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In this week's episode, Aaron sits down with his college friend and missionary in Cambodia, Greg Holz. Aaron and Greg discuss how it is that he came to be interested in overseas missions, the development of his organization, Crossing Cambodia, and even some of the history that makes Cambodia a unique place to be a missionary.  We hope you enjoy this conversation! If you want to learn more abo...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about confession. What do you think of when you think of confession? Is it the booth where you go and sit with a priest listening to you? That certainly is one version of it. But, there is certainly much more.  The reason we have this conversation is because of King David's sin with Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11. David fell into sin...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about King David. King David is one of the most well known and influential characters throughout Scripture. As we read through the Bible, we see that his influence carries over even into the life of Jesus. Actually, much of what Jesus does and says (and even who he is) ties back to David. So, if we want to get a good idea of who Jesu...

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the heart. The Bible speaks often about the heart, and it's most often not talking about the blood pumping organ. When the Bible speaks about the heart, it's talking about the core character of a person.  In addition to "the heart," the guys also talk and teach about Advent. As this episode is being release, we are now in the...

Episode #60 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin conversate about pride. What is an appropriate amount of pride? Is it okay to be proud of yourself or your children? When does pride turn into arrogance?  This discussion is based in Pastor Kevin's sermon at Saints Peter and Paul from 11.21.2021 based on the first 15 chapters of 1 Samuel. Here, we learn about Hannah, the mother of Samue...

Episode #59 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the Book of Ruth and what it teaches us about following and leading. Do you ever consider who it is that is having an affect on the way that you think, speak, and act? Do you intentionally follow anyone with the sole purpose of teaching you like Jesus teaches? And, on the flip side, do you ever consider the influence that you have on...

Episode #58 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss what it means to be a witness, and the important role that all Christians have of testifying to what we have seen and heard about Jesus. This is an important discussion in connection with the book of Judges and our practical living. In Judges, we see a cycle repeated where a generation falls away from obedience to Holy living. They b...

Episode #57 In this week's episode, Kevin speaks with special guest: Art Pontynen about "Reality." We live in a world that tends to consider only what "Science" says about the world to be reality. But what if Science only explores part of reality. What if it can only tell us certain "how's" but not "why" to the bigger questions we face? In this con...

Episode #56 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin engage in a conversation about signs. God has clearly established signage for us in our lives to show us where to go, where not to go, what to do, and what not to do. Too often, we're distracted by the other signs from the world to notice what God has put before us. They also talk about how people oftentimes look for signs or ask God fo...

Episode #55 In this week's episode, Kevin & Marcus talk about: THE LAW. Sometimes people see God as a Cosmic Killjoy. Or as an overbearing father who limits what we can do, and then punishes us severely when we disobey. But in this conversation - we see that the Law is about so much more. It actually serves to give us life! To help us live better lives. And is not the basis for earning Go...

Episode #53 There are a lot of unanswerable questions that we have in this life. Of all of them, perhaps one of the hardest for us to grasp is, "Why do we suffer?" In this week's episode of the podcast, Aaron and Kevin engage in a conversation about this question. They offer some different imagery that can be used to help explain, and they simply share their own stories about suffer...

Episode #52  In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about God's ability to carry out His plan and promise even when it seems like things are falling apart and perhaps even dead. Even when we get in the way and mess things up, God still gets His plan accomplished. We hope you enjoy this conversation!

Episode #51  In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about the Biblical account of creation and how having an appropriate understanding of it enhances the way we read the rest of the Scriptures. In this conversation, they also talk about the church and science and how these two things are not mutually exclusive, but when happily married make each one even more meaningful....

Episode #50 In this week's episode, Kevin sits down with Marcus Huff as they engage in a conversation about "stories." This episode occurs after the kickoff of "The Story" - a 31 week journey through the grand narrative of Scripture. In this conversation, Kevin and Marcus talk about the challenge of story-telling in a world often too busy for stories. Yet, they acknowledge...

Episode #49 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin engage in a conversation about the conclusion to our sermon series Rubble Restoration: Rebuilding God's Way. In this conversation, Aaron and Kevin talk about how often we work so hard to keep everything together. We try to keep every brick in the wall. We strive to not let anything decay or fall apart. But, we know that eventually thing...

Episode #48 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin have a conversation about stories. We're all part of stories. We tell stories. We love stories. But, when we think about our own lives, what does the story look like? Who are the main characters? What are we up to? How does it all get resolved? If we aren't keenly aware that we're part of God's bigger story, our stories c...

Episode #47 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin engage in a wide ranging conversation about relationships. They discuss being husbands, fathers, and friends and how every one of those relationships give us the opportunity to live as Christ and put His love into practice. They also have a conversation about how quick we are to build walls of hostility between us and other people, but how q...

Episode #46 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin engage in a conversation about the presence of God in our lives. In big ways and small ways, God has his hand upon our lives. That's a popular phrase in the book of Ezra, "The hand of God was upon him." And, the hand of God is upon us. Join Aaron and Kevin as they share stories from life about ways they have experienced the ha...

Episode #45 On this week's episode, Pastor Aaron is joined by guest Joe Battisfore. Joe is a member of Saints Peter and Paul and serves on our volunteer ministry staff as Director of Community Outreach. Joe joins Pastor Aaron on this episode to conversate about worship based on Pastor Aaron's sermon from 8.1.2021 on Ezra 3-6. Joe is retired from the United States Army and in this convers...

Episode #44 In this week's episode, Kevin conversates with special guest: Marcus Huff about the Exile. This is a significant moment in the history of God's people: Israel, and is the backdrop to the books of Ezra & Nehemiah. By putting ourselves in Israel's shoes -- we get a greater appreciation for the "list of names" in Ezra, chapter 2 -- and all that is unfolding in...

Episode #43 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin kick off a conversation about our newest sermon series during the summer of 2021 called "Rubble Restoration: Rebuilding God's Way" based on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. This first conversation revolves around the practical realities of restoration. We see restoration happening all around us. There are people who devote thei...

Episode #42 In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin conversate about neighboring. The word "neighbor" in the Bible can be used to talk about the people who live right next door to you and can also be used to refer to people in general. When the Bible says, "Love your neighbor as yourself," it certainly means that we ought to love all people as ourselves. Yet, it's qui...

Episode #41 On this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin conversate about citizenship. Most everyone listening to this podcast is likely an American citizen. Perhaps you have dual citizenship. But, what we need to learn is that we are all technically dual citizens. We are citizens in our country where we live, but as Christians we are also citizens in the Kingdom of God. Listen to this conversatio...

Episode #40 On this week's episode Aaron and Kevin conversate about work. The average person spends about 90,000 hours of their life at work. That's about 1/3 of your life! So the question is, do you believe that God gave you that work to do? If so, what kind of attitude will you have about your work? How will you approach your work? Will it just be a place that gives you a paycheck, or...

Episode #39 On this week's episode Aaron and Kevin conversate about Family. Family is the place that we all originate. For better or for worse, we are shaped by our families of origin. In the best case, from a Christian perspective, God has commanded us to disciple our families. And, the truth is, we are discipling our families. The question simply becomes, in what are we discipling them? Is...