We just completed our second Compassionate Boldness Conference here in the Salt Lake Valley. Thanks for your prayers! I don’t think I could has asked for things to go more smoothly. The speakers were incredible and thanks to Aaron and South Mountain Community Church’s technical staff we had no technical glitches. James White gave two plenary sessions; one dealing with the doctrine of the Trinity and another on the amazing preservation and trustworthiness of the New Testament. Sandra Tanner finished off the day speaking on the role of LDS prophets. Downloads of all of the plenary and workshop presentations are already available at http://store.mrm.org/compassionate-boldness-2009-audio-2-99-per-mp3.html.

The Mormons have opened another temple here in Salt Lake City county. Situated in the west end of the valley, the Oquirrh (Oh–kur) Mountain temple is the fourth such building in this area. Me, Tammy, Randy, and Sharon took a tour on June 1^st and later was able to have lengthy conversations with missionaries in the “hospitality tent.” Our separate conversations went very well and without interruption. Randy and Sharon spoke with a sister missionary from Guatemala and Tammy and I spoke with a sister missionary from Minneapolis. It is so sad to see so many people hoping for “celestial exaltation,” yet none of them are confident they will achieve it. An elderly gentleman who joined our conversation could only give a long pause when I asked him if he knew for sure if his sins were forgiven. Like other LDS, he had no assurance that he was forgiven.

Pray for us as we get ready for two weeks ministering in Manti at the Mormon Miracle Pageant. It appears that the people who produce the pageant are looking for ways to make our Christian witness ineffective by establishing “free speech zones.” Legally I can’t see how this can be done, but in our current political climate this may become a serious free speech issue.

Serving Him with boldness,