MONDAY MINUTES With Pastor Chris McCool (September 28, 2020)

How important is truth in your life? Is it wrong to want to know the truth when it comes to your religious beliefs? Jesus Himself said, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32). In this article, Elder Buddy Abernathy shows us the necessity of knowing what “truth” is,…

| | |

Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Fifteen – Rules of the Road (Part 1) (Mark 8)

By Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (September 13, 2020) While His disciples walked with Him from place to place, Jesus was constantly teaching them “rules of the road” that would help them in their ministry. In this sermon, Pastor Chris McCool begins to deal with some of the “Rules of the Road” laid out by the…

MONDAY MINUTES with Pastor Chris McCool (September 21, 2020)

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for this blog about the fear that the current circumstances of the world brings. We discussed the fact that we are strangers and pilgrims in this sin-cursed world. We discovered that the church – the Kingdom of God in this world – should be our refuge. Today,…

| | |

Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Fourteen – She Didn’t Stand a Chance! (Part 2) (Elder Chris McCool, August 29, 2020)

In this message, Pastor Chris McCool recaps Part Thirteen of our series, about the Syro-Phoenician woman who came to Jesus in Mark Chapter 7, and finishes up the message. Do you think you don’t stand a chance in Jesus’ sight? This woman certainly didn’t – and yet our loving, compassionate Savior blessed her faith with…

| | |

Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Thirteen – She Didn’t Stand a Chance! (Part 1) (Elder Chris McCool, Mark 7:25-30) (August 29, 2020)

Have you ever felt like you didn’t stand a chance with Jesus? There was a faithful little outcast woman, Syro-Phoenician by birth, who came to Him one day with a desperate petition: “My daughter is possessed of a devil, Lord, and only you can help!” But she was not a Jew, and therefore from all…

|

Dwelling in the Lord’s House (Elder Buddy Abernathy, September 6, 2020)

In speaking of the House of the Lord, King David declared, “LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.” (Ps. 26:8). Elsewhere, he fervently affirms, “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days…

MONDAY MINUTES With Pastor Chris McCool (September 7, 2020)

Happy Labor Day to everyone! Today is a national holiday, celebrated every year on the first Monday in September. Most of us will enjoy a day off from work, and likely will engage in some family activity involving a good meal and fun family times. According to the Department of Labor’s website, Labor Day “is…

|

Glorying Only in the Cross (Bro. John Morgan Owens, August 23, 2020) (Gal. 6)

In this sermon, Bro. Owens asks us to imagine the misery of a world where our eternal salvation is based on our works. Many people in the world today are following such religious schemes – how miserable must that kind of belief make your life to be! We could never be satisfied with our own…

| | |

The Life of the Church (Elder Buddy Abernathy, August 8, 2020)

Have you ever considered the fact that the Church of Jesus Christ is NOT an organization, but a living organism? The Head of the Church is Christ Himself, Who is ruling and reigning over His earthly Kingdom today. We (the members) are the Body – living, loving, looking to Him for our guide and support….