Unveiling Grace
The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church
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- $149.00
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- $149.00
Descripción editorial
A gripping story of how an entire family, deeply enmeshed in Mormonism for thirty years, found their way out and found faith in Jesus Christ.
For thirty years, Lynn Wilder, once a tenured faculty member at Brigham Young University, and her family lived in, loved, and promoted the Mormon Church. Then their son Micah, serving his Mormon mission in Florida, had a revelation: God knew him personally. God loved him. And the Mormon Church did not offer the true gospel.
Micah's conversion to Christ put the family in a tailspin. They wondered, Have we believed the wrong thing for decades? If we leave Mormonism, what does this mean for our safety, jobs, and relationships? Is Christianity all that different from Mormonism anyway?
As Lynn tells her story of abandoning the deception of Mormonism to receive God's grace, she gives a rare look into Mormon culture, what it means to grow up Mormon, and why the contrasts between Mormonism and Christianity make all the difference in the world.
Whether you are in the Mormon Church, are curious about Mormonism, or simply are looking for a gripping story, Unveiling Grace will strengthen your faith in the true God who loves you no matter what.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wilder's memoir belongs to a new breed of ex-Mormon expos . It's not salacious. It's not full of wild revelations. It's not even particularly angry, though the former BYU professor and stake relief society president does express regret for the decades she spent as a Mormon. Now an evangelical Christian, she explains that her family's decision to leave "the Mormon Lord" and embrace a "bigger God" was spurred by the unexpected defection of her most spiritually attuned son. While the tone of the book may represent a fresh direction in Mormon-evangelical relations, as memoirs go this account feels workmanlike, even plodding. It's overly detailed, about 80 pages too long, and riddled with a surprising lack of narrative tension. The same elements are present in the author's life at the Mormon beginning and the evangelical end happy and close family, various miraculous experiences, stable lives, etc. with the only differences being a move from Utah to Florida and an involvement in music and ministry to persuade the "dear Mormon people" of the truth of the biblical Jesus.
