Ministry Deep Dive

By Travis Michael FlemingSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality Education Self-Improvement

Ministry Deep Dive episodes

December 09, 2020 #17 | Trusting in God in Tough Times
What does a rich guy in Sewickley, PA, four words on U.S. currency, the Star Spangled Banner, a Chinese rooftopping daredevil, a dumb king who listened to the wrong guys, and the biblical book of Lamentations have in common? Trust.
It's all about who or what we trust in!
Who do you trust when times are tough? Join Travis as we explore trusting in tough times as he examines Israel as a test case of stupidity and failure to trust. In doing so he uncovers who we trust and what happens when we don't trust God.
Thankfully, because of Jesus, God allows u-turns, but we have to follow the directions to get there!
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43 min
December 07, 2020 #16 | Cross-Culturing | Eating Ethnic Foods
Building relationships cross-culturally requires eating the foods of different cultures. Join Travis discusses as he discusses some of the principles he has of eating foods when in a foreign land so he doesn't throw up!
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9 min
December 05, 2020 #15 | Increase Your Vision of God and the World | Jackson Wu
We welcome Jackson Wu to the podcast today! Join us as we explore the deep things of God and culture! Get your scuba gear on and be ready for a deep dive!
Travis & Jackson talk stuff like culture and contextualization, double rearview mirrors, American individualism, honor/shame cultures (and what does that mean for us?), how eastern cultures look at the Bible different than those in western cultures (Europe, North America, and Australia), the need for diverse friends, and the lens through which people see the Bible and the world.
If you want to follow Jackson's blog, or get his books here or here, or if you want to check out what honor/shame is and what it means and how it affects us check out Jayson George's site here.
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45 min
December 03, 2020 #14 | Cross-Culturing & Food!
Food is a wonderful thing, but what do you do when you need to eat something that is completely different than what you are used to? Join Travis as he talks about food, growing up in a small town, the difference between the Philippines and Philippians, as well as eating fertilized duck egg & Burmese hot sauce that was like dipping his tongue in gasoline and lighting it on fire!
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14 min
December 02, 2020 #13 | The Search for Significance
Join Travis as he talks about significance, Susan Boyle, Rick Warren, gazelles & cheetahs, Michael Jordan, drunks, C.T. Studd, Jim Eliott, Gladiator, The Dark Night (& the Joker), David Ring, Andrew Murray, Samuel Chadwick, E.M. Bounds, Charles Spurgeon, hospitality & being homeless, and Jesus as the Savior of the world, and the opportunity we have to know God and have our sins forgiven.
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54 min
November 25, 2020 #12 | Give Thanks & The Discipline of Remembrance
Join Travis as he talks about the Discipline of Remembrance, sings a song, and recalls a story that involves a lost check, seminary, churches, moving across states, God's provision and the ravens in our life! It's a fun and encouraging time-you will not be disappointed!
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33 min
November 24, 2020 #11 | Cross-Culturing & Time!
What do a Guatemalan Quinceañera and a Burundian wedding have in common? Their view of time! Join Travis as he talks about how different cultures view time and the way to make sure everyone is on the same page regarding it. Hint, it involves airplanes ;-)
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20 min
November 19, 2020 #10 | Soul Care & Sabbath: Finding Rhythm & Rest In Your Story
1:00-5:30 The Need for Rhythm
5:30-8:22 Deep Currents & Disaster in our world when we are out of rhythm
8:22-10:00 Patterns of thinking that need to change deep down
10:00-15:00 Sabbathing, gathering together as God's people, & dancing in Uganda.
15:00- 33:00 Worship as a community: Masks, safety, and principles to consider-individual freedom, idolatry, and the essential need to worship God individually and corporately
33:00-43:00 The priority, problems, practices, and practitioners of worship on the Lord's Day-chik-fil-A anyone?
43:00-48:44 Find your spiritual pathway & steps for Sabbathing! Examining Gary Thomas' idea of us having a spiritual temperament or pathway and then engaging that to draw closer to God (all within a biblical framework).
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49 min
November 12, 2020 #9 | Soul Care & Sabbath: Balance Is A Myth, Find Your Rhythm Instead
Balance is a myth! Instead, we need to find our rhythm. We have rhythm all around us--the rhythms of our bodies, seasons, daily routines, but we need to hear God's song for the world and get into rhythm with Him, and part of that means sabbathing-taking a day to honor God, rest, and find the joy that comes through Him.
Join Travis as he explores what the Bible says about the Sabbath-its purpose, origin, dimensions and what is has to offer us to today. It's a sermon to our soul, and a proclamation to the world around us that we dance to a different song. But ultimately, it points to a rest that is found in Jesus alone!
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1 hr 6 min
November 05, 2020 #7 | Soul Care The Great Omission
By examining the lives of two sisters and their different responses to Jesus, we can see that there are many good things that we can do in life, but taking care of our souls should be our priority because it affects everything else. Join Travis as he peaks into the lives of these two different women as Jesus interacts with them and in doing so, we may find ourselves and how Jesus desires to interact with us and the factors that keep us from becoming the people God desires that we be.
Travis also mentions two books that we should check out:
Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart
John Ortberg, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You
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34 min

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If your church was taken out of your community, who would notice? Who would miss you? Ministry Deep Dive is a podcast from Apollos Watered: The Center for Discipleship & Cultural Apologetics. And we want to help you become noticeable and valued as God's people in your world. Each episode goes beneath the surface of ministry to explore the challenges, opportunities, and practices shaping today’s leaders and the churches you serve. From discipleship and cultural engagement to spiritual formation and public theology, we wrestle with the big questions and everyday realities pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders face.