The Present-Day Saint
The Present-Day Saint is a podcast featuring the musings of Aaron Marshall on theology, apologetics, ministry and doing life as an evangelical Christian in the state of Utah. Aaron is the Director of Chapter Formation and HR for Ratio Christi, a Christian apologetics ministry on college campuses all across the world. Aaron and his family moved to Utah from North Carolina to start the Ratio chapter at the University of Utah. Aaron is married to Jessalyn and they have five kids.
Episodes
73 episodes
Summer Review - Trip to Israel and Conversations and a Plug for Summit Ministries
0073 - In this episode I talk about what I have been doing the last two months since I have recorded an episode. In June I was able to help lead a trip to Israel with my buddy David who lives there. It was amazing!! I discuss some of the things...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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46:16
Does God Exist - Apologetics Series #8
0072 - In this episode in our "Apologetics Series" we take a look at one major argument for God's existence - the Kalam Cosmological Argument. We talk about the two premises in the argument and the evidence for them both scientifically and phil...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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47:00
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 7 - The Transmission of the New Testament Documents
0071 - In this episode of our "Loving Your LDS Neighbor" series we discuss the transmission of the New Testament documents. One of the claims of the LDS church is that the New Testament has not been translated correctly. That usually means that...
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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38:30
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 6 - Nature of God and Jesus
0070 - In this episode of our "Loving Your LDS Neighbor" series we take a look at the Biblical and LDS view of God and Jesus. We first look at God and discuss two arguments for God's existence that help us understand God's nature. We then compa...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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56:04
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 5 - What about Faith and Works (and Baptism)?
0069 - In this episode of our "Loving Your LDS Neighbor" series we tackle some questions that always come up in regards to the Biblical gospel in our conversations with our LDS friends. In our last episode we presented the Biblical gospel. In t...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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55:00
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 4 - What is the Gospel?
0068 - In this episode we turn to the issue of what must a person do to enter God's family? The Biblical view is that we simply trust in Jesus (have faith) and what he has done for us in his death and resurrection. The LDS view is that we start...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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45:31
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 3 - Tactics in our Evangelistic Conversations
0067 - In this episode we continue in our "Loving Your LDS Neighbor" series with a discussion on Tactics in your evangelistic conversations. Most Christians don't evangelize. Why not? I think it is because they try it once and it doesn't go wel...
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Episode 67
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47:11
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 2 - Appropriate Conversation Topics For Different People
0066 - In this episode of our "Loving Your LDS Neighbor" series we take a look at what conversations would be appropriate for someone depending on where they are in their faith journey. We walk through different stages that LDS go through on th...
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Episode 66
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48:31
Loving Your LDS Neighbor - Part 1 - Do We Believe the Same Thing?
0065 - In this episode we begin a series called "Loving Your LDS Neighbor." This series was something that I developed for my church back in the Fall. In this series we will go through some of the ways that I have learned to have better convers...
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Episode 65
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52:51
What Does God Want (Part 2) - The Gospel & Discipleship
0064 - In this episode we continue our journey through Michael Heiser's book "What Does God Want?" In this episode we review the second half of the book. We first discuss what the Gospel is and what it isn't. If what God wants is you (to ...
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Episode 64
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38:16
What Does God Want (Part 1)
0063 - In this episode we go through Michael Heiser's book "What Does God Want?" What God wants is You!!! We discuss how what God wants is a family - both a human family and a spiritual family. That is why he created us. But we blew it in the G...
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Episode 63
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51:38
Why Should We Believe Anything At All?? - Apologetics Series #7
0062 - In this episode in our Apologetics series we finish up our discussion on truth. We talk about why we should believe anything at all? What are good reasons to hold the religious views that you hold? Because your parents believe it? Becaus...
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Episode 62
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44:36
Philippians, Nature of Jesus and Identity in Christ!!
0061 - In this episode we take a look at the book of Philippians and how it can help us look at two topics that come up in discussions with Mormons. We first take a look at Chapter 2 and the nature of Jesus. We then take a look at Chapter 3 and...
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Episode 61
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42:09
Logic, Road Runner and Pluralism - Apologetics Series #6
0060 - In the newest episode of our Apologetics Series I start off by recapping the discussion from the last episode in the series about truth. I then get into a discussion about logic and how it can help us determine what is true. I show how m...
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Episode 60
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41:51
Martin Luther King, Unjust Laws, Morality and Arguments for God's Existence
0059 - In this episode we take a look at Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In honor of MLK day last week we are taking a look at one of his most famous letters. In this letter he defends his actions in protesting "un...
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Episode 59
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43:41
WELCOME BACK!!! - Update on Life and Ministry!!!
0058 - Welcome Back!! After a long hiatus I am finally back to recording the podcast again. Lots has happened since I last recorded so I spend some time in this episode updating listeners on our life and ministry. God has moved us down to Utah ...
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Episode 58
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38:16
What is Truth? Tests for Truth - You can't handle the truth - Apologetics Series #5
0057 - In this episode of our apologetics series we look at truth! What is truth? Everyone talks about it but what does it mean to say that something is true. We talk about theories of truth vs. tests for truth and then we discuss six truths ab...
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Episode 57
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36:40
Student Debrief from Utah Mission Trip - Why they came, what they learned and why you should come!!
0056 - In this episode we interview five students that came with us on our most recent Ratio Christi Applied Apologetics Mission Trip to Utah. We talk to them about why they came and what they learned when they were out here. We also talk about...
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Episode 56
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1:29:15
Why we bring students to Utah for Mission trips and why YOU should come on the next trip!!
0055 - On this episode David Halevy and I discuss our recent Mission trip out here in Utah that we helped lead. At the beginning of June we brought 29 other people out here for a week long mission trip of evangelism and discipleship. In this ep...
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Episode 55
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58:00
More Worldview Stuff - How do we figure out which one is right?? - Apologetics Series #4
0054 - In this episode we continue our Apologetics series by looking more into the true worldview. I discuss how biblical christianity and Mormonism cannot both be true. I talk about how most Christians do not have a Christian worldview. I then...
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Episode 54
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31:15
Tests for a Worldview - Apologetics Series #3
0053 - In this episode we discuss some tests we can apply to our worldview to determine if our worldview is correct. We first discuss how everyone has a worldview and how each worldview has to answer the same fundamental questions. They all can...
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Episode 53
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34:15
What is Faith? Apologetics Series #2
0052 - In this episode we talk about faith. What is biblical faith? So many people think that faith is believing things we don't have evidence for. They think faith is what you have when you don't have reason. That is simply not what Biblical f...
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Episode 52
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40:00
What is Apologetics?? Apologetics Series #1
0051 - In this episode we start our Classical Apologetics series where we will walk through a classical apologetics argument over the course of many podcasts. In this first episode I talk about what apologetics is, why we do it and what it can ...
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Episode 51
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46:10
Tips on how to engage anyone with the Gospel - Reviewing some recent conversations!!!
0050 - On this episode I review two recent conversations I had with LDS students from BYU. I talk about how to enter into the conversation and how to avoid making it awkward. I discuss the five main areas that I want to focus on in conversation...
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Episode 50
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41:30
Interview with Rob Bowman about his book, "Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions"
0049 - On this episode I interview Rob Bowman (https://robertbowman.net/) about his new book, "Jesus' Resurrection and Jospeh's Visions: Examining the Foundations of Christianity and Mormonism." In the book Dr. Bowman looks at the evidence for ...
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Episode 49
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1:35:00