Hi, I'm Dennis Dean Steinhour

I am a husband, I am a father, I am a grandfather, I follow Jesus Christ, I am a Mormon.

About Me

I have been married to Glenda for 41 years(1/5/71); we have four grown children, three boys and a girl and five grand children, three boys and two girls.
I am a Master Machinist, a Journeyman Motion Picture Camera and Lens Technician and a Business Manager. I am currently occupied with the fulltime care of Glenda as she has become disabled due to a stroke in May of 2010. Previously to her disability Glenda had been a restaurant manager.
Since Glenda’s disability, I (we) have been going through a metamorphosis both temporally and spiritually. My testimony of Jesus Christ has grown and become the very essence of this transformation. I believe that God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ are alive and love me and know me individually.

Why I am a Mormon

When Glenda and I were 25 with four small children we had been discussing religion quite a bit. Glenda had been raised in the Methodist church and I had been raised without religion. We both felt we needed more in our spiritual lives as Glenda had been teaching me the basic principles of Christianity. Growing up I had heard some of this information but was very confused about specifics. Several years into these discussions we became aware of the differences in all of the mainstream religions. It seemed that the more we discussed these things the more confused we got. We knew we had a basic belief in a God and that the Son of God was true, we could feel these truths in our heart just as we knew the love we had for each other was true. Beyond this the religions had so many differences. We not could really understand the differences between the Christian religions. We started to discuss the Mormons as we both had some relatives that we knew were members and we knew they were into food storage and did not drink coke, but little else. It was during this time period that two missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints walked up to us while we were in our front yard and we invited them to visit us in our home. As we explained to them our conundrum and questioned if their church was the same as the others, they began to explain. At that moment we were both overcome by the Spirit of The Holy Ghost and we both saw the Light in Their Eyes as they laid out our Heavenly Fathers plan for us and how the Church of Jesus Christ was taken from the earth and has now been restored. The Spirit testified to us personally about what they were saying was true. We discussed this between ourselves over an extended period of time and found further revelation of truth given to us concerning the Church. We began attending church and reading the Scriptures and were Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and received the Blessing of The Holy Ghost.

Personal Stories

Why/How do you share the gospel with your friends?

I endeavor to show my faith in my actions and my words.

Jesus Christ has commanded me to share the gospel, not only in words but by my actions and the way I live my life. I usually do not overtly speak in gospel terms but when a friend asks a question I try to encompass my answer with principles of the gospel. I desire to be an example that others can relate to by showing my faith with my actions, I try to think in terms of ‘how would Jesus Christ handle this?’

Please do not think that I believe I always say the right thing or my actions are always in line with the teachings of the gospel. I try and sometimes I fail, sometimes I do not even try and when I am not up to the task, I repent for I know I have failed and that I can learn from this failure. It can be difficult to be humble enough to recognize your own failure but I strive for this humility on a daily basis.

How has attending Church services helped you?

Attending Church services replenish my soul and invigorate my spirit.

Church services for Mormons are our Sacrament meeting. This service if you will is primarily for renewing our covenants and the repentance of our sins through the partaking of the bread and water that represent the body and blood of Jesus Christ who gave himself through the atonement for our sins. I arrive at Sacrament with a broken heart and contrite spirit for the things I have done that are not congruent with the teachings of Jesus Christ, this means I know what I have done and I am completely engulfed with fear of the judgment of God. This repentance process allows me to be cleansed in the eyes of God and have mercy shown me in the judgment of my actions. Attending Sacrament meeting weekly is a commandment of God and this action renews the covenants I made during my baptism to follow the commandments of God and shows that I follow and remember His Son, Jesus Christ. I leave renewed and full of joyful hope that I have been cleansed and can face the new week with renewed vigor to continue to improve so that one day I will be able to set at the feet of God in Heaven.

How I live my faith

My faith influences all aspects of my life.
I attend Sacrament meeting every Sunday, I arrive contrite and leave replenished.
I fast, tithe, read the scriptures including the writings of the modern Prophets and Apostles and pray, all on a regular basis.
To the best of my ability I follow the commandments of my Lord Jesus Christ, and when I fail, I repent.
I endeavor to assist all people around me without being a burden to anyone.
I am learning to ask my Heavenly Father for help in all aspects of my life and to be humble in this life he has given me.

What is faith?

Dennis Dean Steinhour answered...

Faith can be described as a conviction that something ‘is’ without physical evidence, an intuitive truth if you will.
As a Mormon faith to me is an insight or knowledge given to me by the Holy Spirit to guide me and teach me the truth of what is around me. I have ‘faith’ that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God based on the testimony given into my mind by the Holy Spirit. I am able to recognize this truth through communication of Spirit to spirit because the process is tried and true over years of personal prophecy and revelation in my life.
Having faith can therefore be considered to be a confidence embedded within you that God is real, that his Son Jesus Christ is real; therefore you have confidence in Them so as to take action in your life to follow their teachings and examples.
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Don answered...

Faith is taking action because of a hope in something. Often the Savior asks of us to do certain things or live in certain ways. When we see a stranger in distress, we stop and help them as Jesus commanded us to in the Good Samaritan Luke 10:25. The act of helping is the evidence of our Faith in Christ. We are asked to tithe. Tithing is evidence of our faith. We tithe in hopes of the promises in Malachi 3:10 that the floodgates of Heaven are open to us.
Faith is when we put our beliefs and hope into action.

Mormons believe Jesus Christ is their Savior. Why do we need a Savior?

Meaghan answered...

Have you ever met a perfect person? I doubt it. Why? Because everyone makes mistakes. When you make a mistake or are confused on what you should do, you want someone to help you, right? We all need someone to help us. We all need a Savior. We always hear that Jesus Christ saved us, but what does that truly mean? It not only means that he suffered and died for you personally, it means that he lived and lives for us too. He wants to help us. Jesus Christ is the only one who underestands everything that we go through. He not only wants to make up for the mistakes we make, but he wants to carry our burdens too. All we need to do is let him carry our burdens. Everyone faces personal challenges and Jesus is there to help. Everyone makes a mistake qa some point in life too. The beauty of having a Savior, is the fact that we can be forgiven. Sometimes our hands get dirty, but they can always be washed clean.