Sermons by:

John McFarland

The Great King is in Session

One of the fifteen “royal psalms,” this one is also the most quoted OT text in the NT, as it reveals a Father/Son conversation in the Godhead and assures us of our King’s absolute rule over all things. In response, we should volunteer freely in His & our days of strength.

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The Lord is My Inheritance & Cup

“A Psalm for the Older Son” asks all readers and singers if the LORD really is enough as our Inheritance and Cup. As the proper Center for a saint’s life, byproducts would include peace, gratitude, and a love for the people of God.

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The Song of the Suffering Servant

This psalm is ‘of David,’ and even more about the greater Son of David, our Lord Jesus … in His unique, vicarious suffering, but also in the victory which arises out of crucifixion. All subsequent history is outlined at the close of this psalm; by grace, maybe you are here too!

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The Lord is Good ~ How and Why?

Jewish tradition called for the singing of “The Egyptian Hallel” at the close of the Passover or Seder. That collection is Psalm 113-118, meaning these themes were on our Savior’s mind as He left the upper room. What can we learn about the inner life of Jesus from this Psalm, explaining the source of God’s eternal mercy to us?

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The One Thing That Is All Things

Does God mind, in our prayers, when we ask Him for “just one [more] thing” … and that becomes a long list of things?! David leads us well here, as long as we recognize, at the end of that list is our desire for God Himself. Ponder why John Bunyan and his “Pilgrim” loved this Psalm too.

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God’s Twin Books of Truth

Psalm 19 features the twin books of revelation through which God makes Himself known to mankind. Both are glorious, one is of higher priority in our fallen world, but they are ultimately in agreement.

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Seven Precepts for Anxious Times

We are living in anxious times, but ALL times include anxieties. How should we live? Daniel 11-12 prophecies most troubling days on an international or even universal scale, yet God gives the prophet seven strong points of hope and help.

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Boasts, Idols, Stones, and Bones

Joshua’s long goodbye included a prophetic warning about Israel’s inability to keep covenant with God, so the covenant curses would have to come. What can we do, but ask God, on behalf of our children, to send His gifts of faith and repentance? More gifts: the true Yeshua (Jesus), honoring faith of our fathers, and an eternal Priest.

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Covenant History and the Open Heart

In Joshua 24, the aging leader is still saying goodbye (!), but this time it is in context of a covenant renewal, with worship, a historical review of the relationship, and a clear recommitment (with a swearing off of idols). We follow in their train.

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Not One Word Has Failed

Joshua is old; so says Joshua 23. Time to say goodbye. What are five critical concepts this godly, courageous leader will seek to promote when it is time for him to exit the stage? The most important one: The Lord your God continues with you!

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