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Sunday Schools and Youth Groups, Part 4: What the Bible Says About Sunday Schools I (Mat. 19:4)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 28, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, the Bible is clear that families ought to be worshiping together. Family integrated worship was the pattern of both the Old Testament and the New Testament, and it is the pattern of public worship in Primitive Baptist Churches today….

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Sunday Schools and Youth Groups, Part 3: The History of Sunday Schools (Mat. 19:4)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 28, 2024) We are considering the fact that Primitive Baptists do not have Sunday Schools or youth groups. In today’s message, we look at the history of Sunday Schools. Like musical instruments, Sunday Schools are a recent development in the church. We do not read about Sunday…

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Sunday Schools and Youth Groups, Part 2: Youth Groups in the Church (Mat. 19:4)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 4, 2024) One of the first things you will notice when you come to a Primitive Baptist Church is that families worship together. Indeed, family-integrated worship has always been a characteristic of God’s true churches! We are engaged in a series about why we do what we…

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Sunday Schools and Youth Groups, Part 1: An Introduction (Mat. 19:14)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 7, 2024) In most modern churches, the members are segregated out at some point during the worship services in Sunday School classes and youth groups. But when you come to a Primitive Baptist Church, you find families worshiping together under the sound of the gospel being preached…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 60: The Hall of Faith – “Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy” II (Heb. 11:32-40)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 31, 2024) As we conclude our look at Hebrews 11 today, we come to a group of people that the writer says the world was not worthy of. These faithful martyrs gave their lives in the service of God. And remember, these are primarily Old Testament martyrs;…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 59: The Hall of Faith – “Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy” I (Heb. 11:32-40)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 31, 2024) As we approach the end of the “Hall of Faith” chapter, we find a list of some other heroes of faith from the Old Testament. Their accomplishments are summarized, but not listed specifically; nonetheless, they are examples of great faith. Moreover, we find a reference…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 58: The Hall of Faith – A Harlot’s Faith II (Heb. 11:31)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 3, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, God inspired the writer of Hebrews to include someone in the Hall of Faith that we might not expect: Rahab the harlot. She was a very unlikely candidate for the Hall of Faith as men look at it, and…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 57: The Hall of Faith – A Harlot’s Faith I (Heb. 11:31)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 3, 2024) In our study of the “Hall of Faith” in Hebrews Chapter 11, we have seen many characters that we would expect to see in such a Hall of Faith. But in today’s verse, we come to a name we would not expect to see alongside…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 56: The Hall of Faith – When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (Heb. 11:30)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 11, 2024) When Joshua and the Israelites came upon Jericho, the city was shut up tight against all invaders and appeared to be impenetrable. But when God is in the matter, no fortress is impenetrable! Join us today as we see God’s deliverance of Jericho into the…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 55: The Hall of Faith – The Faith of Moses IV (Heb. 11:27-29)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 4, 2024) As we conclude our examination of the faith of Moses, we find him leading the nation of Israel out of Egypt, but then immediately facing the obstacle of the Red Sea. Instead of panic, Moses chose faith, trusting God to deliver them in ways they…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 54: The Hall of Faith – The Faith of Moses III (Heb. 11:27-29)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 4, 2024) In the verses under consideration today, we learn more about the great faith of Moses. Moses faced a wicked king with great power, but he feared the Righteous God Who has all power more! He followed God by faith when he left Egypt alone the…

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The Book of Hebrews, Part 53: The Hall of Faith – The Faith of Moses II (Heb. 11:24-26)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 17, 2023) As we began to see in the first half of this sermon, Moses had great opportunities for worldly advancement in Egypt. He was the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, and we learn through Scripture that he was learned in all the wisdom and teaching of Egypt….