{"id":13194,"date":"2021-03-24T14:54:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=13194"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:54:19","slug":"utah-a-very-dark-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=13194","title":{"rendered":"Utah: &#8220;a very dark place&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I marvel, sometimes, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sbcvoices.com\/exciting-evangelism-news-from-utah-by-kalyn-wagner\/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obliviousness of the devout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This year has been an insane year for many but out in Utah, arguably one of the most <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">unregenerate<\/span> states in our union, a new program has emerged with the goal of <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">reaching children with the Gospel directly in public and charter schools<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>[ &#8230; ]<\/p>\n<p>Religiously, Utah is primarily LDS and their <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">\u201cgospel\u201d<\/span> reaches around the world. Next Generation of Utah\u2019s desire is to change the course for kids by giving them <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">access to the truth<\/span> about who Jesus actually is and what that means for humanity.<\/p>\n<p>[ &#8230; ]<\/p>\n<p>The <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">enemy<\/span> has done a fantastic job of <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">sprinkling lies and deceit<\/span> through a religion that claims to be Christianity but is in fact far from it. Because of this, Utah is, honestly, <SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a8f2f5\">an exhausting place to do ministry<\/span> and it can leave the church feeling worn down and discouraged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Haughtiness, too, probably makes missionary work difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I marvel, sometimes, at the obliviousness of the devout. This year has been an insane year for many but out in Utah, arguably one of the most unregenerate states in our union, a new program has emerged with the goal &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=13194\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13194"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13196,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13194\/revisions\/13196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}