Conversate
Join the Pastors and staff of Saints Peter and Paul church, Houghton, MI, and various individuals for Conversate. Each week, we will sit down and have conversations that generally start from the sermon theme of the week. Join us as we model to you how you too can have Spiritual conversations with those you come in contact with. We hope you enjoy it!
Episodes
246 episodes
Episode #248: A Conversation about Faith and Good Works
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about faith and good works and the role that both of them play in the Christian life. The guys discuss this in light of John 8 where Jesus is having a conversation with Jew...
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Episode #247: A Conversation about Looking to Jesus
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss what it means to look to Jesus. In our lives, in this world, we're so quick to say things like, "If I just had _____" then life would be so much better. But, Jesus invites us to look ...
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Episode #246: A Conversation with Marcus Huff
In this week's episode Aaron and Marcus sit down for a conversation that revolves around John chapter 1. They get into a discussion about how and why John begins his Gospel the way that he does. He looks back to the very beginning in order to h...
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Episode #245: A Conversation about Truly Living
In a world that is full of death and decay, what can it look like to truly live, fully alive in Christ?We hear the words "from dust you are and to dust you shall return" (Gen. 3:19), but those words don't just apply to a future state. W...
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Episode #244: A Conversation about Trees
In this week's episode, Pastor Kevin sits down with Shane Kleiman, a member of SSPP who first attended while a student at Michigan Tech and oversees the Media Booth.While at Tech, Shane earned two Master's degrees - one in Forestry and ...
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Episode #243: A Conversation about Purpose
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about our God given purpose, and how even that has been broken because of our fall into sin. Because we are separated from our purpose, we end up stepping out of line, we ...
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Episode #242: A Conversation about Being Separated from God
In this week’s episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the effects of being separated from God. When sin enters the world, it puts humanity in an oppositional position to God. Yet, God still continues to come searching after Adam and...
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Episode #241: A Conversation about the Fall into Sin
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin begin a discussion on Genesis chapter 3 that will continue for the next 4 weeks. In this first conversation, they're discussing the fall into sin and its first effect. The first thing that hap...
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Episode #240: A Conversation about Sleep with Dr. Jason Carter
In this week's episode, Aaron sits down with Dr. Jason Carter the Dean of the the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Jason is a former member of Saints Peter and Paul in Houghton, MI and former facult...
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Episode #239: A Conversation about Fish
In this week's episode, Pastor Kevin sits down with Lauren Stigers to talk about a specific part of God's creative activity on the 5th day: fish! Did you know that there are over 70 Bible Verses that reference fish? Did you know th...
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Episode #238: A Conversation about a Flat Earth - or something like that
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are having a conversation about the 3rd day of creation and how God brought about the land from the waters and filled the land with vegetation. As part of this conversation, they discuss how the Ancient I...
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Episode #237: A Conversation about the First Day of Creation
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the first day of creation. For the next couple weeks, we'll be discussing Genesis 1 as we consider the reality that what we believe about creation affects what we believe about C...
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Episode #236: A Conversation about Apocalypse
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing the apocalypse of Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:1). Many people associate apocalypse with end of the world, cataclysmic destruction, but actually the word apocalypse is the same word as revela...
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Episode #235: A Conversation about the Millennium
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the Millennium. When you start paying attention to the different "end times" preachers and books, the concept of the millennium plays a big role in their doctrine. The idea comes ...
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Episode #234: A Conversation about Armageddon
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin are talking about Armageddon. And, we're not just talking about the 1998 movie featuring Bruce Willis. Although, to say it doesn't get mentioned would be a lie. But, what is Armageddon? Where does this ide...
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Episode #233: A Conversation about the End of Death
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin open up a conversation about the Book of Revelation. It's quite popular in our culture to discuss the end times. Most people will throw around ideas about wars, and natural disasters. You'll see movies an...
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Episode #232: A Conversation about the Reformation
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the Reformation. Maybe you've heard of the Reformation, or Martin Luther, but might not have any knowledge about the historical events. In this conversation, the guys...
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Episode #231: A Conversation about Learning How to Give
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin discuss how it was that they learned how to be generous financial givers. They have varied stories in their experiences and so this conversation should be relatable to a number of different situations.&nbs...
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Episode #230: A Conversation about Money Management
In this week's episode, Pastor Kevin is chatting with his father - Harold Bender - about "Money Matters". That's the title of the 3-week sermon series we're currently walking in as we consider the relationship between God, faith, and money....
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Episode #229: A Conversation about Reaching the Next Ones
In this week's episode, Aaron sits down with Marcus Huff for a conversation on how to reach the next ones. Prior to working as the Director of Youth and Campus Ministry at Saints Peter and Paul in Houghton, MI, Marcus served as the...
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Episode #228: A Conversation about Serving Others
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are having a conversation about serving others. The Biblical story is one that demonstrates we have a God who serves us. Jesus said he came not to be served but to serve. The Bible is also clear that we o...
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Episode #227: A Conversation about Discipleship during Difficulty
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin are having a conversation about discipleship. We talk about discipleship on this podcast, but in this week's episode, the conversation takes a turn to talk about the benefits of discipleship during difficu...
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Episode #226: A Conversation about the Next Ones
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation surrounding the question "Who's Next?" Do we live life with blinders on simply focused on the task at hand and the things that we have to accomplish, or, do we pay attention to the peo...
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Episode #225: A Conversation about the Wind
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are talking about the wind. Why the wind? Well, because in many ways the wind is like the Holy Spirit. And as we round out our sermon series on the book of Acts, we are reflecting back on the activity of ...
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Episode #224: A Conversation about Facing Obstacles
At the end of the Book of Acts, the Apostle Paul is facing what seems like insurmountable obstacles. Between his arrest, shipwreck, and imprisonment in Rome, it certainly seems like this is the end of the road. Lock him up and throw away the ke...
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