Apollos Watered Podcast

#201 | Does Your Church Allow For People In Process?, Pt. 2 | Mark Baker

August 18, 2023

It’s part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Mark Baker. We are talking about becoming a centered-set church. What is that? Most churches are bounded or fuzzy, but its the churches that are centered that see the greatest transformation. How do we know that? Because that’s what we did! The question is: are sinners welcome […] Read More

#200 | Does Your Church Allow For People In Process?, Pt. 1 | Mark Baker

August 15, 2023

What does it mean to belong to your church? What are the standards? Who is in and who is out? Is there room for a process? What happens when someone sins? What about the person who is in sin and just starting to come to church and wants to learn? And what about the person […] Read More

#199 | Anxiety Reduction, Scripture, and Brain Science | Charles Stone

August 8, 2023

How do you reduce anxiety? What can you do to relax? What does the Scripture say? What does brain science tell us? What about holy noticing and multitasking to do with it? Plenty! Travis welcomes Charles Stone to the show today. Charles has been a pastor for over 40 years serving as a Lead Pastor, […] Read More

#198 | What Does the Future of Christianity Look Like? Pt. 2 | Gina Zurlo

August 4, 2023

Is Christianity in America on the decline? What does Christianity look like around the world in places like Mongolia, Italy, Oceania and the like? What are the biggest challenges facing the global Church today? Today we welcome Dr. Gina Zurlo for the second part of our conversation about Global Christianity. Dr. Zurlo holds a PhD […] Read More

#197 | What Does the Future of Christianity Look Like? Pt. 1 | Gina Zurlo

August 1, 2023

Is Christianity in America on the decline? What does Christianity look like around the world? How many Christians are there in the world? How do sociologists quantify that? Today on Apollos Watered, we welcome Dr. Gina Zurlo to the show. Dr. Gina A. Zurlo holds a PhD in History and Hermeneutics from Boston University School […] Read More

#196 | Are We Living For Biblical Honor Or Worldly Success? Pt. 2 | David DeSilva

July 28, 2023

How does our modern world obsessed with success jive with the New Testament world guided by the GPS of honor, patronage, kinship, and purity? What did grace really mean in the ancient world? Do we have an accurate understanding of grace the way that the audience of the first century understood it? Does grace come […] Read More

#195 | Are We Living For Biblical Honor Or Worldly Success? Pt. 1 | David DeSilva

July 25, 2023

We talk about theology, but we live in a social world of status, slights, and social media. How does the world of the New Testament jive with our modern world? What does it mean to live an honorable life according to our modern culture? Can success be a synonym? Is modern success equivalent to NT […] Read More

#194 | How You Shape History Will Shape You | Scott Sunquist

July 21, 2023

Does history really matter in our modern world? What about Christian history? Is there a good way to understand history that relates to us? Is there a bad way of doing history? What can history show us about living as Christ-followers in our modern world? The answer is, of course, plenty! Travis welcomes Dr. Scott […] Read More

#193 | Escaping Enemy Mode in Marriage & Families | Jim Wilder

July 18, 2023

What do you do when you find yourself in enemy mode in your own family? With your spouse? With your kids? Travis welcomes Jim Wilder back to the show to discuss how to escape enemy mode in marriage, and this time, Travis’ wife, Melissa, joins him! It’s a conversation that helps equip us to recognize […] Read More

#192 | How Do We Disciple In A Multicultural World? Pt. 2 | Ajith Fernando

July 14, 2023

In this second part of our discussion on discipleship in our multicultural world, we discuss suffering, technology, joy, insider movements, and culturally appropriate teaching methods as we delve into his book Discipling in a Multicultural World (Cross, 2019). Ajith serves as Teaching Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka after being National Director for […] Read More

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