Food For Your Soul

Darrell Ferguson
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Start your day with a 10-minute breakfast for your soul. Excerpts from in-depth, expository sermons with a single application point to carry with you through the day.

  1. Jun 1

    1 Ridiculous Patience: Parable of the Vineyard Mark 12:1-12

    In this parable, a vineyard owner responds to shocking rebellion with patience that's, frankly, hard to believe. Everyone in the parable behaves in ways that sound unrealistic—even ridiculous. Why does Jesus tell such a farfetched story? The answer will help you in times when you're afraid God is losing patience with you. Discover what Jesus was revealing about the human heart—and how understanding God's astonishing patience can deepen your repentance, strengthen your hope, and draw you closer to Him. This expositional sermon explores the astonishing patience of God, the insanity of human rebellion, and the terrifying danger of refusing to listen when God speaks. If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    1h 2m

  2. May 25

    6 Jesus and the Agnostics Mark 11:27-33

    Whenever God speaks, you can listen in a way that increases your sensitivity to his voice or in a way that deadens your ability to hear God. Some spiritual ignorance is innocent. But very often, ignorance is due to unwillingness to accept what God has revealed. Agnosticism is not an intellectually respectable position. More often than not, it's simply willful ignorance. In this expository sermon from Mark 11:27–33, we examine one of the most fascinating confrontations in the Gospels. After cleansing the temple, Jesus is challenged by the chief priests, scribes, and elders: "By what authority are you doing these things?" But with a single counter-question about John the Baptist, Jesus exposes their hypocrisy.If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    48 min

  3. May 25

    Where Angels Fear to Tread - 2 Peter 2:10-13

    When temptation strikes, we instinctively weigh the consequences. But what if God told you, "For this sin, there would be no consequences. I'm simply telling you no." How much weight would the sheer fact of God's authority carry in your heart? This paints a disturbing picture of false teachers who thought so little of God's authority that they boldly rushed in where angels literally fear to tread. God's authority is one of the most neglected attributes in the Christian life. This passage will awaken your heart to the majesty of a God who has every right to command. In this sermon from 2 Peter 2, we explore one of the Bible's most sobering portraits of rebellion against God's authority. If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    45 min

  4. May 18

    5 Jesus Kills a Tree—A Miracle of Destruction - Mark 11:21

    The cursing of the fig tree stands out as Jesus' only miracle of destruction. Some reject this miracle as being beneath the Jesus we know. Did he really get so annoyed about not getting a fig that he would destroy the tree—even though he knew it wasn't the season for figs? Or is there a deeper lesson? This Bible teaching explores: • Why Jesus cursed the fig tree • Whether this was a "bad miracle" • The fig tree as a prophetic object lesson • The connection between fruitlessness and divine judgment • What this miracle reveals about faith and hypocrisy • The curse on creation and the age-of-the-earth debate • How Jesus used physical illustrations to communicate spiritual truth If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    10 min

  5. May 11

    4 Did Jesus Really Mean You Can Move Mountains? Mark 11:20-24

    In Mark 11, Jesus tells his disciples they can hurl mountains into the sea, and in the very same week prays, "Not my will, but yours." What is the balance between approaching the throne with bold, impassioned prayers and surrendering to God's will above our own? Was Jesus promising Christians the power to move literal mountains? Why didn't the apostles ever do it? And why does Jesus connect mountain-moving faith with forgiveness? Jesus' teaching in this passage shows the answers rise from understanding one of God's more underappreciated attributes—his eagerness to answer your prayers. He loves saying, "yes" to his children! If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    46 min

  6. May 4

    3 The Real Reason Jesus Cleared the Temple – Mark 11:11-24

    What did Jesus really accomplish when He cursed the fig tree and overturned the tables in the Temple? In this in-depth expository teaching from Mark 11:11–24, we uncover a powerful and often misunderstood moment in Jesus' final days. Far from being random acts, these events reveal a decisive turning point in redemptive history—the judgment of the old Temple system and the introduction of something entirely new. Jesus inspects the Temple and finds it lacking the very fruit it was designed to produce: prayer—especially prayer from the nations. Using the fig tree as a living parable, He demonstrates that outward religious activity without true spiritual fruit leads to judgment. But the message doesn't end there. If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    54 min

  7. May 2

    Are You Righteous? - 2 Peter 2:5-9

    If your life were recorded in Scripture—your actions, thoughts, motives, words—would you be considered one of the righteous? Are you righteous? What's the standard? Lot is nobody's favorite character in Scripture. Yet Peter holds him up as an example of righteousness. Why? The answer cuts to the heart of what it means to walk with God. If you enjoy the message, please consider forwarding it to someone who might find it edifying. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    45 min

  8. Apr 27

    2 How to Have a Fruitful Life - Mark 11:9-21

    Why would Jesus kill a tree—on purpose? Why was he crying during his triumphal entry? Why did he cleanse a temple that was about to be destroyed? And what do those events teach us about how to have a productive, fruitful life that brings pleasure to God? In Mark 11, we see how these seemingly strange actions come together to show us how to fulfill God's wonderful plan for his people. If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a 5-stars rating. This helps others find the podcast. My sermons are the fruit of nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry, biblical counseling, formal seminary training, and a lifelong passion for God's Word. Since childhood, I've been drawn to the beauty and power of expository preaching—opening Scripture verse by verse and applying it to real life. After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

    56 min
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Start your day with a 10-minute breakfast for your soul. Excerpts from in-depth, expository sermons with a single application point to carry with you through the day.

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  • Creator
    Darrell Ferguson
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Food For Your Soul
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    Food For Your Soul

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