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
191 episodes
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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Special Episode: Xin's Story
Xin grew up in Beijing China in a religiously secular home. In her pursuit of science and engineering, she came to the United States for continuing education. It was upon her arrival to the US that she was introduced to Christianity. At the tim...
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Episode #190: A Conversation about Joy
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the visit of Mary to Elizabeth. In this scene, John (inside Elizabeth's womb) leaps for joy because Jesus is there! Think about that. It's amazing that these children are interacting ...
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Episode #189: A Conversation about Life in the Shadows
Have you ever heard that phrase "in the shadows" before? What sort of image does that conjure up in your mind? Likely, you think of the activity of criminals or secret societies. In Luke 1, the angel Gabriel tells Mary that the "power of the mo...
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Episode #188: A Conversation about Waiting
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about waiting. Why is it so hard for us to patiently wait? Is there something we're missing by rushing through the waiting? What if God is showing up and giving us unique opportunities...
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Episode #187: The Apocalypse of Nancy Smith
The Greek word "Apocalypse" is the name of the last book of the Bible. Sometimes when we hear that word - Apocalypse - we think of catastrophe and destruction and chaos. But the word actually means what it's translated into in our Bibles: "Reve...
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Episode #186: A Conversation about What it Means to be New People
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing what it means to be new people. The new testament often describes the Christian life as being "new." "The old has gone, the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). But what does it mean to "be ...
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Episode #185: A Conversation about Jesus
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are talking about Jesus. You might think...but...don't you always talk about Jesus? And you're right, we do. Want to know why? Because, without Jesus, Christianity is nothing. He's the one guy on which th...
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Episode #184: A Conversation about King David
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss what the Bible tells us about the rise of the Kingdom of Israel. It wasn't necessarily a good idea for the people to demand a king. They were expressly warned against how it might not go so well. ...
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Episode #183: A Conversation about Moses
The stories of Moses' life are well told throughout movies, children's books, Sunday school lessons, etc. Many of the events that unfolded in his life play a pivotal role throughout the entirety of the Bible in the Old and New Testaments. ...
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Episode #182: A Conversation about Abram
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing God's call to Abram. How do you know if God has called out to you? What does his voice sound like? How do you know it's him and not someone/something else? In this...
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Episode #181: A Conversation about the Fall
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the fall into sin and all of its horrible effects. I'm sure you've asked questions like, "Why does God allow so much suffering?" Or, "Why would God allow Adam and Eve to even be tempt...
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Episode #180: A Conversation about Creation
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about what the Bible says regarding creation. In a modern society like ours, that is dominated by data and scientific proofs, is there any possibility of us still believing that God is...
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Episode #179: A Conversation about Peace in Politics
In this conversation Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about finding peace in politics. When this podcast was recorded, it was a month away from the 2024 presidential election. In a political season that seems to be more polarize...
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Episode #178: A Conversation about Peace in Relationships
In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about how to find peace in our relationships. Even in the best relationships, there are strains and struggles that we need to learn to communicate and ultimately forgive. B...
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Episode #177: A Conversation about Peace in Schedules
Is life hectic? Do you feel like you're running around with too much to do? When people ask you: "How are you?" Do you often respond: "Busy."?In the world today, we are faced with all sorts of schedule challenges that busy up our lives....
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Episode #176: A Conversation about Peace in Finances
Peace and finances. Those are two words that we don't often speak in the same sentence. For most of us, peace is something nice, easy, quiet, relaxing. Finances are stressful, frustrating, anxiety-inducing. Did you know that the Bi...
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Episode #175: A Conversation about How God's Laws are NOT Burdensome
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing 1 John chapter 5 where John says that God's laws are not burdensome. That is hard for us to imagine. We always imagine that laws will be a burden on us. So, what does it meant ...
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Episode #174: A Conversation about God Being Love
1 John 4:8 tells us, "God IS love." It is in his nature. It is in his character. He just IS love. What does this say then about how we ought to love one another? It begins with the fact that we are God's "beloved." We are, literall...
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Episode #173: A Conversation about Being Children of God
In this week's episode, the guys discuss what it means to be children of God. 1 John 3:1 says, "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are."This is a bold declarative statem...
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Episode #172: A Conversation about the Christian's Place in the World
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing the Christian's place in the world. Every human knows that this world is broken and that our human existence is not perfect. But, what do we do about it? How do we interact with the world a...
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Episode #171: A Conversation about God's Love
We're back! It's been a 3 month hiatus for the podcast while Pastor Aaron was away on Sabbatical, but we're ready to rock in this new episode. We'll discuss a little bit about the Sabbatical, but primarily we'll talk about God's lo...
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