by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/8/2017) Today we continue looking at the way in which David delivered his men from Saul while in the wilderness of Ziph, and we see that it was – once again – by the providence of God. David himself ascribes this deliverance to God, as we read in…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/24/2017) In the first half of this sermon, we saw that David delivered the city of Keilah from the Philistines. However, God tells him that these men of Keilah will deliver him to King Saul when Saul comes up to surround the city! David was NOT an absoluter:…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/24/2017) As we continue looking at the life of David, we begin top see him as a deliverer. Even while running from Saul, he freed the Israelite city of Keilah from the oppression of the Philistines. David may be out of the will of God in many ways,…
As we continue looking at the “Questions and Answers” article written by Elder Tim McCool, we examine some issues regarding the practice of the church. Primitive Baptists do not have Sunday Schools; why not? We sing a cappella instead of with instruments; why? Etc. Hopefully these questions and answers will help us understand what the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/10/2017) In the previous post, we began looking at the prayer David prayed from the cave of Adullam. When he fled in faithlessness from Saul, he ended up in a place where he was surrounded by ungodly men who did not share his vision of God. This seems…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 9/10/2017) When David fled from Saul, one of the places he ended up was the cave of Adullam. It was here that David seemingly reached his lowest point. We know this because he composed a psalm here, which was a prayer from the cave. Psalm 142 tells us what…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/27/2017) Yesterday, we began to see that the result of David’s faithlessness is death and destruction! At Nob, he lied and deceived, and the result was ultimately the death of these innocent priests. Our lack of faith can lead to dire results if we are not careful! Let…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/27/2017) As we have seen, even a “man after God’s own heart” is just a man! And David was no different: as faithful as he had been at times, now he has lost his faithfulness and resorted to the scheme of men to protect himself as he fled…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/27/2017) In the last message, we began looking at the roots of David’s lapse of faith. Today, we are going to go back and pick up a portion of the last message, but also begin to look at the faithfulness of God. God provided David a friend even…
Last week, since it is the beginning of a new year, we began posting a series of questions and answers written by my brother, Elder Tim McCool, pastor of Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church in Echola, Alabama. These questions and answers concern Primitive Baptists, and what we believe about some important biblical teachings. Many people have…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/27/2017) As we have begun to see, while David was truly a “man after God’s own heart,” he was not a perfect man! We are currently studying the account that demonstrates a failure of his faithfulness. What were the roots of this failure of faith? Today, we begin…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 7/23/2017) David was truly a “man after God’s own heart,” but he was not a perfect man! There were times when his faith failed. The topic today covers one such time. Although God had sustained David his whole life, even through the mismatched battle with Goliath, when Saul…
