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The Book of Romans, Part 11: Judgment, Judgmentalism, and the Jews I (Rom. 2:1-11)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 21, 2024) In Romans 2, we begin by looking at the difference between judgment and judgmentalism. There is no question that we are to exercise proper judgment in this life, but we are never to be judgmental in the exercise of that kind of discernment. Our judgment…

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The Book of Romans, Part 10: The Display of Man’s Depravity II (Rom. 1:29-32)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 7, 2024) As we conclude chapter 1 of Romans, we are examining the display of the depravity of man. The Apostle Paul shows us the underlying condition of depravity, along with the inward display of that depravity. He also examines the outward display of depravity – its…

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The Book of Romans, Part 9: The Display of Man’s Depravity I (Rom. 1:29-32)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 7, 2024) In this sermon, we move on toward the end of chapter 1 of Romans. In the first half, we review where we are at this point in our exposition of Romans, and remind ourselves that this book is truly a book of inspired systematic theology….

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The Book of Romans, Part 8: The Wrath of God and the Depravity of Man II (Rom. 1:18-32)

by Elder Chris McCool, pastor (preached on June 16, 2024) As we continue our exposition of Romans, we are in the process of learning about the depravity of man, which is the reason for the wrath of God. Today, we begin looking at how God’s wrath interacts with man’s depravity, and we see that it…

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The Book of Romans, Part 7: The Wrath of God and the Depravity of Man I (Rom. 1:18-32)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 16, 2024) As we dig further into chapter 1 of Romans, we are slowly being introduced to the concept of depravity. We have learned that God’s wrath is manifested against all ungodliness and unrighteousness, and today we begin to see that this ungodliness and unrighteousness is a…

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The Book of Romans, Part 6: The Wrath of God Revealed II (Rom. 1:18-20)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 6, 2024) We continue today in Chapter 1 of the Book of Romans. As we began to see in the first half of this sermon, God’s wrath is real, and it is revealed to all the world “from heaven”. As we continue exploring this concept, we learn…

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The Book of Romans, Part 5: The Wrath of God Revealed I (Rom. 1:18-20)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 9, 2024) In the verses under consideration today, we learn first that the wrath of God is “revealed from heaven”. While it is clear from Scripture that the spiritual message of the gospel is something that only a spiritual being can understand, the wrath of God is…

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The Book of Romans, Part 4: Paul’s Ministry to the Romans II (Rom. 1:8-17)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 2, 2024) As we move on into the first chapter of Romans, we are examining Paul’s own description of his ministry to the Roman church. After declaring his loving care for them, he began to speak of the burden he felt to preach the gospel to them….

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The Book of Romans, Part 3: Paul’s Ministry to the Romans I (Rom. 1:8-17)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 2, 2024) As we continue our exposition of Romans, we are still looking at some preliminaries found in Chapter 1. In the verses today, we see Paul’s ministry to the Roman church. He had great love and care for them, which reminds us that dry theology is…

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The Book of Romans, Part 2: An Introduction II (Rom. 1:1-7)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 19, 2024) Yesterday we began looking at the book of Romans, which is the only inspired systematic theology that exists in the world. We began to see that Paul, in his salutation to the saints at Rome, set forth first his credentials, and then his concern for…

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The Book of Romans, Part 1: An Introduction (Rom. 1:1-7)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 19, 2024) At Zion PBC, we have begun a series on the Book of Romans. Today’s sermon is the first half of the first sermon from this book, which has aptly been called the only INSPIRED systematic theology in the world! Truly this book contains one of…

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Legal Concepts in the Scripture: Justification, Part 2 (Rom. 3:20-28)

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on March 17, 2024) Yesterday we posted the first half of a sermon by Elder John Morgan Owens on the topic of justification. He began teaching us from Scripture that there are three different justifications taught in the Bible. Justification by grace is accomplished in the courtroom of Heaven…