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The Tribulation on Earth, Part 18: The Perpetual Uprisings of Satan III (Rev. 13:9-18)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on September 6, 2023) As we continue in the Book of Revelation, we are still in Chapter 13 and looking at the perpetual uprisings of Satan. We have seen a “beast” that arose out of the sea; now we see a “beast” that rose out of the earth. This second…

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The Tribulation on Earth, Part 17: The Perpetual Uprisings of Satan II (Rev. 13:5-8)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on August 16, 2023) In the last sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy began to preach to us about the ongoing battle between good and evil as set forth in Revelation Chapter 3. As we continue through this chapter, we see that the uprisings of Satan are a continuing cycle throughout history,…

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The Tribulation on Earth, Part 16: The Perpetual Uprisings of Satan I (Rev. 13:1-4)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on August 2, 2023) As we continue in the Book of Revelation, we come to a chapter that symbolically sets forth the ongoing battle between good and evil. In this chapter, we see the perpetual uprisings of Satan throughout history, primarily through world powers against the Lord and His people….

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The Tribulation On Earth, Part 15: The Spiritual Battle of the Crucifixion (Rev. 12:7-17)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 19, 2023) As we continue in our series on Revelation, we come to some verses that depict a “war in heaven.” Elder Buddy Abernathy shows us by Scripture that, in keeping with the figurative language of the Book, this is a spiritual depiction of what happened on the…

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The Tribulation On Earth, Part 14: The Church in the Wilderness (Rev. 12:1-6)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 16, 2023) In this portion of Scripture, Elder Buddy Abernathy shows us how the figurative language describes the first coming of Christ, and the general experience of His church while still here on earth. This “woman clothed with the sun”, who represents the the children of God left…

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The Tribulation on Earth, Part 13: The Seventh Trumpet (Rev. 11:15-19)

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 5, 2023) Today we are returning to Elder Buddy Abernathy’s exposition on the Book of Revelation, which he has been preaching through for several months. We have just completed looking at the “interlude” between the blowing of the sixth and seventh trumpets, and today we begin to look…

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The Book of Romans, Part 42: Federal Headship and Original Sin, Part 2 (Rom. 5:12-21)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 1, 2024) Yesterday we learned about the Bible doctrines of “federal headship” and “original sin”, which simply teach that Adam represented all of his posterity in the Garden, and therefore his sin was imputed to all of humanity. Today we continue exploring these important theological concepts, and…

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The Book of Romans, Part 41: Federal Headship and Original Sin I (Rom. 5:12-21)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 1, 2024) In Romans 5:12, we find two very important theological concepts that are essential to our understanding of our eternal salvation: the doctrines of “federal headship” and “original sin”. Federal headship simply points us to the fact that Adam was the representative of all of his…

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The Book of Romans, Part 40: Justification By Grace Revisited II (Rom. 5:6-11)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 17, 2024) As we were reminded in the first half of this sermon, our faith-walk in this life must be predicated upon the glorious truth of God’s eternal grace! Without justification by grace in the eternal halls of heaven, we could never be justified by faith in…

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The Book of Romans, Part 39: Justification By Grace Revisited I (Rom. 5:6-11)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 17, 2024) Even as we understand that justification by faith occurs here and now, in our faith-walk with God, we must never forget that our justification by grace has been accomplished by Christ for all eternity! In other words, our efforts here to be justified by faith…

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The Book of Romans, Part 38: Justification By Faith – How It Works (Rom. 5:3-5)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 10, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, Romans 5 sets forth the goal of “justification by faith,” which is peace with God in this life. But how does it work? The next three verses teach us how. In these verses, perhaps more than any other in…

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The Book of Romans, Part 37: The Goal of Justification By Faith (Rom. 5:1-2)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 10, 2024) We have been studying the concept of “justification by faith,” as taught by Paul here in the first few chapters of his letter to the Romans. As we have seen, the goal is NOT to achieve eternal justification, but rather to obtain a closer walk…