Conversate

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 conversation - Art walks us through the difference between "facts" (that Science reveals) and the greater "Reality" (that God has created & which Scripture attests to). We hope you find this conversation invigorating, explorative, and maybe even challenging! If you do, please feel free to email questions to [email protected] -- as we seek to discover The Truth - who is Jesus - together. We hope you enjoy it!

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 for signs. Is this right to do? How do we know if we've noticed correctly? Well, listen to this conversation and we hope it will help. We hope you enjoy it!

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 God's Love.Marcus and Kevin share personal experiences and stories of their encounters with "the Law" and explain its uses as a "curb," "mirror," and "guide."We hope you enjoy it!

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 suffering and how they've learned to see God's activity and presence through it all. We hope you enjoy it.

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. We hope you enjoy it!

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 the deep impact stories have had them - from family and friends, to the stories of our own lives - when we stop to consider them. Through it all - God is inviting us to be a part of His Story, as He works in & through our stories.We hope you enjoy this conversation!

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 things fall apart. Even our own lives fall apart. So, when all is coming undone, even when it feels like we are simply done, God is not done. God will follow through on all of his promises to you and finally, fully restore you! We hope you enjoy this conversation!

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 can often seem frivolous. But, when we seen our lives aligned with God's story, everything starts to make a lot more sense. We hope you enjoy it!

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 quick Jesus is to tear down those walls and invite us to live together in hope. We hope you enjoy this conversation!