Sharing God's Love with the Man Who Killed Your Sons | Dallin H. Oaks | "Alive in Christ" | April 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses themes of forgiveness and resurrection through the story of Juli Thompson, who shares her experience of forgiving the man who killed her sons.

05/11/2026 S7E3, Episode #236 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ President ⁠⁠Dallin H. Oaks⁠ of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠April 2026 General Conference talk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠"⁠Alive in Christ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠." Mitch and Clay were joined by Juli Thompson, a perfect guest to discuss President Oaks' dual topics of resurrection and peacemaking. Juli told the incredible story of losing two young boys to a drunk driver, then being told by God that He loves the drunk driver too and that she and her husband, Michael, needed to go tell him that and forgive him! The Thompsons have served many missions and continue to experience miracles. This episode touches on peacemaking, forgiveness, resurrection, families, angels, missionary work, the plan of salvation, grief with the gospel perspective, and much more! General Conference Applied is dedicated to helping fellow ordinary Latter-day Saints become "Doers of the Word" by taking action on inspired invitations to become more like Christ. Since 2023, we've been a resource for you and are excited for more goodness to come. Follow along and please share with others! We love you! - Clay and Mitch…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mitch Peterson, Clay Soelberg

Guest: Juli Thompson

Topics covered

• forgiveness
• peacemaking
• resurrection
• grief with a gospel perspective
• missionary work
• the plan of salvation

Keywords

• forgiveness
• resurrection
• peacemaking
• grief
• missionary work
• Latter-day Saints

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Books & works: Alive in Christ

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