Unembarrassed of Jesus: Travis Johnson on Bold Faith in a Compromising Culture
About this episode
Travis Johnson, senior pastor of Pathway Church in Mobile, Alabama, joins Philip Cameron to discuss his new book Unembarrassed of Jesus: Follow from a Distance, Lose Your Faith — Follow Closely, and Change the World. Drawing on 25 years of pastoral ministry, Travis makes a compelling case that a passive, moderate Christian faith in 2025 will not survive — but bold, unashamed faith will change the world. Travis unpacks the danger of following Jesus "from a distance," using Peter's denial as a biblical anchor and a vivid personal story about following the wrong truck on I-65 to illustrate how easily distraction leads believers astray. "Discernment is not knowing the difference between what is good and what is not good," he explains. "It's knowing the difference between what is good and what is almost good." He also recounts the moment his family was doxed and received death threats after he prayed publicly during Pride Month at Mobile's city hall — and how refusing to apologize led to Pathway Church's largest attendance and baptism numbers ever. Travis challenges every believer to recognize that the circle God has placed them in is their mission field: "The cavalry is not coming. You are the cavalry." Viewers can receive the first chapter of Unembarrassed of Jesus free by texting BOOK to 877-856-0444.
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Quotes worth sharing
“A moderate, passive Christian faith in 2025 is not going to survive. It is not. But bold faith will change the world.”
“When Jesus said to the disciples, one of you will betray me, they all said, not me. And what they ended up doing was saying, ask John, because John's head was on Jesus' chest. One ear was hearing his heartbeat, one ear was hearing his voice. And when you're that close to Jesus, there is no one that will ever point an accusation towards you, because where you are displays where your heart is.”
“They wanted me to apologize. So I put a post on social media. I said, I'll be making a statement at church. So that Sunday, the church was packed to the rafters. And I said, hey, they want me to apologize. I'm gonna make a statement. So here's my statement: I am not sorry. I do not apologize. We don't bow, we stand.”
What's Discussed
Pastor Travis Johnson of Pathway Church in Mobile, Alabama shares the heart behind his book Unembarrassed of Jesus, arguing that a passive Christian faith cannot survive 2025's cultural pressures — only bold, close proximity to Jesus will. Using Peter's denial and a personal story of following the wrong truck on I-65, Travis illustrates how spiritual distraction leads believers — and their families — astray. He recounts how his family was doxed and received death threats after praying publicly at Mobile's city hall during Pride Month, and how standing firm without apology produced Pathway Church's highest-ever attendance and baptisms. Travis also draws on his earlier book on household salvation — which sold 300,000 copies — to argue that parents who follow Jesus closely protect generations. He challenges every viewer: 'The cavalry is not coming. You are the cavalry.'
- Book Unembarrassed of Jesus Introduced
- Passive Faith Cannot Survive 2025
- Following the Wrong Truck on I-65
- John's Head on Jesus' Chest
- Household Salvation and Generational Faith
- Doxed for Praying at City Hall
- Refusing to Apologize and Standing Firm
- Practical Steps to Bold Unashamed Faith
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hello, my friend. Welcome to Daily Faith today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I believe that God has put you where you are today to hear our program. We exist and we survive by the words that come from the Father. It's in him that we live and move and have our being.
Philip:It's his mind that's in us if our mind is in Christ. And our job here, and our calling here at Daily Faith, is to affirm your daily walk with Jesus. To let you know that what you think in a crazy world isn't crazy. That what you are believing is the right thing to believe, because there's all kinds of rubbish and all kinds of nonsense going on in the world today. But I believe that God is affirming you in your daily walk with him as you just hunger and seek after his face.
Philip:I've got a great guest. I'm so excited to have this guest today. Travis Johnson pastors Pathway Church in Mobile, Alabama. That's almost my old stomping grounds. Montgomery was my old stomping grounds, and he has a tremendous church down there doing great things for the kingdom. We are just so honored to have him with us. He's written a book and I'm excited to be sharing about that in a few moments.
Philip:As you know, we have a mission work in Moldova. We rescue girls that are at the point of being trafficked. 35 years ago, I adopted a wee boy in an orphanage in Romania. And God used that and set me up. Let me tell you something, you can't fix the fixer. God has a way to get you to where he wants you to be in spite of yourself. And I went all the way to Romania with my dad, just to keep my dad from nagging me to death. No understanding that I was walking towards my destiny.
Philip:And I walked into this filthy cold orphanage on a January day and found what God had called me to do. And that was to care for those that no one else cared about. In the last 25 years, we've been in a country called Moldova. And in that country, when a girl leaves the orphanage, traffickers offer them bogus jobs and all kinds of terrible things. And when they get them, one girl will make a trafficker $200, $300,000 a year just in using them.
Philip:And we have a place, an amazing place called Vara Village. It's right on the largest lake in Moldova. And we bought this place — it was already built for rich people — and they put chlorine in that lake to kill algae. And no one wanted to live beside a lake with chlorine in it. And they fixed the lake now. But we bought this place. It had never been opened, never been used. The buildings were falling apart, and we rebuilt the entire village. And every girl you see is worth $300,000 a year to the trafficker. And we take them to our home in Vara Village.
Philip:And we tell them, if you're born, God has a plan. The devil has a plot, but God has a plan. And for years, "if you are born, God has a plan" has been our motto. And these kids witness and evangelize and feed the hungry. And we've watched the amazing work of God in someone who's gone through horrendous abuse. Some of the testimonies are unbelievable. And you're gonna meet a girl right now called Mihaela. And this is her testimony, how God rescued her and brought her to a place called Vara Village, and more importantly, to the cross. Watch this.
My name is Mihaela. I'm a first year student studying pedagogy and chemistry and biology. One of my biggest dreams is to finish my studies successfully. I lived through very difficult moments. I've known loneliness, I've known hunger, pain, and shame.
I've never met my father, and I was raised by a stepfather. Later I was sent to an orphanage where I stayed for a year. No one came to visit us. Many times my mother would promise she'd come the next day. We would get our clothes ready, but she never came. When we finally returned home, my mother had become colder. She no longer gave her attention to us.
Together with her partner, she made us suffer. He used to beat her very much. I used to hide the knives, the axes, anything he could use to hurt my mother. Many times we were kicked out of the house. I slept outside with our dog and cat because they kept me warm. Other times I would walk the streets at midnight crying and asking myself, why is this happening to me? Why are some families happy and we are not?
One day my mother decided to take us to a Christian church only because she knew that people there were kind and would help us with food and clothes for the winter. But I personally liked it there, not because of the food, but because of the love and warmth. I felt something I never felt at home. Whenever my mother threw me out of the house at night, I would just look at the sky and pray that God would grant me four wishes: to have a phone, a bicycle, but above all, to have parents who are not addicted to alcohol, and a home that wouldn't fall apart.
I never wanted to go back home. Whenever I visited other families, I wished I could stay there forever. One day after school, I came home and found my mother drunk, surrounded by many men. I ran into the middle of the street not knowing where to go. And then God brought me to the Orphan's Hands.
I'm very grateful that there are good people who care about me. I'm so thankful for everything I have, and I never throw anything away. I appreciate every single little thing I have. Thank you. Thank you for giving me a chance.
Philip:I've just been sent a number of testimonies by these kids, and we are debating whether or not we can show them. The abuse that they've gone through in their life is unbelievable. Moldova has the highest alcohol problem — the highest percentage of alcoholics in the world is in Moldova. And that curse destroys families, and they come to us as she did, broken with no hope. And to watch the work of grace change her life, it's amazing.
Philip:We need your help to continue and expand this. We've just bought two new homes that we're taking small kids between the age of four and 16 into. And we're looking for gifts to help us finish these two homes. And we're praying for that. Also, every home that we open requires 300 people giving a dollar a day. You can sponsor a home for a dollar a day. You can change someone's life for eternity for only a dollar a day. I believe that our business folk watching right now, they could say, listen, let me help finish these new houses. We're $150,000 away from paying for them. And then we're working — in fact, this week we're beginning to start finishing the home so we can take in 50 more new kids. All of that depends on whether God will hear 300 hearts saying yes to his call.
Philip:Let the Lord speak to your heart. Really simply, get in contact with us — the Orphan's Hands or Daily Faith, PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. You can also go to orphanshands.org. There's a bunch of videos and stuff there. You can call our 800 number: 1-800-833-Daily Faith. Just 833-Daily Faith. A real live person, not a machine, will pick up the phone and talk to you about whatever the Lord speaks to your heart.
Philip:And I believe God's talking to you right now to be an answer for someone. You are looking for an answer in your life. The best way I know to have an answer come to my life is to be an answer for someone else. Let the Lord speak to your heart. I'm so excited to have Travis Johnson with me today. He pastors a great church in Mobile, Alabama, and he's written a book called Unashamed of Jesus. And I thought, whenever I read it, oh, this is gonna be good. And we just shared for a few moments before the program started, and I feel like I've known him all my life now.
Philip:He does talk funny because, you know, he thinks I've got an accent, which I think is — I speak normally, I just speak properly. It's y'all that speak funny. Travis, I'm so delighted to have you with me today on Daily Faith. How are you doing, my friend?
Book Unembarrassed of Jesus Introduced
Travis Johnson:I'm doing great, Philip, and I appreciate it. I did not know that you were bilingual, saying y'all. I'm amazed. I had already given you five bonus IQ points just for your accent, and now this — I don't know what to say. Thanks so much for having me on. I appreciate you so much.
Philip:I sent my kids on the first day of school — in my house we all speak Scottish. So I sent Melody to school and she came back after a couple of days. She says, dad, I learned something in school. And she spoke with a Southern accent. I said, what did you learn? And she went, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States" — I mean, as Southern as I've ever heard in my life. And I said to my wife, I said, Chrissy, they've destroyed our kids after three days.
Travis Johnson:You don't hear your own accent, I guess. You know what I tell people — look, I'm a Miami boy living in Mobile, Alabama. I want everybody to get to heaven, but if you can't get to heaven, at least get to Mobile, Alabama. It's an incredible place.
Philip:It's a great place. My daughter lived there for a number of years. She's now in Seattle, Washington. You have written a book that I think is appropriate for the day we're living in. You can write books, but there are times that you write a timely book. And I think the days we are living in right now is the time for the church to be unashamed. Tell us what made you write this book. What thought process and impetus did you get to write this book?
Travis Johnson:Well, you know, I've got my author's copy, and this will come out February 3rd. Of course you can pre-order it right now. But it's called Unashamed of Jesus: Follow from a Distance, Lose Your Faith. Follow Closely and Change the World. I believe that that's so true. A moderate, passive Christian faith in 2025 is not going to survive. It is not. But bold faith will change the world.
Passive Faith Cannot Survive 2025
Travis Johnson:This really came from some personal experience — 25 years of being a senior pastor and watching people move in and out of relationship, or deconstructing, which I really don't like to give that a whole lot of credit. I prefer the word backsliding. I'm a little old school on the inside. But I started looking and I saw Peter walking, following Jesus on the way into his trial. The Bible says he followed at a distance, and then he sat down to watch and see what would happen. And I think so many of us have a faith from a distance.
Travis Johnson:I was driving down the road and I get a call from my son. Hey dad, I got a flat tire. And I'm like, what? Change the tire. I mean, he's six foot four. He's a nationally recruited athlete about to graduate from high school. I said, change your tire. He said, well, the problem is I'm on I-65 and the spare is also flat. So I said, okay, I'm gonna come over. So long story short, a guy pulls up and he's gonna help take the tire to a tire shop. The guy pulls out onto I-65. I couldn't get out quick enough. And so I followed him from a distance. It was a black truck. I watched him driving, and the truck was getting smaller and smaller. No problem, I just follow him. So he gets off on an exit.
Following the Wrong Truck on I-65
Travis Johnson:I follow him from a distance. I follow him all the way out of town. No tire shop. Why? I was following the wrong truck. Everybody in Alabama has a truck. And so because I was following from a distance, I got my eyes on some other object and it led me astray. And in a moment where there are so many cultural voices, we have to stay tucked in right up close to Jesus, so that our ideologies, our mindset, our outlook on life is aligned with the Lord. Otherwise we can easily be led astray.
Travis Johnson:When Jesus said to the disciples, one of you will betray me, they all said, not me. And what they ended up doing was saying, ask John, because John's head was on Jesus' chest. One ear was hearing his heartbeat, one ear was hearing his voice. And when you're that close to Jesus, there is no one that will ever point an accusation towards you, because where you are displays where your heart is.
John's Head on Jesus' Chest
Philip:What a thought that is. You know, I know that if I am gonna have a problem in life, if I'm gonna fail the Lord, I wanna do it as close to him as I can.
Travis Johnson:Close to him. I don't wanna have the distraction. And the situation is, we all are gonna face giants in our life. We're gonna face the time — you know, Peter was probably standing there thinking, maybe I should run. Maybe I should cut through the crowd and get out. I didn't sign up for this. I signed up to follow him. I didn't sign up to lose my life. And I think at some point, every single one of us is gonna have our faith tested. And the question is gonna be whether we are ashamed of Jesus or not.
Travis Johnson:Here's what I have found: whenever a giant has confronted me, the Lord was only looking to see if I would be a willing vessel. And if I would, then what seemed like a giant today would be a platform for tomorrow. It's not us, it's him. He's the constant, we're the variable. But if we'll trust him, he'll do mighty things in our life. Our family will be saved, our children will be saved, many generations off will be saved. But we just have to tuck right up in with him. Because if you don't follow Jesus closely, you condemn your children to being further away from him.
Travis Johnson:You rarely ever find an on-fire kid coming from a backslidden father or mother. And it is incumbent upon us, not just for our own sake, to follow close after Jesus. It's for your family. I preach on a subject of household salvation. I wrote a book on household salvation that sold 300,000 copies. And I'll say to the audience, if Jesus were to show you tonight that he'd be coming at midnight — if you knew that tonight at midnight Jesus Christ was coming back for his church — how would you spend the rest of your day?
Household Salvation and Generational Faith
Travis Johnson:You wouldn't vacuum your house or wash your car. You wouldn't watch a game of football. You'd be out there telling your kids, Jesus is coming, you gotta get ready. Well, if that's how important it is when Jesus is coming at midnight tonight, it's that important when he is not.
Philip:And what you're talking about — being unashamed and being right up close to Jesus — is the only safe place in the world we're living in. It's the only safe place.
Travis Johnson:That's right. You know, one thing that I realized in that situation with my son Blake is that because I got my eyes off of that black truck, I got them onto another black truck. This is how many people are — there are ideologies that are almost right. See, discernment is not knowing the difference between what is good and what is not good. Discernment is knowing the difference between what is good and what is almost good. So I don't think people are off trying to follow radical ideologies, just a little bit of distraction. But here's what I noticed: when I lost sight of Jesus, I led my son astray because he also was lost. So the responsibility on a parent is so high.
Travis Johnson:Now, I tell this story that's in my first chapter, and I could give anybody a free copy of the first chapter if they text the word "book" to 877-856-0444.
Travis Johnson:Here's one of the things that really pressed this book in strong. And this story is in the book too. In June of 2023, I was going to pray in vacation at my city hall. I do this kind of thing all the time. I prayed for my leaders, I prayed for our city. And in my prayer — this also happened to be June during Pride Month — I said, Lord, especially put a hedge of protection around our children who are being targeted by ideologies in our parks, schools, libraries, and online.
Doxed for Praying at City Hall
Travis Johnson:And all kinds of groups came after me saying that that was hostile to people and to particular agendas. And they wanted me to apologize. They said it was anti-LGBTQ. There were a lot of things. And our family got doxed. My wife's salary was published. Pictures of our kids were shared. We got death threats, all for just a prayer. And you know what, there were some people that said, well, maybe you should just apologize and let people know that you'll be more thoughtful with your words next time. So I put a post on social media. I said, I'll be making a statement at church. It was in all the newspapers.
Travis Johnson:So that Sunday, the church was packed to the rafters, all seven services at all campuses. And June is a low month, it's summer. And so I said, hey, they want me to apologize. I'm gonna make a statement. So here's my statement: I am not sorry. I do not apologize. We don't bow, we stand. And in that moment, it was like a decision point for me. It was frightening, whatever I did. But what happened — we had our largest attendance ever. We baptized more people that month than ever. Our giving went through the roof. And we drove a stake down that said that when that statue is rolled out and they blow those trumpets for us to bow, we won't bow. We will stand.
Refusing to Apologize and Standing Firm
Travis Johnson:And the Lord has opened up so many doors for me after that. I wouldn't want to go through it again, but I'm thankful that I found out that when we stand, we don't stand alone. The Lord will stand with us every time. And there are so many points in our life that call on us to compromise. Just give up this bit, and then just give up this bit. And what happens is you end up shrinking in this ever-shrinking, ever-decreasing world. And unless we stand up and make a stand and are unashamed of Jesus in these days, they'll run us over.
Philip:I still can't get over that we closed our churches down for COVID — that they made us. I'd go to Walmart and it'd be ten feet deep at the checkout aisle. But we couldn't go to church. Because the devil doesn't fear nuclear bombs. Nothing scares the devil except one thing, and that is the body of Christ, the church. And if he can make us compromise and get us embarrassed about our service of Jesus, then we'll start compromising on everything else.
Philip:Give us some practical ways we can move from being in this compromised, passive position into being one of bold faith.
Practical Steps to Bold Unashamed Faith
Travis Johnson:Well, let me tell you this. First of all, many of the ideologies that have been pushed on us are extreme and they don't make sense. They're unscientific, they're illogical. But culture has gaslit us into believing that these are dominant thoughts. They're only dominant when we back up. The nuclear family is a blessing from God. We should never undermine that. We recognize biology. We recognize so many things in the scriptures that are just clear mandates. But for whatever reason, we've been taught to be very deferential to things that are absolutely destructive. So first of all, I think just practice being normal. Practice honoring the Lord. There's nothing wrong with that.
Travis Johnson:And then, hey, at the end of the day, the Bible lets us know that if we're ashamed of God in front of men, he'll be ashamed of us before his Father. I'm embarrassed to share this, Philip, but I remember a time even as a young pastor where in public, one time I went to pray and I felt pressure. And as I prayed, it was almost like I put my hand on my forehead like I had a headache as I prayed. Because publicly, I'm like — how does this happen? I was working in a tech startup at the same time as I was pastoring my church. Now I was being bold in my faith, but for whatever reason, cultural concerns press in. I think for every single person, when the enemy whispers for you to be afraid of your faith, ashamed of your faith — be proud of what God has done in you. It's incredible.
Philip:Let me ask you again — you are offering a free chapter of this book?
Travis Johnson:Yes. If they will text the word "book" to 877-856-0444, immediately you'll get a text with a link that'll get you that first chapter. And it's a great one.
Philip:Have the first chapter of this book. And let me tell you something, if you're watching and you're a pastor of a church, you've gotta get your church on the front foot and not the back foot. You've gotta encourage your people to stand up and let their voice be heard. This kid Charlie Kirk — I didn't even pay much attention to him, I knew of him. But when I began to hear how completely uncompromising he was about faith in Jesus, and getting married and having babies and the family, I thought, wow, he's preaching like a pastor should be preaching.
Travis Johnson:That's right. You know, I think that he was doing that because a lot of pastors are not doing that. I feel like for the last 30 years we've rounded off the corners on the scripture to make it palatable, perhaps. And it's a failed experience. Instead of discipling people, we abandoned people to be discipled by the culture. So you see in Charlie Kirk — he was to the college campus what Jim Elliot was to the Indians there in South America. A voice. And so many of us have given up on the university campus. We talk about how liberal it is, how extreme it is, but people need Jesus. And so we need to go right there.
Travis Johnson:And to everybody watching right now — the circle God has put you in, he put you there. The cavalry is not coming. You are the contact person. The cavalry is not coming. You are the cavalry. God sent you and he chose you. And so we can speak and be bold, and if we will, God's word won't return void. We'll have an invigorated faith, and then our friends will come to know Jesus.
Philip:What blessed me when I watched him was how basic and gospel his message was. It wasn't fancy, it wasn't dressed up, it wasn't trying to make it culturally adept. He just spoke the truth. And young folk — and the world in your world today, pastor — listen to me, they're desperate. People are desperate for someone to stand up and talk the truth.
Philip:Travis, let me once again — the name of the book is Unashamed of Jesus.
Travis Johnson:Unashamed of Jesus. There you go. I'm really thankful Jentezen Franklin did my forward. He is a good friend of mine. Yeah. When I was about 17, 18 years old at a youth camp, he prayed for me, whispered in my ear, he said, you were not made for small things. And so it's a real great thing to have him signing the foreword.
Philip:Well, Jentezen — I preached one night when he was out of town. I preached one night at the church and I raised the money for the land that the current church is on. So that's one of my Jentezen Franklin stories.
Travis Johnson:That's right. And there's a whole great story around Free Chapel. And I think Pastor Jentezen is a perfect example of a man that's unashamed of Jesus. In fact, I would put him as one of two people that I look up to that have been bold in their faith and preached and been faithful and mentored me from a distance and then now up close as a friend. Amazing. And I'm just so thankful for everyone who stands strong and speaks the word of God boldly.
Philip:We are delighted. Please come back on Daily Faith again. Let me say again, if you wanna get the first chapter of this book free, you can text "book" to 877-856-0444. And I'm a Scotsman, I don't understand, but they're gonna give it to you free. It makes me nervous. Thank you for being with me today, Travis. Thank you for watching Daily Faith. We'll see you again real soon. God bless. Bye-bye.
Travis Johnson:Thank you so much. God bless you.
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Common questions
What inspired Travis Johnson to write Unembarrassed of Jesus?
Travis says the book grew out of 25 years of watching people drift away from faith — what he calls backsliding — and from noticing the pattern of Peter following Jesus 'at a distance' before denying him. He wanted to make the case that a moderate, passive Christian faith in 2025 simply won't survive, but bold, close-up faith can change the world.
What does Travis mean by following Jesus 'from a distance' — why is it so dangerous?
Travis illustrates it with a real story: when he tried to follow a stranger's truck to a tire shop, he lost sight of it and accidentally followed the wrong black truck all the way out of town. He says that's exactly what happens spiritually — when you're not tucked in close to Jesus, you get your eyes on an ideology that looks almost right and it leads you astray. He adds that when he lost sight of the truck, his son was also lost, underscoring how a parent's distance from Jesus puts the whole family at risk.
What happened when Travis refused to apologize for his prayer at city hall during Pride Month?
After praying for a 'hedge of protection around children being targeted by ideologies,' Travis and his family were doxed, received death threats, and were pressured to apologize. Instead, he told his packed congregation, 'I am not sorry. I do not apologize. We don't bow, we stand.' He says that Sunday became the church's largest attendance ever, they baptized more people that month than ever before, and giving surged — proof to him that when believers stand firm, God stands with them.
What practical advice does Travis give for moving from passive faith to bold faith?
Travis says many of the ideologies pressuring Christians are actually unscientific and illogical — they only feel dominant because believers keep backing up. His first piece of advice is simply to 'practice being normal' and honor the Lord without apology. He also reminds people that Jesus said if we're ashamed of him before men, he'll be ashamed of us before the Father — so when the enemy whispers to be afraid of your faith, choose to be proud of what God has done in you instead.
How does Travis connect following Jesus closely to your children's faith?
Travis says you rarely find an on-fire kid coming from a backslidden parent, so staying close to Jesus isn't just for your own sake — it's for your family. He frames it this way: if you knew Jesus was returning at midnight tonight, you'd spend every minute warning your kids to get ready. That same urgency, he argues, should drive us every single day, not just when the deadline feels immediate.
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