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 times, or can spiritual warfare also be present with things are seemingly good?

We hope this conversation will open your eyes to see that all around you, all the time, there is a greater reality of what is going on than simply just what you see with your own eyes. But, also, at all times, we can claim and live into the victory that is ours in Jesus Christ.

This conversation will be encouraging and strengthening for you in your faith as you seek to draw nearer to Him!

We hope you enjoy it!

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" looked like. Yet, how God patiently endured + decisively acted in John's life. We also consider how even longtime Christians - even Peter himself(!) - face the challenge of "going with the flow."

How are you navigating the "waters" of your life? What would it look like for Christ to enter the equation? We consider that, and more, in this week's episode.

We hope you enjoy it!

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 were to dictate to Christians to act contrary to God's Word. Again, do we fight back? Do nothing? Or, something totally different.

We hope this conversation is enlightening to you and that you will understand that suffering is inevitable in this life, so thinking through how you'll handle it is a good thing to consider.

We hope you enjoy it!

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 to demonstrate what our calling is to be.

If you've struggled to find purpose in your life, this conversation and the Biblical truths contained in it will point you to your God given purpose.

Take a listen and as always, we hope you enjoy it!

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's most recent trip to California for a discipleship workshop as well.

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 and Marcus share their own experiences of placing "hope" in various places - and what the outcomes of those hopes looked like. They also talk define "hope" as it is expressed in our culture compared to what "biblical hope" really is.

As always, we hope you'll take something that we talk about in this conversation and start another conversation about Jesus with someone else.

We hope you enjoy it!

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, the Living Word of God still fills us with life as we follow Jesus.

May you have a blessed Holy Week, and as always, take something you hear in this conversation and start another conversation about Jesus with someone else.

We hope you enjoy it!

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 conversations each week, you're having way more faith conversations than most Christians.

"27% of Christians say they have had 10 or more spiritual conversations in the past year" (barna.com)

We sure hope that you're having those faith conversations and perhaps that this podcast can serve a weekly encouragement for you to go and do that.

So, is there anything special the guys did to celebrate 250? Well, you'll just have to listen and find out.

But more than that, we hope this conversation inspires you to start another conversation with someone else.

We hope you enjoy it!