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In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are back together once again to have a conversation about this wonderful gift that God has given us in prayer.  Prayer - it's THE spiritual discipline that potentially is the most utilized by Christian people. Prayer is your open invitation to talk to the creator of the universe - your Heavenly Father whenever you want!  In this conversation, Aaron...

Do you have a relationship with Jesus? Are you aware that you also have a relationship with the Devil? If you're not, that's one sign that the Devil's tactics are working. In this conversation Pastor Kevin sits down with Ben Steinbach - a student at Michigan Tech and attender at Saints Peter & Paul, and they discuss this "relationship" with the Devil. How do we navigat...

In this week's episode, Aaron is sitting down once again with Marcus Huff to discuss raising faithful children in this post-Christian world. Marcus works with the youth and college students at our congregation so he has a good pulse on the current struggles that our young people are facing.  He also has a passion for the parents who are raising children during these days.  Both Pastor Aaron a...

In this week's episode, Aaron is sitting down with Marcus Huff (Director of Youth and Campus Ministry at Saints Peter and Paul) and they discuss what the Christian life should look like in light of the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5). We hope you enjoy it!

Do you ever wonder if you're saved? Sure, you've heard people tell you that you are. Maybe they've even boldly declared it to you. But, we often find ourselves wondering...am I? What if I'm not?  In this conversation, as we discuss justification, we want you to know that there is nothing you can do to earn your justification. Jesus does it all! You are saved, you are forgiven,...

Is the Bible reliable?  You'll hear all kinds of things in this culture.  "The Bible is just an ancient book with old, outdated information."  "We can't trust the Bible. It's been translated so many times, who knows what the original meaning was."  "The Bible might have some good teaching, but that's about it."  In this conversation, Aaron and Kevi...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are discussing the reality of the suffering we face in this life. There are a lot of misconceptions regarding suffering. One of the biggest ones is that people think their suffering comes as a punishment for their sins. Some other people think that the absence of their suffering comes because of their faithfulness to God. Neither of these things are tru...

In this week's episode, Aaron sits down with Amy Fanta, Executive Director of Camp Restore Detroit. In this conversation, Amy shares about the ministry of Camp Restore and the role that hope plays in restoring people's lives and communities. Learn more: https://www.detroitcamprestore.org

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the justice of God. First and foremost, it's good for us to acknowledge that God is perfectly just (we are not). We are recipients of God's perfect justice and we are recipients of his perfect mercy.  As we live in this world, we will be faced with countless situations where we make judgments. We may be naturally inclined to think and...

Do you enjoy getting out into nature? What experiences in nature have left you longing for more (or hoping for less!)? How do we navigate our relationship with nature? In the beginning God placed Adam and Eve into a Garden "to work and keep it." We are tasked with the same role in our world today - to care for God's creation...but how do we do that? In this week's episode, Kevi...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin sit down to discuss heaven, hell, and what the Bible has to say about these things.  Did you know that there are multiple words in the Greek and Hebrew languages that all get translated as "hell" in the King James Version of the Bible, but then later got translated in different ways? Some of this kind of historic understanding, can help us to...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about the resurrection of the body. As we've been discussing for the last few weeks, God is the creating God. He is creator, and everything else is creation. Including us!  But - who are we? We are humans. We are body and soul knit beautifully together in an intricate, unique way. God created us to be human beings and that, he said, was very g...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about Judgment Day. How do you feel when you think about Judgment Day? If you're like most people, just the idea of judgment conjures up negative emotions. Or, perhaps it makes you afraid.  Aaron and Kevin discuss their own experiences thinking through judgment. And, what we find out when we look at the whole of the Bible is tha...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are talking about the return of Christ.  It's our Christian faith. It's all throughout the Bible. We confess it in the Creeds. There is a simple, Biblical, and historic belief about the return of Christ. He will come again. Once and for all. In the meantime, he's not far away. He's making himself known to us. He reveals himself in Hi...

In this week's episode Aaron and Kevin are having a conversation about the ascension of Jesus into heaven. We confess this in the creed, "He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty."  In Acts 1, we see Jesus lifted up on a cloud which took him out of sight. The disciples who were with him looked up at the sky wondering where Jesus had went when two...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin sit down with Jesse Johnson and discuss the practical implications of Jesus' resurrection on daily living.  Jesse and his wife Michelle, along with their four children, are active members at Saints Peter and Paul. Jesse is also the proud owner of Gartner's Gallery in Hancock, MI.  In light of "Surprised by Hope," these three guys dis...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the importance of having a Biblical worldview that's centered in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It is the resurrection of Jesus Christ that changes everything including our worldview.  Many people in this world operate from a worldview of progress. They think that things are getting better and better and give it enough time and human in...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin begin a discussion about the Biblical hope we have in the resurrection of the dead.  This is a topic that (perhaps) you've heard about before. Or, if you've spent any time in a Creed-confessing church you've spoken these words many times, "I believe in the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come."  So, what is...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about Palm Sunday. There were a lot of perceptions and expectations about who Jesus was and why he was riding a donkey into Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday. But, no one really fully understood the depth of the problem and the extent of Jesus' solution to the problems of sin, death, and the devil.  In this conversation, Aaron and Kevin disc...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the phrase of Jesus, "The first will be last and the last first."  How do we know if we're in last or if we're in first? Is it bad to live a life in which we come in first place? Some people might think this phrase means, "Don't ever compete. Or, if you do, make sure you lose." But, that's not what Jesus i...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the words of Jesus "if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."  What does this mean, and how do we live it out?  Does it mean I have to sell everything, give up my family, and move to Africa to become a missionary? Is that it? Or, is there a way to continue doing what I'm doing, but d...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about the ways that Jesus is offensive. Now... maybe you hear that and you're offended. You might think, "Jesus isn't offensive!" Well, what about when he doesn't tell you what you want to hear? What about when he says he's the only way to salvation?  Now, it's not our goal for you to be offended by Jesus. We don&...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are joined by Shane Kleiman. Shane has been active at Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Houghton, MI since his time as a student at Michigan Tech, and now serves in a variety of ways in the congregation.  During this conversation, the guys talk with Shane about his involvement in intentional disciple-making efforts in his own life. Shane has both...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about how God is prepared for everything. He perfectly prepared for the arrival of Jesus into the world "at the fullness of time." He has also prepared us for the lives that we are to live. He has put us in certain situations, with specific people, that we might walk in His love and share His good news.  We hope that you are inspired and...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 3:16, "Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?"  In this conversation, Aaron and Kevin talk about the ways that we are impacted by God's dwelling within us and how we can continue to nurture this reality. Not only for our sake, but for the sake of...