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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Forty-Three – The Resurrection of Jesus I (Mark 16)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached June 13, 2021) When last we looked at the Gospel of Mark, we saw Jesus buried in a borrowed tomb. But that isn’t the end of the story! The rest of the story is that Jesus was only there for three days and three nights, and He arose! The…

MONDAY MINUTES With Pastor Chris McCool (June 14, 2021): The Key to the Kingdom, Part 6

Today, let’s summarize what we have discussed regarding the Parable of the Sower in Mark 4. First of all, we learned that the Parable of the Sower does NOT teach us how to figure out who is a child of God and who is not. Rather, it sets forth four different categories of those who…

MONDAY MINUTES With Pastor Chris McCool – The Key to the Kingdom, Part 5

As we have examined the parable of the Sower and the Seeds found in chapter four of Mark’s gospel, we have discovered that ALL the categories of ground discussed by Jesus are referring to children of God – that is, there is not any category of ground discussed here that could be classified as someone…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Forty-Two – The Crucifixion of Jesus (Mark 15:22-47)

Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 30, 2021) This message was a hard message to preach. In researching the horrible details of how a crucifixion is carried out, I found my mind continuing to go to the view of Jesus on the cross. What an awful six hours of pain and suffering it must…

MONDAY MINUTES With Pastor Chris McCool (May 31, 2021): The Key to the Kingdom, Part 4

We have been examining the parable of the Sower and the Seeds found in chapter four of Mark’s gospel. Jesus Himself told the disciples that this parable is key to understanding the Kingdom of God: “Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?” (Mk 4:13). We have determined that the…

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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Seventeen: The Misery of Sin (1 Sam. 28-31)

This sermon concludes our series on the early life of David. We have seen this man grow from a young boy shepherding his father’s sheep, to a champion slaying a giant, and now to the king he was anointed to be, ascending the throne of Israel. But we have also seen Saul, a constant character…