{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapologia-church.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Floving-the-lost-mormons-JZaWV3uL","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Loving the Lost: Mormons","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2e05ac13-7483-4be5-b7e6-6777ddc01cb1/7b5f6a3e-1ad0-4ee2-b88c-b326fb06f9ac/loving_the_lost_mormons_podcast.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Jeff Durbin\n-Acts 17:1-17-\n\nThis week will mark my personal 30-year anniversary of going to minister the Gospel at the Mormon Temple in Mesa. During that time, I have had the privilege of giving the biblical Gospel to millions of Latter-day Saints, face-to-face, and through the platform that the Lord has given. God has blessed the proclamation of His Truth and countless Mormons have come to a saving trust in the true Christ. We live in Arizona and have quite a diverse local mission field. However, a large portion of the community that surrounds us are Mormons. These people are lost and are following a false Christ, a version of Jesus that does not exist and has no ability to save. My passion is to reach them with the Gospel, the only one that truly saves. I believe that love for the lost will cause us to cast of indifference for the state of their souls. I believe that a genuine love for Mormons will lead to boldness and an effort to reach them in whatever way the Lord grants us opportunity. I hope to encourage you, today. I want to encourage you with the Scriptures and with stories of His faithfulness. As I always say, \"God blesses faithfulness.\" I hope and pray that God would bless us as a faithful church that will reach this large community around us, leading to the end of Mormonism and so many Mormons coming to know the One Who gives everlasting life.\n\n"}