Apollos Watered Podcast

S2:E94: Deep Conversation w/Nik Ripken: Revisiting Home, Hospitality, & the Hectic Life

March 18, 2022

Travis and Nik are together once more, but this time they delve deep into the family unit, juxtaposing the family on the mission field to a family on mission in the West. Ministry begins in the home and it is precisely in the home that many ministries are lost. It may not be disobedience as […]

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S2:E93: Deep Conversation w/Nik Ripken-Misconceptions of Persecution & Pain in Contemporary Christianity

March 18, 2022

Travis welcomes Nik Ripken back to the show! This time Travis & Nik discuss his book, The Insanity of Obedience, and the many modern misconceptions of how we go about mission in the modern world. At the heart of their conversation is the subject of persecution and how we handle it opposed to how the […]

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S2:E92: Deep Conversation w/Brett McCracken, Pt. 2-

March 4, 2022

Travis welcomes Brett McCracken to the show. Brett is a senior editor and director of communications for The Gospel Coalition. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, CNN.com, Christianity Today, and many other publications. A graduate of Wheaton College and UCLA (M.A. in Cinema & Media Studies), Brett lives […]

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S2:E91: The Crisis in Ukraine-Special Episode w/Wayne Shepherd

March 1, 2022

On this special episode of Apollos Watered, Travis welcomes radio veteran Wayne Shepherd to the show to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. Wayne’s voice has been heard all around the world. He has been in Christian radio for decades working with some of the who’s who of evangelical Christianity and host of First Person with […]

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S2:E90: Deep Conversation w/Brett McCracken, Pt. 1: The Wisdom Pyramid & Starving Our Souls With Digital Sugar

February 25, 2022

Travis welcomes Brett McCracken to the show. Brett is a senior editor and director of communications for The Gospel Coalition. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, CNN.com, Christianity Today, and many other publications. A graduate of Wheaton College and UCLA (M.A. in Cinema & Media Studies), Brett lives […]

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S2:E89: Deep Conversation w/Tremper Longman, Pt. 2-Scripture, Psalms, and Nourishing Your Soul

February 18, 2022

Travis & Tremper welcomes Tremper Longman III back! They talk about the Old Testament Scriptures, the psalms, and how they nourish our souls by speaking to the entirety of the human condition. We need them to show us how to speak to God about the stuff that we are dealing with every day. They discuss C.S. […]

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S2:E88: Deep Conversation w/Tremper Longman III, Pt. 1-The Bible You Need Is The One You Read

February 11, 2022

Travis welcomes Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman III to the show! Dr. Tremper Longman III graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, earned a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, and completed a doctorate in ancient Near Eastern studies at Yale University. He served as the Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies at Westmont from […]

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S2:E87 Deep Conversation w/Ruth Ripken, Pt. 2: Hospitality, Modeling, & Taking a Risk for Christ

January 20, 2022

How do you share your faith with other people? It is not just a presentation as is often caricatured. While there is a presentation aspect to it, there is much more. It involves sharing your life and allowing people in. In our world of busyness, we need to take time and rethink what it means […]

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S2:E86 Deep Conversation w/Ruth Ripken Pt. 1: Stories and Spaces Men Can’t Go

January 14, 2022

Travis welcomes Ruth Ripken to the show! On the mission field, we often hear reports of what God is doing, but often we don’t hear about what it’s like for the families. Ruth draws back the curtain on what mission in a foreign world is like for families, enabling us to see the mission of […]

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S2:E85 Deep Conversation w/Michael Card: The Voices of the Gospels

December 31, 2021

Travis is joined by special guest musician, author, farmer, and Bible teacher, Michael Card. Travis and Michael discuss the voices of the Gospels. Why did God give us four gospels when one would have been sufficient? They discuss Michael’s career, his upbringing, influences, passions, tractors, racial reconciliation, the music industry, being bearded/balding, and the details […]

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