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
222 episodes
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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Episode #223: A Conversation about Joyfully Following Jesus (JFJ)
In this week's episode, Pastor Kevin sits down for a conversation with Maura Leinonen and Karyn Fay - leaders of a group called "Joyfully Following Jesus." JFJ - as the group is commonly called - is a 12 week program for women to connect with o...
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Episode #222: A Conversation about Telling our Stories
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about telling our stories. Maybe you've heard this called "giving your testimony" before, but we want to nuance this conversation for you. Because, we do believe that your story matter...
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Episode #221: A Conversation about Living a Life that Demands an Explanation
In this week's conversation Aaron and Kevin are talking about what it looks like for a Christian to live a life that demans of an explanation. The life of the Christian ought to shine brightly in this world that is so often clouded in the darkn...
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Episode #220: A Conversation about the Christian Community
In this episode, Aaron and Kevin are back on the brown couch having a conversation about the beautiful thing that is the Christian Community. When it is at its best, the Christian Community is the place where we are connected to one another in ...
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Episode #219: A Conversation about Endurance
In this episode, Aaron and Kevin are coming to you from the streets of New Orleans, LA outside of the convention center where 20,000 LCMS high school students are learning about "Enduring" based on Hebrews 12:1-2. In this conversat...
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Episode #218: A Conversation about Skepticism
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are talking about when the Apostle Paul went to the Areopagus in Acts 17 and talked to people who were "very religious" and yet they didn't know Jesus. Paul walks them through a logical progression of und...
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Episode #217: A Conversation about Freedom
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing the great blessing of living life in the freedom of Jesus Christ! In the book of Acts, chapter 15, there is a major discussion that the early Christians have to figure out. Basically, what ...
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Episode #216: A Conversation about Mission Trips
In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about mission trips in light of the first missionary journey that Paul and Barnabas took in Acts 13 & 14. Aaron and Kevin share some of the stories from mission trips that they have been on and h...
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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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