Jesus Wants The Rose
Join Apollo for honest conversations about the gospel and the lives it has changed. Each episode is a long-form interview with someone whose story reveals what happens when grace meets real life—pastors, family members, musicians, former skeptics, and faithful believers. We talk about first encounters with Christianity, moments of true understanding, ongoing struggles, and the hope that sustains. This podcast is for anyone curious about how Jesus transforms people from the inside out.
Episodes
Chad Blackman could tell you exactly how salvation works. He grew up in church and knew all the right answers. And still, in his own words, he "fundamentally missed the gospel." In this episode of Jesus Wants The Rose, Apollo sits down with Chad, a full-time firefighter in the Bay Area who spent eight years in vocational ministry, went to seminary, and still preaches at Shelter Cove Community Church in Modesto about once a month. T...
What if the name that stopped your scroll wasn't a jab at Reformed theology — but a mirror held up to every Christian heart?
Jonathan and David of *Deformed Theology* sit down with Apollo Tull for a conversation that started with a name that made him do a double take, and landed somewhere much deeper: humility, unity across camps, and what it means to look at every person as an image bearer.
In this episode, the co-hosts unpack...
What do you do when the church that's supposed to welcome you turns you away for how you look? Magdalene Rose is a Christian rock and metalcore artist who has spent her whole career answering that question — with dark lipstick, heavy breakdowns, and a testimony she refuses to keep quiet.
In this conversation, Magdalene shares the long road that got her here: growing up in a band with her sisters, marrying into the Seventh Day ...
"I don't love you because you can sing. I love you because you're My child." That's the moment Dr. Cliff Lambert says his relationship with Jesus actually began — not while leading worship, but while he'd lost his voice completely.
Cliff is a classically trained vocalist, Associate Professor of Voice at Liberty University, and Worship Pastor at Liberty Baptist Church in Appomattox, VA. He's spent decades leading worship in chu...
What happens when the gospel finds you in a skate shop instead of a sanctuary? Lydio Banana is the Next Gen Pastor at The Lamb's Chapel in Burlington, NC, where he leads ministry to the next generation alongside his wife, Jessie, who directs the church's Children's Ministry. In this conversation, Lydio takes Apollo back through the skate scene of '90s Modesto and Turlock — the friendships, the injuries, and the unlikely encou...
What if your testimony doesn't need a dramatic rock-bottom to be miraculous? Brandon Savage is a worship and creative arts pastor at Lee's Summit Community Church near Kansas City — and he's spent years learning to look back and see God's hand all over a story he once thought was ordinary.
In this conversation, Brandon walks Apollo through his whole journey: the youth pastor who gave him the gospel over Taco Bell across from A...
What does it look like to bring the gospel to people who would never walk into a church? Anthony Goodwin is a corporate and Army Reserve chaplain based in Austin, Texas — and his job is to go to people instead of waiting for them to come to him.
In this conversation, Anthony shares how he came to faith after a breakup in junior college, how a quiet pull from God led his family to leave everything familiar and move to Texas, an...
What if the gospel isn't just something you agree with, but something you're still living out — right now, in whatever you're walking through?
Welcome to Jesus Wants The Rose, a long-form, conversational podcast about how the gospel actually lands in real life. Each episode, host Apollo Tull sits down with a different Christian — pastors, artists, everyday believers — for an honest, unpolished conversation about ho...
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