear the story behind the brilliance of the song Gethsemane! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T9DjmWBXJZPFyIFXUCdhm  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-believe/id1751537256 Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Melanie Hoffman: Website: https://www.hoffmanhouse.com/ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/melanie-hoffman/208147108 Gethsemane: https://www.hoffmanhouse.com/gethsemane

  7. 11/12/2025

    How God Protected a Molested Girl And Healed Her Husband's Heart Through Covenants (with Leta Greene)

    In this episode of Why We Believe, speaker and author Leta Greene shares the moment her husband died in her arms at a hospital and a voice whispered about covenants before silvery light reanimated him. After moderate severe heart damage left him with less than five years to live, fifteen doctors witnessed a provable miracle when all dead heart tissue completely healed with no medical explanation. Leta reveals how childhood molestation from age two taught her to differentiate between God's voice and shame, why being named "Lead Them On" became her freshman spirit queen breakthrough, and how nine-year-old prayer in dangerous woods established her testimony when a boy ran past saying "I can't see her." Her journey proves that temple covenants provide supernatural peace during impossible trials, and simple gospel practices create miracles modern medicine cannot explain. Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear Leta Greene 's story! Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube . Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T9DjmWBXJZPFyIFXUCdhm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-believe/id1751537256 Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Leta Greene: Website: https://letagreene.com/ https://hotnesscosmetics.com/ https://jeddito.letagreene.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hotness/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LetaGreene Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leta_greene/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leta.greene/

  8. 11/05/2025

    Trusting God's Plan When Faith Becomes the Only Way Forward with Jason Hewlett

    In this episode of Why We Believe   with   host Nathan Gwilliam , professional entertainer Jason Hewlett shares how a bus full of strangers in Florianopolis , Brazil became his first audience for opening his mouth boldly. After the Spirit prompted him to sing "How Great Thou Art" in English on public transportation, that courage defined his mission and eventual career performing G-rated shows for corporate audiences worldwide including PGA pros and military troops. Jason reveals how defending the Book of Mormon at age 15 against a teacher's attacks built testimony foundations, why a BYU director disqualified his standing-ovation Michael Jackson performance, and how a misunderstood church camp lesson taught him about bearing crosses like Christ. His story demonstrates that early promises to God create guardrails preventing compromise when worldly opportunities demand we choose sides. Loved this episode? Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs to hear Jason Hewlett's story! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere! Follow the Why We Believe Show: Website: https://www.whywebelieve.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWeBelieveShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-we-believe-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whywebelievepodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T9DjmWBXJZPFyIFXUCdhm  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-believe/id1751537256 Follow Nathan Gwilliam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathangwilliam/ Follow Jason Hewlett: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhewlett/ Website: https://jasonhewlett.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonhewlettentertainer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonhewlett/

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Why do we believe? What inspires faith, testimony, and conversion in members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? Dive into the personal conversion stories behind faithful members of the church. Join Nathan Gwilliam, host and life-long member of the church, as he sits down with guests with unique backgrounds and perspectives to discuss the deeply personal and spiritual journeys that led them to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ and why they believe. Through one-on-one interviews, hear firsthand accounts of the life-changing conversion stories and events that ignited and solidified these members' beliefs and personal testimonies. Gain powerful insights into the many unique paths that lead to faith and discover what continues to feed their dedication year after year. Join us each week for inspiring stories from faithful Latter-Day Saints and discuss Why We Believe.

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  • Creator
    Nathan Gwilliam
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Clean
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