McKernan Baptist Church Podcast

Psalm 63 This Psalm is the heart cry of David, a man who was facing difficult circumstances, yet kept his focus on knowing God's love and goodness, desiring relationship with Him, responding in worship, and trusting through difficulties. Knowing God's love and goodness invites us into: 1. Passionate relationship with Him (v1,5a) - The language of thirst that the Psalmist uses implies an insatiable...

. Traveler's Questions a. What lies ahead? b. Where can I find help? 2. Traveler's Confession a. My help comes from the maker of heaven and earth. 3. Traveler's Blessing a. The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Questions for Reflection As we embark on summer 2021 with what we can see and what we cannot, where can God help you in the journey? Whether you go throug...

A sermon on Psalm 23.

A Life of Faith: Where The Extraordinary is Ordinary

REVELATIONS 3:14-22

The youth takeover the service, and Pastor Dave shares.

Psalms: Knowing God

In the Psalms, we see God's people look beyond their earthly reality to find renewed perspective in God's True Reality. Today we'll see how Psalm 96 calls God's people to declare the Good News that the True God is on the Throne of the world. While we typically think of "sharing the good news" as a New Testament challenge, here we see it as a privilege extended to God's people long before the comin...

Psalm 16 In the Psalms, we see God's people look beyond their earthly reality to find renewed perspective in God's true reality. On this Mother's Day, we'll look at Psalm 16 and see how the Psalmist looks beneath the surface of our everyday existence and shows how God is the one worthy foundation of our homes, whether we're single, married or parents. The Psalm offers a number of affirmations that...

"God's desire for representatives, unity, and relationship" - John 17 John 17 is very important in our understanding of what Jesus sacrificed through His death as this passage records a beautiful prayer of Jesus and gives us a glimpse into what was going through His mind right before His death. Jesus' prayer in John 17 reveals to us God's heart for how we are to live in the world, how we treat one...

John 12:12-13; 19:38-42; 20:11-22 On this Palm Sunday we continue our journey with the book, "40 Days of Decrease." Our current readings in the book of John have brought us past the events of Palm Sunday to describe scenes of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. As we see various characters begin to understand the nature of Jesus' Kingship, we start to see responses that appropriately procla...

Ephesians 2:11-21 What is the Gospel? Pastor Harry Lehotsky influence - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJfnsnXwbfQ Cheap grace results when we reduce the gospel to forgiveness of sins, limit salvation to fire insurance from hell, and grasp only half of what the Bible says about sin. The question is not, 'Do you want to have your soul saved for heaven?'. The question is, 'Do you want to join the kingdom o...

Matthew 6:13 Jesus said we are to pray, "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one." Believers are in a battle. We all have temptations. We all have trials. And no one is above yielding to them and damaging our lives. How are we to handle temptation? We must not be surprised by it, but rather we are to expect these trials. And we are to view the trials and suffering in our lives...

God tells us time and time again how much He loves us. He invites us into a relationship with Him and desires to engage in the kind of dialogue there would be between a parent and their child. We are encouraged to present our requests to God in that similar kind of relationship, trusting that God cares so much more for us than any earthly parent ever could. How do we process what is going on when...

In the Psalms, we see God's people look beyond their earthly reality to find renewed perspective in God's true reality. Even from the cross, Jesus quoted twice from the Psalms (Ps. 22:1; 31:5). Many of the Psalms were written out of the experience of great difficulty, expressing deep lament over desperate circumstances. Today, we will look at an example of one such Psalm (Psalm 13) and explore how...

John 18:1-11 On this fourth Sunday of Lent, we continue our journey with the book, "40 Days of Decrease." Our current readings in the book of John have brought us to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus is arrested. The story paints an amazing scene in which trained, rugged soldiers fall back on the ground at the sound of Jesus' voice. The irony in this account is thick. Jesus is the one arrested,...

March 7, 2021 - LENT: LIFE BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE "WORLD"

John 13:1-17; 14:1-6 On this second Sunday of Lent, we continue our journey with the book, "40 Days of Decrease." Our current readings in the book of John have us in the Upper Room, where Jesus washed His disciples' feet and began to explain His soon coming departure. In John 14:1-6, Jesus talked of going away to make available the kind of life He came to offer, not just in the future, but for now...

John 12:24-26 Today is the first Sunday of Lent. As we begin a journey with the book, "40 Days of Decrease," the messages during this season will come from the daily readings in John 12-21 that are recommended in the book. We begin today with Christ's words in John 12:24-26, where Jesus provides His certain response to the awareness that His impending crucifixion was near. This response appropriat...

Isaiah 42:1-9 Last week, we began a journey through this passage in which Christ is prophesied as the Coming Servant of the Lord. As those served by Him, we are now sent to serve as He served (Jn. 20:21-22). Today, we'll see what this prophecy has to say about how and who Jesus came to serve. If we are sent to serve as Jesus came to serve... How are we to serve? Rather than draw attention to ourse...

***WARNING: WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MICROPHONE AND THERE IS SOME HIGH-PITCHED RINGING THROUGHOUT THE SERMON. *** Isaiah 42:1-9 We live in a culture that is quick to serve itself. This "self" focus runs quite counter to the challenge of many references we find in Isaiah to "the servant of the Lord." God called His people, Israel to be His servant (41:9), yet they failed to serve His purposes...

God is Our Trusted Source of Hope (Psalm 121) We start by lifting up our eyes to God (1-2) God's presence is active (3-4) God's presence offers us protection (5-8) He promises to be with us in difficult times (Isaiah 43:1-4) Moving Forward in Hope Cultivating the hope that we have in God Prayer Scripture Telling stories of God's faithfulness (Joshua 4:21-22) Sabbath Stewarding our selves Maintain...

As Isaiah continues to address the situation of God's people exiled in Babylon, he addresses the fear that will certainly threaten them, especially when Persia overtakes Babylon (41:10). Not only does Isaiah call the exiles not to fear, He offers them solid truth that speaks to their (and our) fear. When fear threatens to control us, God assures us with these truths...

BEYOND THE DESIRE TO GIVE UP Isaiah 40:28-31 In our journey through Isaiah, we'll continue to look at God's amazing prophetic encouragement to His people (Is. 40) as they would find themselves in the pain and questions of exile, certainly tempted to give up on living faithfully for Him. In the past two weeks, we've seen how God gave to them a picture of His unwavering love (vs. 1-11), sovereign po...

In our journey through Isaiah, we'll continue to look at God's amazing prophetic encouragement to His people as they would find themselves in the pain and questions of exile. Last week, we saw God's posture of love, inviting them (and us) to ultimate restoration. Today, we'll see how verses 12-28 address God's absolute ability to fulfil His promises and His purposes. Where they (and we) could not...