Followed By Mercy
The Followed By Mercy Podcast
Real Grace, Honest Hope
You might notice a new name and a fresh look, but the heart behind this podcast is the same. After years as the World Evangelism Podcast, I sensed God leading me to a deeper, more personal path centered on His relentless mercy and the kind of honest hope that can reach into every hurting place. That’s why this show is now called Followed By Mercy Podcast. The format may shift, and the tone may be a bit more personal, but my mission hasn’t changed: I still believe the world desperately needs to hear the good news of God’s love in Jesus Christ. You are welcome here if you’ve been with me from the beginning or just found us now.
What if God’s love is more personal, stubborn, and relentless than you ever imagined?
Welcome to The Followed By Mercy Podcast, where we get honest about pain, hope, and the kind of grace that finds you right where you are, five days a week. This isn’t about religious performance or church routines. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt worn out, unseen, or unsure if they belong in the story of God’s love. Every conversation is rooted in this reality: God loves you right now, just as you are, and He isn’t giving up on you.
Here’s what you’ll find in every episode:
Experience God’s Relentless Love
Every show starts by reminding you that the Shepherd knows your name, cares about your story, and isn’t offended by your failures or questions. This is personal—it’s about God’s unwavering affection for you.
Find Your Place in His Heart
Once you grasp how fiercely you’re loved, sharing that love with others doesn’t feel forced. It becomes the most natural thing in the world. Real grace overflows.
Prayer That Changes You
We pray together—not just for the world “out there,” but for the battles and hopes you’re carrying right now. These prayers are honest, rooted in Scripture, and meant for hearts that need a gentle touch from the Shepherd.
Discover Your Unique Role
Whether you’re called to go, give, serve, or show kindness in your corner of the world, God’s mercy meets you where you are. You’re not just a bystander. You are His beloved, invited into the story He’s writing.
When life knocks the wind out of you, this is a place to catch your breath. You’ll hear the encouragement that meets you on your hardest days, and your honest questions will be welcomed. No pretending, no heavy-handed advice—just the reminder that your Shepherd is right there with you, walking every step with you, even when you feel like giving up.
Why does this matter? Because some days, it feels like nobody sees you or cares what you’re going through. But the truth is, you have a Shepherd who never takes His eyes off you, lets you slip through the cracks, and never gives up on you. That kind of love can put you back on your feet, and it might be the hope someone else is waiting to see in you, too.
If you’re longing for more than just religious talk—if you want to know you’re not alone and that God’s mercy is following you all the way home, you’re in the right place. Whether you listen in the car, on a walk, or in a quiet moment, let every episode remind you: God’s mercy is after you right now, ready to bring real grace and honest hope.
Subscribe today and join a community to discover what happens when loved people become loving people. The journey’s just beginning, and there’s a place for you here.
Followed By Mercy
Wise Men, Wise Worship
We trace the Magi’s journey, challenge Christmas myths, and call for worship that looks like generous, prepared giving. We share simple ways to keep Jesus at the center while still enjoying family, food, and fun.
• Daniel’s influence on the Magi and long waiting
• Separating tradition from the text about the wise men
• Gifts as signs of kingship, devotion and suffering
• Worship defined as giving, not performance
• Practical ways to put Christ at the center
• Joyful generosity toward church, missions and neighbors
• Simple family practices that point to Jesus
Let’s focus on Jesus. It’s time that Jesus takes center stage in our lives and especially on the day we celebrate his birthday
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Well, we are talking uh about Christmas. It's almost here, the day we celebrate Christmas. And I talked to you a little bit about how Joseph reacted, and it also made me want to think about how the wise men reacted to what we call Christmas today, to the birth of Christ. And I think it's very, very interesting. Some things to bring into play in your life and consider is this. One, they were wise men from the east. The east is where Daniel was. I don't know that there's any real definitive proof, but there's a very good chance that Daniel, who had been charged of the wise men, discipled men about who Jesus was and laid it out in Daniel 9 about his birth and his death. And they knew that. And years and years pass, and they're watching for the start, waiting for the coming of the Messiah. That just really brings strong to my heart the need for you to teach others what Jesus is teaching you. It's not about trying to bring them into some disciplined system. It's not about putting rules and regulations on them, but it's about your depth and knowledge of knowing God and how you share with others what God's doing in your life. And is that how the wise men were waiting for the star? That's an interesting thing. I don't know that I thought of that as a young man, but I think of it now. And these guys have been waiting and they made a trip. It took them a couple of years to get there because they didn't find him in the manger, like in the stories, you know, they found him at the house a couple of years later. And there's no real reason for us to believe that there were three of them. I think maybe that comes out of church tradition because of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But the Bible never says there were three wise men. They they they came bringing offerings. And then another thing I think is important, you know, at Christmas, when we think of gifts for each other, what are you going to get me? I don't know that we even think about what we're giving to the Lord, but these wise men came with gifts for the Lord: gold, frankincense, and myrrh, very likely having to do with his ruling, death, and suffering. And here we are, time draws near. Christmas, I want to challenge you to be generous. As Christians, I hope we are generous with the work of God, our local church, getting the gospel message around the world. All of that becomes so vitally important. We're a giving people. We're a generous people. We serve a giving God, and that makes us want to be a giving people. Now, if you notice these wise men came to worship, and worship isn't the music like uh in our churches today. It's like worship means music and singing and the jumping around and being excited. But the worship was the giving. It was a saying, here's an offering. It was a sacrificial offering, it was a meaningful offering, it was a thought-through offering, it was a prepared offering. And it was saying, hey, we've come to worship. Worship really is about giving to God the glory and the honor to his name. When you recognize that he's your creator, that he's your savior, that he is your life. And they recognize he was the king of the Jews. They recognize that. And the star had led them there. And when they found him, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. Now I'd like to challenge you to consider how you are going to react to Christmas. Will you worship Jesus? Will you help your family think about and worship Jesus? I'm afraid Jesus is an add-on to Christmas anymore. When I was a kid, people got really angry because of Xmas, X being the Greek sign for Christ. And well, we didn't like leaving Christ out of Christmas. And I agree. I agree. But I'm afraid we do. I'm afraid it's more about the gift I'm going to get my wife and the gift my wife is going to get me. I'm afraid it's more about the gifts we're going to give our children and the joy we're going to see there. I'm afraid it's more about the family reunion. I'm afraid it's more about the food and the fun and the fellowship than it is about Jesus. The world ought to know as wise men and wise women, we ought to have the desire to make Christmas really be about Christ. Now, I you can't stop the family stuff. You know, I've known people in the past that were kind of crazy. And I mean, they're like, we're not having Christmas, we're not celebrating Christmas, we're not giving gifts to him, but we're going to give gifts to the homeless. I've seen it all. I don't want to say that. I think enjoy the fellowship, enjoy the fun. I think God loves it when he sees us have a good time, but it wouldn't hurt to take some special time to think about how good God's been to you, to think about how much you love him, and to think about how much you worship him. It wouldn't be a bad time to think about what you might give to missions, to world evangelism, to getting the gospel out through your local church, to being generous, to being a giver. It wouldn't hurt for us to take some extra special time to just worship, to just say, I love you and I thank you, and let God do a work in our lives. I just challenge you to consider that. Christmas, like tomorrow, it's close. It's time. Let's focus on Jesus. It's time that Jesus takes center stage in our lives and especially on the day we celebrate his birthday. God bless y'all.
