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In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about what it looks like to seek justice. There is, built into all of us a desire for the wrongs in the world to be righted, and for the evil to be stopped. The question becomes, is it up to us to do that, or will God actually take care of it? We're studying the Psalms, and there's a type of psalm called the Imprecatory Psa...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about lament. Lament is an ancient, Biblical form of prayer where one cries out to God to speak honestly with him. It's not mere complaint, but lament does have elements of complaint. Yet, in the lament, we are desiring to draw closer to the God in whom we trust and not just bicker about the things that upset us.  This conversat...

In this week's episode, Aaron sits down with Bailey Symington to discuss his journey of growing up in a Christian church, de-converting to become a proponent of new atheism, and then his journey back into Christianity and his eventual baptism and growth in following Jesus.  This conversation will be an encouragement to anyone looking at ways to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to people wh...

Have you ever heard people talk about meditation? We wonder what sort of picture you have of that. Meditation is often seen as an individual endeavor where you sit quietly and think about things. In Psalm 1, we are encouraged to meditate on the law of God day and night.  But, this doesn't mean to simply think about God's law quietly. It actually means to be drawn into action. Our thinkin...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the Trinity. Very likely, you've heard this word before in its associate with the God that's worshipped by Christians. But, where did the title come from? If it's not in the Bible, then, is it just a man made construct, or does the Bible actually say that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?  The Bible does indee...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the Day of Pentecost. This is one of the celebrations that happens annually in the church calendar, but what's so significant about it?  In this conversation, the guys break down some of the events that took place, but more than that, what it means for us living now.  As always, we hope it inspires you to start another con...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about 1 Peter 5. In the concluding words of 1 Peter, Peter reminds us that "the devil prowls around like a roaring lion" and also, "resist the devil."  So, how much power does the devil actually have to affect Christian people? What does spiritual warfare look like? Is it only when we're in the really tough t...

In this week's episode Kevin sits down with Elder and long time member of Saints Peter & Paul: John Pemberton. The focus of their conversation centers around the "flood of debauchery" that Peter speaks of in 1 Peter 4, and how we're all "swayed" in this life - in one direction or another. John shares personally from his own life story about what that "flood&q...

In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about suffering for righteousness' sake. What are we to do as Christian people when suffering comes to us on account of our faith in Jesus? Are we to fight back? Do nothing? Or, something totally different.  In this conversation, the guys also discuss what this looks like when it comes to interactions with the government if they...

In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about Jesus Christ as the cornerstone. This conversation has its roots in 1 Peter 2 where Peter quotes one of the most quoted Psalms (118:22).  1 Peter 2 has a lot of different images regarding the Christian life and Old Testament references. It may seem like Peter is jumping from one thing to the next, but they are all tied together...

Last week, we had a conversation about hope, and now this week Aaron and Kevin discuss hopefully. It's a word that gets tossed around in our English language often without even thinking about what we mean.  In this conversation, the guys contrast the firm and secure hope that is ours in Jesus Christ versus the kinds of flippant hope in the world.  Throw in a few details about Mario and Aaron&...

In this week's episode, Marcus Huff joins Pastor Kevin as they discuss hope. Ellis "Red" Redding once said: "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." And yet, as Dr. Frankl - the author of "Man's Search for Meaning" - discovered: we all need something to put our hopes in to face the difficulties of our lives. So...what do we hope in? Kevin an...

In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin discuss the different events that occur in the final week of Jesus' life that we now call Holy Week.  If you're not familiar with Holy Week, this will certainly bee a blessing for you as the guys describe many of the details. But, even if you've been a Christian your whole life and followed closely the events of this week year after year,...

It's our 250 episode! Thanks for sticking with us on this journey of having conversations about Jesus. In every episode, we've been trying to model Christian conversation and it's our goal that you'll start another conversation about Jesus with someone else.  That means, we've had almost a weekly faith conversation for the last 5.5 years. If you're then starting faith...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about suffering in light of Jesus' authority to overcome death itself as we see in John 11 with the raising of Lazarus.  In that situation, both of Lazarus' sisters, Mary and Martha say to Jesus, "If you had been here, my brother would not have died." Many of us say or at least feel that same feeling towards God i...

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 Jews about whether being part of the family of Abraham is enough to be given entrance into God's family. Jesus is clear that belief is what's important, no...

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 to him not only for provisions in the temporary, but in the eternal.  During the time that this is recorded, in early March 2026, the war in Iran wa...

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 help us look forward and orient ourselves with God's promises in the present.  Aaron and Marcus also look back in their own lives even telling a st...

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. Without Christ, we are spiritually dead, even in this life. But, that's not what Jesus wants for us. Jesus came that we may have life and have i...

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 the other in "Geographic Information Science" (GIS). But Shane's passion for nature extends beyond his professional life. In this conversa...

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 get frustrated with others who we don't think are doing a good job, and in general, there's much conflict.  If you've ever wondered about what we sh...

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 Eve, asking “Where are you?” In this conversation, Aaron and Kevin talk about some of the practical results of this separation and how it turns into blame,...

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 happened when Adam and Eve sinned was that their eyes were opened, they realized they were naked, and they covered up.  So, we have a conversation about this is...

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 faculty member at Michigan Tech.  Jason's primary field of expertise is as a sleep researcher. In this conversation, Aaron and Jason discuss all things...

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 that the early church used the image of a fish to represent their faith - - like we often do with the cross? What's up with fish?! Listen as Lauren shares...