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Musical Instruments in the Church, Part 6: What the New Testament Says II (John 4:21-24)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 24, 2024) As we come to the conclusion of our short series on musical instruments in the pubic worship of the church, we continue to examine what the New Testament says about their use. The inescapable conclusion of our examination of Scripture is that NOWHERE does the…

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Musical Instruments in the Church, Part 5: What the New Testament Says I (John 4:21-24)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 24, 2024) Having now looked at the history of musical instruments in the church, as well as what the Old Testament says about them, we now turn to the most important place of authority for our public worship today: the New Testament. What does the New Testament…

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Musical Instruments in the Church, Part 4: What the Old Testament Says II (Heb. 8:5)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 3, 2024) As we continue looking at God’s commands regarding musical instruments in the public worship, we find that He was specific in the Old Testament as to the details of the use musical instruments. Furthermore, as we see the continual cycle of apostasy and reform throughout…

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Musical Instruments in the Church, Part 3: What the Old Testament Says I (Heb. 8:5)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 3, 2024) In the last message, we looked at the history of musical instruments in the public worship of the church, and learned that Primitive Baptists are NOT some strange, outlier group, but that a Capella singing was the primary mode of worship throughout the vast majority…

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Musical Instruments in the Church, Part 2: The Historical Record (From the Post-Apostolic Day to Modern Day) (John 4:24)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preacher on February 18, 2024) In the first half of this sermon, we began establishing the biblical fact that God cares how we conduct our public worship services. Today, we wrap up this discussion, and move into the history of musical instruments in the public worship of the church. We…

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Musical Instruments in the Church, Part 1: Does God Care How We Worship? (John 4:24)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 18, 2024) One of the first things visitors to a Primitive Baptist Church notice is that we do not employ musical instruments in our public worship services. Rather, we sing a Capella congregational hymns, using only our voices lifted up in song. Why do we worship in…

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Revelation Series – An Interlude, Part 9: The Rise and Fall of Evil II (Rev. 11:1-14)

As we began to see in the first half of this message, there is a cycle throughout history of the rise and fall of evil. Revelation 17:8 prophesies this, and Chapter 11 illustrates it as well. The devil rises from time to time from the bottomless pit to torment God’s people, but then the Lord…

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Revelations Series – An Interlude, Part 8: The Rise and Fall of the Wicked I (Rev. 11:3-14)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on June 21, 2023) In today’s message, Elder Buddy Abernathy takes us first to Revelation 17:8, which gives a basic summary of the prophecy of the entirety of the Book of Revelation: “The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they…

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Revelation Series – An Interlude, Part 7: The Measuring Rod of the Word of God (Rev. 11:1-2)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on June 7, 2023) As we continue in this interlude between the blowing of the sixth and seventh trumpets, we come to Chapter 11, where we read that John is given a “reed like unto a rod.” This reed is simply a measuring rod, which God tells John to use…

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Revelation Series – An Interlude, Part 6: The Little Book IV (Rev. 10:10-11)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on May 14, 2023) As we began to see yesterday, the “little book” in the hand of the angel (which is the word of God) is sweet to the taste, but bitter to the belly. Why is that? Elder Buddy Abernathy was beginning to show us why this must be…

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Revelation Series – An Interlude, Part 5: The Little Book III (Rev. 10:10-11)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on May 14, 2023) In the previous sermon, we began looking at the “little book” in the hand of the angel. This little book is the Bible, and the gospel message contained within it. In today’s message, we consider the statement that, when John “ate it up,” it was “sweet…

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Revelation Series – An Interlude, Part 4: The Little Book II (Rev. 10:8-9)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on May 14, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, the “little book” brought down by the mighty angel from heaven is the Bible, and the message is the gospel contained therein. Elder Buddy Abernathy taught us that only the regenerate can hear this message, but that when the regenerate…