Travis welcomes Chris Castaldo to the show! Chris is one of the leading evangelical experts on Roman Catholicism today. A former Catholic himself, his story is refreshing, encouraging, and filled with insight and hope. Chris is an expert at building bridges between Roman Catholics and evangelicals having dialogued with some of the leading Roman Catholic […]
Travis and Te-Li are back discussing shame-its downfalls, confusion surrounding it, and how it should function in the church. Listen in as Travis and Te-Li discuss shame, what it is, how it manifests itself, and how God wants us to relate to it. Get the book Defending Shame. Sign up for the Apollos Watered newsletter. […]
Travis welcomes New Testament scholar Te-Li Lau to the show! Shame is everywhere today. We hear terms like fat-shaming, slut-shaming, etc. Add to that the idea of cancel culture, shame is everywhere we turn and many want to get rid of any idea of shame, but is that right? What does the Bible say about […]
Travis, Jay Moon & Bud Simon keep the conversation going with tips on how to share the good news of Jesus in a diverse world. Travis, Jay, & Bud discuss their book, Intercultural Evangelism, and talk through some of the mindset shifts that need to occur for us to share Jesus effectively with those who […]
Travis welcomes Jay Moon & Bud Simon to the show! Have you ever tried to share Jesus with someone from a different religion and crashed and burned? Have you found the approaches you’ve been taught for sharing Jesus to be ineffective? Especially with people who have no familiarity with Jesus or the Christian faith? Drawing […]
Travis welcomes J.D. Payne to the show! Church buildings and Christian resources are everywhere in North America, but increasingly we have lost the ability to speak to our neighbors who are on the “outside” of the church The Church is exploding in other parts of the world, but we see more and more empty churches […]
Travis welcomes Jami Staples back to the show for the second part of our conversation. Jami is the founder and CEO of The Truth Collective and in this second part of our conversation, she discusses the lies that women believe, how trauma plays into our understanding of sin, and how Jesus heals our trauma. Trauma […]
Travis welcomes Jami Staples to the show, the founder and CEO of The Truth Collective. What does transformation look like? How do those in trauma come to know Jesus and be transformed by Him? What do they have to say to us? How do we experience healing as they have? Jami is one of those […]
Travis welcomes John Plake to the show! John is the director of Ministry Intelligence at the American Bible Society and is the editor-in-chief of the State of the Bible series. John is a researcher with a pastor’s heart. He bridges the worlds of social science, business intelligence, and spiritual formation, helping Christian leaders understand how people […]
Travis and Michel Hendricks continue their discussion on the relational reformation that is taking place in the church. Far too often, our church models have been built on the best practices established by churches considered to be “successful” because they know how to attract a crowd. Many of these successful churches have more of a […]
