(New!) Cultish: Embedded - Mormon Conference

The good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil.

Preparing for the Mormon General Conference Trip

We are getting ready to go to Salt Lake City, Utah. Gonna go to the Mormon General Conference. This is gonna be cultish and embedded. Super excited for this. Super excited. Can I do that? I don't even know.

Do it, bro.

I can't even do it. How does it work?

The floss, do you?

I've tried so far. It's the only thing. I'm too old for that.

Let's see. Let me start with this.

Alright, Super Sith, you got it. I can't even do it. I'm too old for that.

What's your name?

Wade.

Wade. This is Brother Wade.

Oh, you're testing it out?

Yeah.

Okay.

He's gonna be our chauffeur up there. Love him so much. Maricopa man out here. It's probably cultish and embedded right now.

Mission Field in Utah and the Need for Gospel Witness

Yep. It's the tip of the spear, so we're excited to get on the road. But not before coffee.

Yes.

You can go on either side. It's electronic.

Morning.

Hey.

Yeah, probably go behind me because I sit a little further back.

Yeah.

And Brad might be better.

Trekking north to swing that gospel axe.

Amen.

I think when we consider Salt Lake City and Utah, we're thinking just of Mormons. We're thinking just of the big, nice, moral family. But I think that post reminds us of our brothers and sisters in Christ, the saints in Utah, that are struggling and need our prayers, need our help, need us to consider that a big mission field.

So I'm just glorying in what God's doing. The fact that we get the privilege to be a part of that and to go up there right now to hopefully be the start of many mission trips in the future.

It's not just the main Church of Jesus, the LDS Church, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There's multiple different sects and fundamentalist groups that are up there. It's spinoffs is there as well.

It's not just the different Mormon sects, but it's also just multiple different cults. The Hare Krishna Temple that Alexander worked at and slept in, one of the biggest ones in the world, that's in Utah.

So there's just a huge, incredibly huge need for the gospel to be up there on a regular basis. We're excited for whatever we encounter. Looking forward to that. Looking forward to talking to Alexander more about that.

On the Road With the Team

This is Brad coming out. We call him Braddy Longlegs, a .k .a. Juice. You'll see why. Here we go. Juice! What up? There's Braddy Longlegs. The juice is loose! Looking cool too, man. I wish I...

That is a name not because I do roids.

It's not because you do roids. That's right. Juice! I'm so glad to see you, brother.

Take the reality and say, this isn't about that. You know the triangle exists. You're fighting this. You know it exists. You're without excuse. You know it. You're suppressing the truth right now.

Right.

Well, the reason I like the approach of just asking questions, it's also something I learned. It's a sales technique and something that judges use to control the conversation. They always want to be someone who's wanting to sell something.

They want to control the conversation because if you control the conversation, they are going to your destination regardless of whether they want to or not.

Jerry just got his mind blown.

What's that?

Jerry just had his mind blown when I watched it happen.

Juice has teared it up.

Dude, Juice does tear it up.

This is awesome. This is cool. I feel like as much as I've known you, this is the most amount of conversation we've had. I'm like, okay, we got to start hanging out. Maybe part of it is like you don't have a setting.

Just come over. Just invite yourself.

We just become best friends.

Travel Snacks, Banter, and Arriving in Salt Lake City

So we're in Flagstaff right now. Take a look at the mobile one. We've got people left and right. I should have filmed the people doing their stretches. What are those?

Poppin' jalapeno.

Are they poppin'?

They don't taste spicy. I was hoping for a little kick in spice.

You want to get that sting ring later?

Never know.

I can expect it though. Dang, you brought a big ol' bag too.

You know what?

After that, I just got a little spice starting to kick in.

It almost matches your shirt.

It really does.

It matches together. I want to blend in with my environment. I think we can swing into that tonic real quick. Sharing the good news with Mormons. Might be a good thing to look up.

Who wrote that one?

Eric Johnson and Sean McDowell. I don't know if they're necessarily reformed. The opening by Josh McDowell said, God loves Mormons. Maybe in a general equity sense of it. It's a little too John 16. God bless you, Mr. McDowell.

Thank you so much.

Anything else?

That'll do it.

Brad, do you like pets? Do you like dogs?

Yeah, if they're good. If they're fine, I can take care of them.

I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend. We could cat-tog with all the lies that you've been living in. And if you would love to see me again,.

I would understand.

Like hungry bears. What you got there?

Lunchtime.

Lunchtime.

Apple and salami sandwich?

Apple and salami, can't go wrong with that.

Where are we at?

We are somewhere in the snowy mountains. Up in Zion. Up in Zion country.

That's right.

What mountains?

I don't know.

Here comes the flood. I know this sounds weird, but sometimes when I'm doing these drives, I look at a map, and I'm like, how did my body get from here to there?

It's crazy.

Krishna Temple.

Whoa, that's the one that Alexander probably built, bro.

Did you take the picture?

No.

Is that a Mormon temple?

Look at that huge temple.

We are here in Salt Lake City. We made it here safely. We're bumping some beats. Got Jerry in the back. Jerry in the backseat. Wade's driving still. He drove the whole way here. Can you believe that? And we got Juice passed out still.

I don't know how he's still sleeping, but he is. Then we got Sarah in the back.

We got 11 tonight. We don't have seven kids around.

Anything you want to say, Jerry, that we're here?

We're here.

We're here, and we're ready to get some. Tomorrow should be the next 48 hours. 48 and 72 hours should be a fun ride. We'll sleep more, Dad.

That's right, bro. All right.