What happens when the youngest CEO in NBA history finds himself kneeling by his bed in London, begging heaven to save his bleeding grandson? David W. Checketts ran some of the most recognizable sports organizations in the world. He took over the Utah Jazz at 28, led the Knicks to two NBA finals, owned the St. Louis Blues the year they won the Stanley Cup, and built Real Salt Lake from scratch. Through all of it, he served as a bishop, a stake president, and eventually walked away to spend three years leading missionaries in London for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this episode of Why We Believe, host Nathan Gwilliam sits down with David to hear how studying Jesus the Christ on his mission cast out a lifetime of fear, how his brother's tragic death taught him that Christ carries us through grief, and why a business card with three words reshaped everything he believed about prayer. His testimony is no longer belief alone. It is sure knowledge.
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