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Followed By Mercy

W. Austin Gardner

The Followed By Mercy PodcastReal Grace, Honest HopeYou 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:

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14:02

Remember Where You Were And What Christ Did

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2025/11/28

Send us a text Brought Near: From Distance to Family Ever felt like God was far away or like you were on the outside looking in? From Hopeless Distance to Nearness Paul reminds Gentile believers that they once stood separated from Christ, cut off from Israel’s commonwealth and the covenants of promise, “having no hope and without God in the world.” Remembering that former distance is not to keep them in shame but to magnify the sheer mercy of God in bringing them near. Now, in Christ J...

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16:46

But God: Mercy, Grace, And Our Place In Christ

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2025/11/27

Send us a text When “But God” breaks into a life, the cycle of shame, striving, and spiritual exhaustion finally meets a dead end. This episode walks through Ephesians 2 to show how God’s rich mercy and great love rewrite the story for people who feel stuck under guilt with no way out. Episode overview Two small words, “but God,” stand between who you were and who you are now in Christ. Together we trace the shift from being dead in sin to being made alive, raised, and seated with Christ, an...

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18:29

God’s Kindness, Not Our Merit, Changes Everything

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2025/11/26

Send us a text What if the most complex parts of your life became the most transparent windows into God’s kindness? In this episode, we open Ephesians 2:7–10 and sit with a bold truth: salvation is a gift, good works are fruit, and the future is a stage where God will show the riches of His grace. That vision doesn’t shrink your pain; it gives it purpose. We talk about what it really means to be saved by grace through faith, not by morality, effort, or ritual, but by mercy, initiative, and l...

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22:25

If Grace Did Everything, What Does That Make Us?

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2025/11/25

Send us a text Have you ever felt like your spiritual life was a phone with no signal, working on the outside but cut off where it matters most? That’s the picture Paul paints in Ephesians 2:1–3. After all the praise and promise of chapter 1, he turns the light toward who we were without Christ and who we are now in Him. This isn’t about cleaning yourself up or trying harder. It’s about resurrection. We talk about what it means to be “dead in trespasses and sins,” why “you hath he quickened”...

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20:02

Stop Auditioning For A Role You Already Have

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2025/11/24

Send us a text Holiness in this episode isn’t a bar you climb over but a home you’ve already been brought into. It’s a life defined by belonging to God, not by keeping score. In this rich conversation with Robert Canfield, we look at Ephesians 1, where there are no commands, only declarations of what God has already done: chosen, sanctified, accepted, and sealed in Christ. A new foundation for holiness We are promised Sanctification, not pressured to sanctify ourselves, as seen in Heb...

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11:37

Reading The Bible Through Love, Not Fear

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2025/11/20

Send us a text What happens when you stop reading the Bible like a rulebook and start reading it like a love letter? That question guides our conversation today. We sit with four familiar passages from Genesis 3, Psalm 51, Luke 15, and John 8, and we walk through seven simple questions that help us see the heart of God instead of our own fear. These questions pull back the curtain on a God who seeks before we search, covers before we hide, and restores before we perform. We start in the gard...

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6:51

Why Love Went Missing In Church

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2025/11/19

Send us a text What if the loudest Christian voices were not the angriest, but the most loving? That is where today’s conversation begins. We slow down and examine how communities drift from grace into performance, from compassion into control, and how that subtle shift can erode what we are trying to convey to the world. Jesus said people would know us by our love. If that is true, the way forward will not come from stronger platforms but from softer hearts. We talk about grace as the frame...

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31:02

Redemption, Forgiveness, And The Restoration Of All...

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2025/11/18

Send us a text A broken world keeps telling us to try harder, fix ourselves, and be our own source. But in Ephesians 1, God speaks a better word. In Christ, we are redeemed, forgiven, and drawn into a restoration story that stretches from Eden to eternity. This episode explores three anchors: redemption, forgiveness, and restoration, and demonstrates how they transition from theology to lived reality. Redemption isn’t a slogan; it’s a purchase. We examine what “through His blood” truly means,...

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18:28

From Servants To Sons: Why Performance Can’t Earn Grace

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2025/11/17

Send us a text What if the answer isn’t more faith, but a better object for your faith? In this episode, we open Luke 17 and listen as Jesus redirects His disciples from measuring their belief to resting in the power and character of God. The mustard seed isn’t a quota to hit; it’s a picture of trust placed in Someone great. Then comes the parable of the unprofitable servant, a jarring reminder that even perfect duty can’t earn God’s favor, because grace isn’t a paycheck. It’s a gift. That tr...

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19:33

Finding Assurance When Faith Feels Fragile

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2025/11/14

Send us a text What if the cure for spiritual doubt isn’t trying harder but changing your focus? In this episode, we examine Peter’s letter to believers who’d lost almost everything: their homes, comfort, and normal life, yet were told to “greatly rejoice.” Their anchor wasn’t optimism. It was a living hope rooted in the resurrection of Jesus and an inheritance that can never decay or fade. Genuine assurance develops when you stop measuring your faith by your performance and begin trusting th...

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21:06

From Lepers To Gratitude: Mercy That Finds The Forgotten

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2025/11/13

Send us a text Mercy doesn’t wait for perfect people or perfect moments. It walks into forgotten places and meets us right where we are. In this episode, we open Luke 17 and sit with the ten men who cried out from a distance, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” All ten are healed as they go, but only one stops, sees what grace has done, and turns back to give thanks. That turn becomes our roadmap: notice the mercy you didn’t earn, pause long enough to feel it, and return praise to the One who ...

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21:47

Rethinking “If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments”...

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2025/11/12

Send us a text A single verse misunderstood can shape your whole view of God for better or worse. “If you love me, keep my commandments” has often been used like a scoreboard, measuring who’s in and who’s out. However, in John 14, that line is set within a conversation filled with comfort, peace, and promise. When you hear it in that light, obedience stops being a price tag for love and becomes the natural response to love already given. In this episode, we trace how Jesus connects love and a...

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26:36

Refuge In The Storm

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2025/11/11

Send us a text What if you stopped begging God to show up and started living as if He has already? In this episode, we dive into Psalm 46 with honesty and practical faith, tracing the path from anxious thoughts to a steady heart. From a late-night nudge to read the Psalms to the backdrop of a category-five hurricane, we explore how “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” becomes more than a verse. It becomes a way to move through hard days. We talk about the power of ...

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20:50

Washed And Free

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2025/11/10

Send us a text Still wrestling with old regrets even though you trust Jesus? This episode gets honest about that tension, the gap between what God declares over you and what your mind won’t stop replaying. Starting with Ezekiel’s picture of clean water, we trace how the Old Testament’s rituals pointed ahead to something far greater: not a temporary washing, but a once-for-all cleansing, finished at the cross and confirmed by the resurrection. We break down imputation in simple terms. Every ch...

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26:36

Seeking What’s Lost

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2025/11/07

Send us a text Jesus continues to eat with people the religious crowd avoids. That’s the scandal that starts this episode. From there, we open Luke 19:10 and Luke 15 to trace a single, relentless theme: God’s heart beats for the lost not as a label to condemn, but as beloved people missing from where they belong. We walk through three stories that reveal mercy in motion. A sheep that wanders without malice. A coin that’s valuable yet unaware. A son who rebels and walks away. Each story ends i...

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30:14

The Father’s Heart: Mercy, Not Condemnation

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2025/11/06

Send us a text What if the most famous verse in the Bible has been hiding a radical truth in plain sight that God’s default posture toward the world is mercy, not condemnation? In this episode, we trace a clear line from Exodus 34 to John 3:16 to 2 Corinthians 5 and see the Father revealing His own heart: merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and rich in steadfast love. Psalm 23 becomes the lens through which we see that same Father lifting our heads when shame and fear weigh us down. We talk ho...

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26:45

Rest Over Religion

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2025/11/05

Send us a text We speak plainly about money, missions, and the hope that drives both: Jesus offers rest where religion piles on rules. From Matthew 11:28 and Psalm 23, we discuss how grace relieves guilt and how giving, praying, and going can flow from love rather than pressure. Across India, Latin America, and beyond, we’ve seen people try to earn peace through rituals, diets, candles, or daily checklists. Those scenes meet the words of Jesus: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy ...

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31:05

Chosen And Accepted In Christ

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2025/11/04

Send us a text What if your identity wasn't based on your performance, your past, or your reputation, but rested on a verdict already spoken by the Father? He chose you, blessed you with every spiritual blessing, set you apart, planned your public adoption, and made you accepted in the Beloved. We start by confronting a familiar myth that the Father is a distant scorekeeper while Jesus runs interference. Paul won't allow that. Grace precedes peace because the Father moves first. That's why th...

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10:55

Why Rules Can’t Make You Holy But Love Can

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2025/11/03

Send us a text What if the most powerful force for real change isn’t pressure or fear but gratitude? In this episode, we open Galatians to discover why “faith working through love” is the heartbeat of the Christian life and how grace transforms duty into desire. Instead of chasing perfection, we explore a better way: walking with the Spirit so that Christ reproduces His life in us, one day at a time. We uncover the traps of legalism and license one crushes with demands, the other drains you o...

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11:26

Born Free: Law, Grace, And The Laughter Of Isaac

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2025/10/31

Send us a text What if the heaviness you feel isn't from sin but from spiritual striving that grace has already answered? In this episode, we walk through Paul's sweeping argument in Galatians using the vivid story of Hagar and Sarah to reveal why law and grace can't coexist in the same heart without conflict. Hagar represents Sinai's effort, rules, and slavery. Sarah embodies promise, faith, and freedom. Ishmael is what happens when we rush God's plan; Isaac is the joy born from trusting His...

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