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
213 episodes
Episode #215: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. David Kim
In this conversation, Aaron has a conversation with his discipler, the Rev. Dr. David Kim who he has been meeting with for the last 9 years. Dr. Kim is the founder and lead pastor of Glocal Mission (glocalmission.org) based in Houston, TX and h...
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Episode #214: A Conversation about Fatherhood
In this week's episode, Aaron is chatting with his dad, Bob, about fatherhood. They tell stories of childhood, fatherhood, etc. You'll get some behind the scenes looks at Aaron's life growing up, and the wonderful relationship between these two...
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Episode #213: A Conversation about Conversion
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss what it is like when people convert from a life apart from (or opposed to) Jesus, to living a life connected to Jesus. This conversation is inspired by one of the most significant conversions we h...
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Episode #212: A Conversation about the Spread of Christianity
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing Acts 8 and how the gospel spreads throughout the world. It's fascinating to watch the story of Acts play out and now through a martyrdom and a great persecution the gospel spreads.
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Episode #211: A Conversation about Martyrdom
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the reality of Christian persecution and martyrdom. To this day there are thousands of Christians who annually have their lives taken for simply believing in Jesus Christ. In add...
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Episode #210: A Conversation about Truth
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are talking about truth. In a cultural time, such as ours, that has essentially abandoned the idea of objective truth in exchange for truth that is determined by an individual's preferences or beliefs, it...
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Episode #209: A Conversation about the Name "Jesus"
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin are discussing the name Jesus. The Bible tells us that the name of Jesus is power, that it is salvation, and that there is no other name that is above his name. So, what does it look like for ...
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Episode #208: A Conversation about the working of the Holy Spirit
In this week's episode Pastor Kevin sits down with Elder and long time member: John Pemberton to talk about the Holy Spirit.In Acts 2 an incredible thing happened. God poured out His Holy Spirit on Jesus' disciples. This was a watershed...
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Episode #207: A Conversation about the Beginning of Acts
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about how the Book of Acts begins. Having just finished up a sermon series on Luke, we're turning the page into Luke's 2nd book of the Bible, "Acts." This is the story of wh...
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Episode #206: A Conversation with Austin Krautheim
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin sit down with Austin Krautheim. Austin is a farming father of four girls who loves his little hobby farm when he's not working as the facilities manager at Saints Peter and Paul. Oh, and he's got a rockin'...
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Episode #205: A Conversation about Palm Sunday
In this week's conversation, Aaron and Kevin talk about Palm Sunday (and the rest of Holy Week as well) as they share our own experiences walking through this journey with Jesus. We hope you enjoy it!
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Episode #204: A Conversation about Zacchaeus
Have you heard of the character in the Bible named "Zacchaeus?" His story only shows up in the Gospel of Luke. It's not in Matthew, Mark, or John. And, it's just a quick 10 verses. Yet, it's quite common to find Zacchaeus' story in many childre...
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Episode #203: A Conversation with Alex Dewald
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are joined by guest Alex Dewald. Alex has been a member of Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Houghton, MI for basically his entire life from the time he was adopted at age 3 from Russia. Alex share...
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Episode #202: A Conversation about the Good Samaritan
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a beloved story. Perhaps it's the best known of all the parables that Jesus tells. It's one thing to know the story, it's another to let it affect you and change your heart and behavior. That's t...
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Episode #201: A Conversation about Jesus Forgiving a Prostitute
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the time that Jesus forgave a prostitute of her sins. It's very easy for us to quickly judge and determine the seriousness of people's sins (according to our own unde...
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Episode #200: A Conversation about Young Jesus
It's our 200th episode! Thanks for hanging with us all these years week after week. It's truly our joy to have these conversations and we just pray that they are edifying for you and inspiring you to start Spiritual conversations with those you...
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Episode #199: A Conversation about being "Gifted for Good"
For the past 8 weeks, Saints Peter & Paul has been working through 1 Corinthians 10-14, discovering their "Spiritual Giftedness" - as Paul once shared with that Corinthian congregation.But, this was no mere reality for the Christian...
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Episode #198: A Conversation about Worship
One of the things that Christian churches (and Christians in general) are most known for is their public worship. For a lot of people, that's all that they know about Christians. "Those are the people who go to the church on Sunday mornings." O...
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Episode #197: A Conversation about Sharing Jesus
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin depart a little bit from the norm of discussing the sermon theme to talk about their most recent trip to the Best Practices for Ministry Conference. What did they do? What did they learn? How ...
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Episode #196: A Conversation about the Body of Christ
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss what it looks like to live as the body of Christ. They share some real life examples of how people can come together in their unique giftedness to be a blessing to one another and be ...
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Episode #195: A Conversation about Spiritual Gifts
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the beginning of 1 Corinthians 12 where we learn about spiritual gifts. What sort of exposure have you had to the teaching about spiritual gifts? Perhaps you have been involved in a c...
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Episode #194: A Conversation about the Lord's Supper
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing the Lord's Supper: what is it and what are its benefits. The Lord's Supper is celebrated across the board at different Christian churches. But, what is believed and practiced d...
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Episode #193: A Conversation about Freedom
In this week's conversation, Aaron and Kevin are having a conversation about Christian freedom. What are we free from, and what are we free for? As Americans, and... perhaps just as people in general... we tend to focus on our own individual fr...
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Episode #192: A Conversation about God as our Father
In this week's episode, Pastor Kevin sits down with office manager - Carrie Rich. In this conversation they chat about New Years Eve and New Years Resolutions, as well as the story from Luke 2 - where the boy Jesus is found in the temple in Jer...
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