The Present-Day Saint

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 philosophically. We also take a look at how some atheists respond to this argument. Finally, we briefly touch on the young earth - old earth discussion and how General Revelation and Special Revelation will always match up if Christianity is true. Lots of good information in this episode. I hope you enjoy!!

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 with faith but then we have to do all kinds of things to obtain eternal life. In this episode we look at what the Bible says on this subject and how the Evangelical view differs from the LDS view on eternal life. We also talk about our identity in Christ and why that is so important. I think this is a really important episode for Evangelicals to listen to and make sure that they are believing and walking in the true Gospel.

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 well (or they never even try in the first place because they are scared) and so they just never try again. In this episode we will talk about the book "Tactics" by Greg Koukl and how you can apply the techniques that he discusses in his book to have productive conversations with your LDS friends (or anyone).

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 their journey to grace. At each stage we discuss what good conversation topics would be for a person in that stage. The goal is to make our conversations as fruitful as possible. The techniques discussed in this episode would also have broad application in conversations with all non-Christians. I hope you enjoy!!

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 conversations with my LDS friends. If you are LDS I really hope you will listen to the series and get a better understanding of where we are coming from.
In this episode we will introduce the series by talking about truth. We will discuss the fact that Christians and Mormons believe very different things about reality and thus these are two different religions. We will show that LDS and Evangelicals have a very different view of truth, God, Jesus, Scripture and the Gospel, and thus that is why we say these are two different religions. I hope that you will find this helpful.