High Schooler Speaks in General Conference—Elder Matthew S. Holland, "Forsake Not Your Own Mercy"

03/16/2026 S6E70, Episode #231⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elder ⁠Matthew S. Holland⁠⁠⁠⁠, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠October 2025 General Conference⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠"⁠⁠⁠Forsake Not Your Own Mercy."⁠⁠

Clay and Mitch explore Elder Matthew S. Holland's background, including sharing clips from 1983 when he spoke in general conference as a teenager before President Russell M. Nelson ever spoke in conference! We talk about Jonah, whale bellies, and remaining Christlike in facing opposition.

This episode touches on family ideals, forgiveness, love at home, enduring trials, Jonah, scriptural direction for dealing with social media trolls as fellow children of God, and much more!

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