by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 13, 2023) How was Christ a “better” sacrifice? As we continue exploring this concept, we are beginning to see that Jesus not only came into the world to do the will of God the Father, but that He actually “finished” the work! This means that every elect…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 13, 2023) As we continue our study of the “better” sacrifice of Christ in the Book of Hebrews, we find that the Old Testament sacrifices could never make the people of God perfect. Indeed, those sacrifices were but a “shadow” of the true: they were an imperfect…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 9, 2023) In the first half of this sermon, we were examining the necessity of Christ’s sacrifice for our heavenly purification. The sacrifice of bulls and goats in the Old Testament was symbolic and superficial, and could NEVER put away sin, whereas the sacrifice of Christ was…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 9, 2023) As we continue our study in the Book of Hebrews, we learn more about how Christ is a “better” sacrifice. In the first half of this sermon, which we post today, we find that a better sacrifice than the sacrifices of bulls and goats was…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 18, 2023) As we move on in the Book of Hebrews, we come to the heart of Hebrews. In the latter part of the ninth chapter, we learn that Jesus Christ was a better sacrifice than the Law sacrifices of bulls, goats, and sheep. This concept is…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 4, 2023) In this first half of the sermon we are concluding today, we had begun looking at the ninth chapter of the Book of Hebrews. The focus of this chapter is the “better sanctuary” that we have under the age of Grace. The “shadow worship” of…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 4, 2023) As we continue our exposition of the Book of Hebrews, we have come to the ninth chapter which teaches us that we have a “better sanctuary” than that of the Old Testament. The passage under consideration today compares the “shadow worship” of the Old Testament…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
