Two words: Toxic masculinity. It seems to be everywhere, from secular newspapers to Christian bookstores carry articles discussing toxic masculinity and for many the root of it, or one of the biggest culprits anyway, is Christian men. Is Christian masculinity toxic? We know that pundits are saying so, but what about the actual data? And […] Read More
In this second part of the conversation, Travis and Jeff discuss the mindset shift needed to embrace God’s work in the world today. What is that shift? Can anyone make it? What are the ramifications if we do? They continue their discussion of Jeff’s newest book, Once You See: Seven Temptations of the Western Church: […] Read More
What happens when Jesus refugees from the majority world enter into a megachurch in the south? Have you seen God work in churches in the West in similar ways that we hear about in the majority world? Are pastors in the West today more concerned about the Sunday experience and the metrics of growth that […] Read More
Is the Christian ideal that we aspire to in our lives really Christian? In our families? In what we do pursue? How do we separate the Gospel from the evangelical culture? And what happens when you address these things in our evangelical institutions? This week on Apollos Watered, we finish off our conversation about Karen’s […] Read More
What is the “good life” to you? Is it the American Dream? Is it the kids getting a good education and job? What about the family? Taking a vacation someplace exotic on spring break? Where did we get these ideas on the good life from? Are they biblical? Karen Swallow Prior has some pretty good […] Read More
Travis & Chris Coursey continue our conversation from Part 1, but this time, in Part 2, we go deeper into joy and how we cultivate it. What do we do when our joy switch gets turned off? What are some practical things that we can do to step back into joy? Listen in and find […] Read More
How is it that some people can know everything about the Bible and know zero about relationships? How do we actually engage with people when they annoy us? How do we tune out of relationships? What has joy got to do with all of this? And moreover, what does any of this have to do […] Read More
Travis and Daniel continue their conversation about the magnetic points that are in every person and every culture that act as a bridge to the Gospel. They also talk about J.H. Bavinck, and how we all need to look at the methods of missiologists so that we might learn how to reach our friends and […] Read More
How do you connect with people in the world who don’t know Jesus and don’t want to hear about Jesus? Daniel Strange gives us some magnetic points that provide us with the means by which people can and will want to know more about Jesus. Daniel Strange is director of Crosslands Forum and the vice president of The Southgate […] Read More
What do freedom, kindness, progress, and equality have in common? We have them because of Christianity. Most don’t realize that the very benefits that they have in our modern culture come directly as a result of the Christian faith-so says Glen Scrivener. It’s those connection points that create a bridge that can help our unbelieving […] Read More
