Podcasts about jr vassar

On this episode of The Postscript, Pastor Ian and Pastor Andrew sit down to discuss the book of Habakkuk.Resources mentioned in this episode:Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, Mark VroegopGlory Hunger, JR Vassar

Series: RenovateWeek: 5Scripture: Psalm 103; 1 Corinthians 15:9-10Preacher: Brian LoweYou Can Change by Tim ChesterGlory Hunger by JR Vassar

This Sunday, JR Vassar continued our series in Romans. Pastor JR describes how our faith is not about our actions, but true spirituality is an inside-out reality. It's not a worldview, set of morals, or list of rules. Christianity is about the work of the Holy Spirit in your heart. Sermon Text: Romans 2:17-29 Sermon Notes: True Spirituality is an inside-out reality He brings conviction He gives revelation He gives confidence in Jesus He indwells you He assures you

Scripture: Romans 2:1-16 This Sunday, JR Vassar continued our series in Romans. This sermon closely examines how God's righteous judgment and loving kindness work together to lead us to repentance and into the fullness of life. Notes:Jesus will carry out God's Judgment God's Judgment will be Just God's judgment will be irreversible Our only Hope in judgment is Grace

Scriptures ReferencedProverbs 30:32-33[32] If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth. [33] For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.Romans 1:5-7[5] through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, [6] including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, [7] To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.3 John 1:5-8[5] Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, [6] who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. [7] For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. [8] Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.Psalm 115:1–3[1] Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! [2] Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”[3] Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. (ESV)Matthew 6:30–34[30] But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? [31] Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?' or ‘What shall we drink?' or ‘What shall we wear?' [32] For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. [33] But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. [34] “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (ESV)Books ReferencedGlory Hunger by JR Vassar https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Hunger-Gospel-Quest-Something/dp/143354010XEmbracing Obscurity by Anonymous Author https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Obscurity-Becoming-Nothing-Everything/dp/1433677814The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Faces-Collected-Joseph-Campbell/dp/1577315936/

JR Vassar preaches from Proverbs 24:30-34 on sloth and its cure.

Romans 8:28-30 "Don't turn a text of comfort into a text of controversy… when we go through times of suffering, theology matters. God is not going to comfort you apart from reason or your mind… He comforts us with truth… Theology has the ability to serenade and sooth you." – JR Vassar

Romans 8:18-29 "Be careful how you define 'good.' It doesn't mean an upgrade in your circumstances as much as it means an upgrade in you." –JR Vassar

Romans 8:1-27 "The Holy Spirit is given to us because life is too much for us." -JR Vassar

Romans 8:22-25 "God wants the Holy Spirit not to be just a theological truth we affirm, but an experiential reality we encounter." – JR Vassar

Romans 8:17-22 "Jesus has come to regain us for God and to regain creation for us." –JR Vassar

Romans 8:14-17 "The Holy Spirit gives every Christian a sense of God's personal, fatherly love." – JR Vassar

Romans 8:12-17 "The mortification of sin is more than overcoming certain particular sins; it is the killing of the roots of sin, not just the fruit of sin." -JR Vassar

Romans 8:1-4 "The gospel is that your heart may be made fit to receive the Holy Spirit and that you might be brought into a new experience of life altogether under the influence and power of the Holy Spirit."–JR Vassar

Romans 1:1-4 "A Christian should never feel condemned, never see God as opposed to them, and never see him as a God in need of appeasing. It's all been done in Christ." -JR Vassar

"The gospel will heal you of your need to be extraordinary because it gives you the love and approval you desperately want and need." – JR Vassar

Hebrews 11:29-40 "It is the exercise of faith in God that activates the power of God to bring about the supernatural work of God." –JR Vassar

Psalm 80 "Jesus didn't show up to lecture and condemn us, he came to save us." – JR Vassar

"You can oppose the Kingdom of Jesus, but you can never overcome it." -JR Vassar

1 John 2:18-27 "This is how you know you have the Holy Spirit living in your life, you see and trust and treasure Jesus." – JR Vassar

1 John 2:1-11 "You can never enjoy a love that you have to earn because you are always afraid you can lose it." -JR Vassar

1 John 2:1-6 "Being a Christian means I know Christ – not just as a good person, therapist, life coach, or example to follow. It means I know him as Savior and advocate." –JR Vassar

I John 2:1-2 "You get assurance by looking to a person." -JR Vassar

Philippians 4:4-9 "Much of our anxiety is the fruit of what we have chosen to set our minds on." – JR Vassar

"Contentment come from having the real felt presence of God in your life." – JR Vassar

Matthew 6:25-34 "Your fears are false prophets telling you lies about God." -JR Vassar

Psalm 42 "Experiencing God's presence is your only hope for anxiety." – JR Vassar

Luke 24:36-43 "You can't out-sin God's grace." -JR Vassar

Luke 22:24-30 "Greatness is not promoting yourself to be seen, but humbling yourself to serve." -JR Vassar

Luke 14:25-33 "We cannot live for ourselves and bring life to this world." -JR Vassar

Luke 5:27-31 "No one walks into the kingdom with their head held high" – JR Vassar

Luke 4:1-13 "I'll submit my desires to God's will and I will not define God's will by my desires " – JR Vassar

"You cannot move towards Jesus and sexual sin at the same time" – JR Vassar

"In the end it won't matter what you owned, what will matter is who owned you" – JR Vassar

Proverbs 24:30-34 | 26:13-16 "Boredom is the result of being unhinged from your purpose and your design." -JR Vassar

"If you hope to change your speech, you must address your heart." -JR Vassar

Proverbs 1:8-19 "Creation and the Cross level all of humanity and equally elevate it." -JR Vassar

Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-30 "Proverbs shows us what a life looks like when it's been put back together by God – by His good rule and authority." -JR Vassar

1 John 4:14 "One thing that makes Christianity unique is that it is based on historically verifiable events." JR Vassar

Ephesians 6:21-24 "What you love most is the most important thing about you because it determines how you live." JR Vassar

Ephesians 6:10-20 "There are things we are up against that will not have pragmatic solutions because they have demonic origins." -JR Vassar

Ephesians 6:5-9 "Christian workers should be the hardest working, most reliable, most responsible, most dependable workers because they are working to please Jesus. And they should do their work with excellence." – JR Vassar

Ephesians 6:1-4 "As you see the kind of father God is you can see the kind of parent you can become." – JR Vassar

Ephesians 5:22-33 "Marriage is a parable of Christ's relationship with his people." -JR Vassar

Ephesians 5:15-21 "God's will isn't something buried that you have to dig up. It is something revealed that you have to learn and live out." -JR Vassar

Ephesians 5:7-14 "Counter the darkness with the truth of the Gospel – I belong to God, he is for me and not against me. He is for my good." – JR Vassar

Ephesians 5:1-7 "We are not to do with our body what we don't have the character, the courage and the commitment to do with our whole life." -JR Vassar