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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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Revival in America, Part 1 (Ps. 85:6)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 2, 2023) The United States of America was founded on Christian principles. Contrary to popular modern revisionist history, almost all the Founders were Christians, and most were predestinarian in their beliefs. In fact, one Hessian soldier called the American Revolution “the Presbyterian Revolt”! In today’s culture, it…

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The Trumpet of the Jubilee, Part 2 (Lev. 25:8-10)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 12/3/2024) As we conclude the sermon begun yesterday, we continue to see the similarities between the Trumpet of the Jubilee year, and the gospel message. The Jubilee year was the year that all captives were freed, and the trumpet proclaimed that liberty. The gospel trumpet declares liberty to…

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The Trumpet of the Jubilee, Part 1 (Lev. 25:8-10)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 12/3/2023) In the Book of Leviticus, chapter 25, God tells the children of Israel to number seven sabbaths of years, after which – in the fifitieth year – they were to proclaim a year of “Jubilee.” In this Jubilee year, all property became unencumbered, and all captives were…

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Baptism, Part 6: Infant Baptism II (1 Pet. 3:21)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 1/21/2024) As we continue in our series on Baptism, we have begun to learn that infant baptism is not proper baptism. Pastor Chris McCool has already gone through the historical evidence regarding infant baptism, and continues today in looking at the Scripture itself for proof that infant baptism…