by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 15, 2024) As we have seen in our study of the Book of Romans, the doctrine of “total depravity” – i.e., that man is completely dead spiritually – is a very real doctrine! We have looked at the definition and description of depravity as set out in…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 1, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, there are often famines in the life of the child of God. These famines are real, and can be scary to us! How should we face such famines? Isaac’s example in Gen. 26 teaches us that, when the famine…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 1, 2024) How should we face the famines that arise in our lives? There are many accounts in Scripture concerning famines, and how people reacted them. In Genesis 26, we read about a famine that Isaac faced in the land of Canaan. God specifically told him, “Go…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on As we began to see in the last sermon, we have to press into the Kingdom of God on earth, which is the Church. It is NOT inevitable that the regenerated child of God will become a believer and join one of God’s true churches. Rather, we must…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 21, 2024) In Luke’s gospel, we read an important statement regarding our discipleship here on earth: “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.” The phrase “presseth into it” means, literally, to…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 1, 2024) In our study on Romans, we are looking at the doctrine of total depravity as set out in Chapter 3. Last time, we saw the definition of depravity and discussed some dangers in forgetting about depravity. Today, we take a look at the description of…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 1, 2024) In today’s sermon, we continue looking at the doctrine of total depravity in Romans 3. First of all, we review the definition of depravity that we discussed in the last sermon. Then we begin looking at why we need to know about our own depravity….
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 25, 2024) Today we get to the crux of Paul’s argument regarding the condition of man. The theological term that we use to describe the condition of man without God in nature is “total depravity.” This term describes the fact that ALL of Adam’s descendants are dead…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 25, 2024) As we continue in our series on Romans, we are dealing with several questions asked by Paul in chapter 3. Today, we come to a question that implicates the false doctrine of “absolutism”, which is the belief that God has predestinated – or at least…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 18, 2024) In the first half of this sermon, we learned that the only advantage the Old Testament Jews had was that God had given them His word. Today, we deal with the question, “What if some did not believe?” The answer to this question given by…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 18, 2024) As we move on into chapter three of Romans, we come to some questions asked by Paul concerning the Jews. In this sermon, we begin dealing with the first two of these questions: (1) What advantage has the Jew? and (2) What if some did…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 4, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, the Jews had received the sign of circumcision, which set them apart from all other peoples on the earth. But the sign of circumcision was supposed to be the mark of an inward spiritual work. Today, we are looking…
