TS&TT: Stuck in Space: A Conversation with Captain Barry Wilmore

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Captain Barry Wilmore, a NASA astronaut and reformed baptist elder, who was recently stuck in space for nine months. They discuss his testimony, the need for excellence in all that we do, and the importance of church membership. Links: https://www.nasa.gov/people/barry-butch-e-wilmore/ Show Notes: Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders Register for the 2025 Founders Pastors' Seminar: https://founders.org/pastorsseminar/ Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Order "What Did God Make?": https://press.founders.org/shop/what-did-god-make/ Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	And the last question, did we land on the moon in 1969?
0:07.1	Welcome to The Sword and the Trial.
0:08.6	The Sword and the Trial is a podcast of founders' ministries and founders exist for the recovery of the gospel and the reformation of local churches.
0:14.7	I'm Graham Gundin.
0:15.5	I'm Tom Askell.
0:16.4	And today's episode is brought to you by Squirley Joe's Coffee and the Miller's Grove Soap Company.
0:21.2	Today, Pastor Tom and I get to talk with Captain Butch Wilmore.
0:25.2	Captain Wilmore is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and also a NASA astronaut who has spent
0:31.4	hundreds of days in outer space.
0:34.0	We are excited to have this conversation.
0:36.6	Captain Wilmore has recently,
0:38.0	over the past month, rejoined us here on Earth from nine months in the International Space
0:42.9	Station. So welcome to the podcast.
0:44.8	It's a blessing to share this with you, gentlemen. Looking forward to discussing whatever
0:50.0	we've got on our minds today. Thank you.
0:51.8	So Captain Wilmore, you went into space last June,
0:58.6	June 24, on what was supposed to be a 10-day mission, is that right? 10-ish, 8 to 2 weeks,
1:06.2	two weeks or less. Yeah, that was the plan. Okay. Reminds me kind of Gilligan's Island,
1:09.9	you know. Three-hour tour. Yeah, three-hour tour. Okay. It reminds me kind of Gilligan's Island, you know.
1:15.3	Three-hour tour. Yeah, three-hour tour. And we heard that reference to time or two.
1:22.5	And you wound up staying in the space station, how many days? Well, I was told 286, so nine, just over, just right at nine and a half months. Nine and a half months. That's incredible
1:26.3	to have your plans
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