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In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and how Jesus is our coming King. He is our ruler and Lord and his kingdom has no end. So, in this conversation the guys talk about what it looks like to have Jesus as our Lord and what it is that we need salvation from. 

On Palm Sunday, the crowds shouted, "Hosanna, Hosanna" which means "save us now." So, do we cry, "Hosanna?" If so, from what do we need saving? And, to whom do we even cry Hosanna? 

As always, it's our goal that you'll take something you hear in this conversation and start another conversation with somebody else. 

We hope you enjoy it! 

Aaron and Kevin discuss Mark chapter 12 where Jesus is in the temple in Jerusalem in the last week of his life. He's being challenged by many opponents regarding his teaching. But, he doesn't back down. 

In this conversation we'll talk about the courage and strength of Jesus and what it looks like for us to live with courage having our identity rooted in Jesus. 

It's our goal that you'll hear something in this conversation and go start another conversation with someone else about something you heard. 

As always, we hope you enjoy it! 

Mark's Gospel is unique (as they all are!). Particularly, the pace of Mark's Gospel is "harried." Immediately this. Suddenly that. It's action-packed and brimming with excitement.

All throughout - the narrative continues to drive forward by returning to "the way" of Jesus. The roads that He traveled. The path He is headed down. The way of His salvation.

In this week's conversation, Pastor Kevin sits down with new member - Trish Brewer - as they discuss "The Way" in Mark. Trish teaches philosophy at Michigan Tech and has a background in Early Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. She has a wealth of knowledge and dips into it during our conversation on Mark this week.

Learn more about these new additions (Trish and family) to our faith family here at SSPP and consider "The Way" that Jesus has called us together to follow Him, as you listen to this week's episode.

We hope you enjoy it!

In this week's conversation, Aaron and Kevin discuss the importance of understanding Biblical places, dates, and names that we encounter when reading the Scriptures. 

We often skip over these important historical pieces and jump right to "what does this Bible passage mean for my life" instead of first reading the Bible in the context to which it was written. 

With that in mind, this conversation talks about some important historical facts in the Gospel of Mark, particularly who Herod is as we read in Mark 6. 

We hope you enjoy it! 

There are many ways to respond to Jesus. But, there's one way that's not possible: apathy. When it comes down to it, you either have to receive Jesus for who he is, or you have to deny him. There's no middle ground with Jesus. We see this reality in the Gospel of Mark as different people respond to Jesus in different ways. 

In this week's conversation, Aaron and Kevin discuss this reality, but they also take on issues like spiritual warfare, demonic possession, and the role that discipleship plays in combating those things. 

As always, we hope you enjoy it!

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin sit down to discuss Mark chapter 1. For the next number of episodes, we'll be walking through the Gospel according to Mark. 

In this episode, the guys discuss some of the unique ways that Mark writes his Gospel. They all discuss demon-possession and our modern understanding of it. 

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the first Christian martyr Stephen. Stephen was a man who was described in Acts 6 as being full of the Holy Spirit and of faith and wisdom. As he was being persecuted for his bold proclamation of Jesus, he took that as an opportunity to bear witness to the Gospel of Jesus. 

In this conversation Aaron and Kevin talk about what it means to "bear witness" and how often that won't be the most popular thing. It might not gain us notoriety. Instead, it may even cause people to walk away from us. Are we okay with that? 

The guys discuss the importance of discipleship - that is, real, true, relational, long lasting walking together in the faith with other people as the thing that especially gives us strength and courage to continue bearing witness to Jesus even when that makes life difficult. 

We hope that this discussion is empowering and encouraging for you. 

As always, we hope you enjoy it!

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin discuss the reality that wisdom is all around us. But sometimes we don't notice it. They discuss the fact that Jesus is wisdom incarnate - that is, wisdom has come into the flesh. 

This also means that the wisdom of God is in our flesh as well. Do you see it? Do you notice it? Do you live according to it? 

As always, we hope you enjoy this conversation!

In this week's episode, Aaron and Kevin are having a conversation with their moms. That's right, these are the women who raised them. This conversation takes place as we've been discussing characters in the Bible who have been given wisdom. 

Proverbs 31 describes the wise words of a mom, to King Lemuel, about how he should live as a faithful man of God, and what to look for in a faithful woman of God. 

Lynn and Jo share their stories of being raised up, their own marriages, the raising of Aaron and Kevin, and also give encouragement to other women today. 

As always, we hope you enjoy it! 

It's very likely you have not heard of these two "wise guys" named Heman and Ethan. 

But, after this conversation, we hope that you will learn from them. 

In particular, during this conversation, Aaron and Kevin discuss the faithful practice of lament (as demonstrated by Heman and Ethan). As we endure hardship in this life, we cry out to God - in faith - and thereby deepen our relationship with him. This deepened relationship then leads to a growth in wisdom to patiently endure, and even rejoice in our sufferings. 

As always we hope you enjoy this conversation!