podcast Archives - Therefore Now Ministries https://thereforenow.com/category/podcast/ There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus! Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:46:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 noGospel,Jesus,GraceSermons and conversations with Jim McNeely of Therefore Now Ministries, http://www.thereforenow.com. Grace and mercy to help when you actually need it, right now!Therefore Now Podcast Christ at the Center of Confidence: 1 John 4:13-21 https://thereforenow.com/2014/08/5175/ https://thereforenow.com/2014/08/5175/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:46:22 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=5175 Our faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the […]

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]]> Our faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the cause which results in our love for Him and for others. This is a sermon from Bread and Wine Fellowship by pastor Jim McNeely, given on August 17, 2014.

We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:16-19

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2014/08/5175/feed/ 0 noOur faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the […] The post Christ at the Center of Confidence: 1 John 4:13-21 appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Our faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the […] The post Christ at the Center of Confidence: 1 John 4:13-21 appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace Podcast 6: Discipleship Under Grace https://thereforenow.com/2014/04/podcast-6-discipleship-under-grace/ https://thereforenow.com/2014/04/podcast-6-discipleship-under-grace/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:04:42 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=4814 A freewheeling discussion about discipleship under grace with Jim McNeely and Dax Swanson. How did Jesus actually do discipleship? The answer is surprising! How does the gospel of grace inform our notion of discipleship?

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]]> A freewheeling discussion about discipleship under grace with Jim McNeely and Dax Swanson. How did Jesus actually do discipleship? The answer is surprising! How does the gospel of grace inform our notion of discipleship?

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2014/04/podcast-6-discipleship-under-grace/feed/ 1 noA freewheeling discussion about discipleship under grace with Jim McNeely and Dax Swanson. How did Jesus actually do discipleship? The answer is surprising! How does the gospel of grace inform our notion of discipleship? The post Podcast 6: Discipleship Under Grace appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.A freewheeling discussion about discipleship under grace with Jim McNeely and Dax Swanson. How did Jesus actually do discipleship? The answer is surprising! How does the gospel of grace inform our notion of discipleship? The post Podcast 6: Discipleship Under Grace appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace Podcast 5: All About Communion https://thereforenow.com/2014/03/podcast-5-all-about-communion/ https://thereforenow.com/2014/03/podcast-5-all-about-communion/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:19:43 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=4732 Our faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the […]

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]]> Our faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the cause which results in our love for Him and for others. This is a sermon from Bread and Wine Fellowship by pastor Jim McNeely, given on August 17, 2014.

We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:16-19

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2014/03/podcast-5-all-about-communion/feed/ 0 noOur faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the […] The post Podcast 5: All About Communion appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Our faith does not depend upon our love for God, but upon the real-world demonstration through the cross of His love for us. Mere belief in this knowledge is our entrance into the world of perfect love, where God’s love outlasts, outshines, and outlives our imperfections. It is His love for us which is the […] The post Podcast 5: All About Communion appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace podcast 4: A Conversation About Lordship Salvation https://thereforenow.com/2014/03/podcast-4-a-conversation-about-lordship-salvation/ https://thereforenow.com/2014/03/podcast-4-a-conversation-about-lordship-salvation/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:43:45 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=4695 Dax Swanson is a graduate of Princeton University, doctor, medical missionary to Africa, and former student body president at John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary, and is now pastor of Grace Church Bellingham. He counts it all rubbish with Jim McNeely as he discusses his amazing journey out of Lordship Salvation to become a gospel-centered radical grace […]

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]]> Dax Swanson is a graduate of Princeton University, doctor, medical missionary to Africa, and former student body president at John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary, and is now pastor of Grace Church Bellingham. He counts it all rubbish with Jim McNeely as he discusses his amazing journey out of Lordship Salvation to become a gospel-centered radical grace advocate. Find Dax at practicalgrace.org or www.gracebellingham.org.

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2014/03/podcast-4-a-conversation-about-lordship-salvation/feed/ 5 noDax Swanson is a graduate of Princeton University, doctor, medical missionary to Africa, and former student body president at John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary, and is now pastor of Grace Church Bellingham. He counts it all rubbish with Jim McNeely as he discusses his amazing journey out of Lordship Salvation to become a gospel-centered radical grace […] The post podcast 4: A Conversation About Lordship Salvation appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Dax Swanson is a graduate of Princeton University, doctor, medical missionary to Africa, and former student body president at John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary, and is now pastor of Grace Church Bellingham. He counts it all rubbish with Jim McNeely as he discusses his amazing journey out of Lordship Salvation to become a gospel-centered radical grace […] The post podcast 4: A Conversation About Lordship Salvation appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace podcast 3: The power of confession and grace in community (1John 1) https://thereforenow.com/2013/09/podcast-3-the-power-of-confession-and-grace-in-community-1john-1/ https://thereforenow.com/2013/09/podcast-3-the-power-of-confession-and-grace-in-community-1john-1/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:03:27 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=3839 Relationship and intimate community is impossible without the blood of Jesus at the center. Either judgment and lying and pretense govern our relationships, or grace rules our relationships. Jesus’ blood makes confession and truth possible, and opens the door to true fellowship. A message on 1 John chapter 1.

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]]> Relationship and intimate community is impossible without the blood of Jesus at the center. Either judgment and lying and pretense govern our relationships, or grace rules our relationships. Jesus’ blood makes confession and truth possible, and opens the door to true fellowship. A message on 1 John chapter 1.

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2013/09/podcast-3-the-power-of-confession-and-grace-in-community-1john-1/feed/ 0 noRelationship and intimate community is impossible without the blood of Jesus at the center. Either judgment and lying and pretense govern our relationships, or grace rules our relationships. Jesus’ blood makes confession and truth possible, and opens the door to true fellowship. A message on 1 John chapter 1. The post podcast 3: The power of confession and grace in community (1John 1) appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Relationship and intimate community is impossible without the blood of Jesus at the center. Either judgment and lying and pretense govern our relationships, or grace rules our relationships. Jesus’ blood makes confession and truth possible, and opens the door to true fellowship. A message on 1 John chapter 1. The post podcast 3: The power of confession and grace in community (1John 1) appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace Mockingbird Spring 2013 Message https://thereforenow.com/2013/04/you-have-supernatural-abilities-how-to-use-them-wisely/ https://thereforenow.com/2013/04/you-have-supernatural-abilities-how-to-use-them-wisely/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:52:50 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=3302 We live and breathe and have supernatural abilities to judge the actions of others (Romans 1:18,19; 2:14,15). We are even better at judging ourselves than others, because we have first hand knowledge of ourselves. Our judgments and criticisms of each other are not generally wrong; they are generally spot on. If the judgment and wrath […]

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We live and breathe and have supernatural abilities to judge the actions of others (Romans 1:18,19; 2:14,15). We are even better at judging ourselves than others, because we have first hand knowledge of ourselves. Our judgments and criticisms of each other are not generally wrong; they are generally spot on. If the judgment and wrath and criticisms we bear against one another cannot be truly forgiven, we are trapped in our irritations and angers with each other, and we must put forward an acceptable but false persona just to carry on. Forgiveness cannot really be given with a cheap word or thought; God forgives at the cost of the blood of His only precious Son.

So, either wrath and judgment govern our relationships, or the grace of Jesus Christ at the cost of His blood govern our relationships. Once we enter the community of the genuinely forgiven, love truly governs us together. This audio message from the Spring Mockingbird conference in NYC delves deeply into these truths:

The material in this talk was drawn from the following blog posts:

http://thereforenow.com/2013/02/1-john-319-24-the-single-commandment-belief-and-love/
http://thereforenow.com/2013/03/take-the-red-pill/
http://thereforenow.com/2013/03/reflections-on-the-wrath-of-god/
http://thereforenow.com/2013/03/love-in-the-land-of-wrath/

Also, the talk draws heavily from Chapter 8 of the Romance of Grace; you should buy it and read it! Hint hint!

Buy Romance of Grace.

For more great material from the conference, visit Mockingbird’s page with all the audio posted, and donate some money to them for giving all of this away for free:

http://www.mbird.com/2013/04/2013-nyc-conference-recordings-good-news-that-never-gets-old/

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2013/04/you-have-supernatural-abilities-how-to-use-them-wisely/feed/ 0 noWe live and breathe and have supernatural abilities to judge the actions of others (Romans 1:18,19; 2:14,15). We are even better at judging ourselves than others, because we have first hand knowledge of ourselves. Our judgments and criticisms of each other are not generally wrong; they are generally spot on. If the judgment and wrath […] The post Mockingbird Spring 2013 Message appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.We live and breathe and have supernatural abilities to judge the actions of others (Romans 1:18,19; 2:14,15). We are even better at judging ourselves than others, because we have first hand knowledge of ourselves. Our judgments and criticisms of each other are not generally wrong; they are generally spot on. If the judgment and wrath […] The post Mockingbird Spring 2013 Message appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace The Challenge of Forgiveness https://thereforenow.com/2012/05/the-challenge-of-forgiveness/ https://thereforenow.com/2012/05/the-challenge-of-forgiveness/#respond Mon, 28 May 2012 22:03:04 +0000 http://thereforenow.com/?p=2217 Here is the audio of a message given at Dakota Creek Christian Center in Blaine WA on May 27 2012.   If you would like a copy of the powerpoint slides for this message leave a comment and I’ll send it to you.

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]]> Here is the audio of a message given at Dakota Creek Christian Center in Blaine WA on May 27 2012.

 

If you would like a copy of the powerpoint slides for this message leave a comment and I’ll send it to you.

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]]> https://thereforenow.com/2012/05/the-challenge-of-forgiveness/feed/ 0 noHere is the audio of a message given at Dakota Creek Christian Center in Blaine WA on May 27 2012.   If you would like a copy of the powerpoint slides for this message leave a comment and I’ll send it to you. The post The Challenge of Forgiveness appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Here is the audio of a message given at Dakota Creek Christian Center in Blaine WA on May 27 2012.   If you would like a copy of the powerpoint slides for this message leave a comment and I’ll send it to you. The post The Challenge of Forgiveness appeared first on Therefore Now Ministries.Gospel,Jesus,Grace