by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 2/6/22) We believe that there is one true and living God, but that He manifests in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The concept of the Trinity is found throughout the word of God, and is essential to our understanding of God….
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 2/6/22) In today’s message, we conclude our look at God as the “Living God.” Last time, we saw that the OT and NT writers, along with Jesus Himself, declared that God is the Living God. Today, we see why this fact is so important to us as individuals, and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 2/6/22) In today’s message, we look at another aspect of Article One of the Zion Primitive Baptist Church Articles of Faith: the Living God. We saw in the last two messages that He is the True God, and now we learn that this True God is also the Living…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/23/22) We began yesterday looking at what the Church of God ought to believe. We began looking at the Articles of Faith of Zion Church from a biblical standpoint. We looked at the fact that God is the “One True God.” Today we conclude the message by seeing that…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/23/22) We begin today to look at what the Church of God ought to believe. We start by taking the Articles of Faith of Zion Church, and looking at them in a Scriptural light. Today’s focus is upon Article One, “We believe in one true and living God, and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/9/22) In the second half of this sermon, we learn that not only is the church a spiritual kingdom, but that Jesus Christ is it’s Head and Founder! As such, He has the right to dictate the terms of the church. That is, Jesus gets to say what His…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/9/22) In Matthew, both John the Baptist and Jesus preached that the “Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” To what were they referring? In this first sermon in a series, Elder McCool teaches us about the Kingdom of God in its visible aspect, i.e., the church of the Living…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/9/22) As we conclude the Book of Haggai, we can reflect on what we have seen: complacency, giving way to renewed fervor for God, afflicted by discouragement, and ultimately resulting in the encouragement of God through His prophet Haggai. Today we conclude this series with a message of utmost…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/9/22) In this first half of the conclusion to our series in Haggai, Pastor McCool begins to examine the final message of encouragement sent to God’s people through the mouth of Haggai the prophet: look forward! The people in Haggai’s day were looking forward to the coming of the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/5/2022) In this message, Pastor McCool spends some time reviewing the previous sermon about “looking inward,” where Haggai reminds us that unconfessed, habitual sin can make our service to God vain. Haggai also exhorts the Israelites to build up their faith, trusting God even when the outcome appears to…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 12/1/21) After bringing them a message of encouragement, exhorting them to “look upward” to God, Haggai then admonishes them to look inward, at themselves and the sin that doth so easily beset all children of God. He tells them that unrebuked, unrepented-of sin will cause a problem with their…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 11/17/21) Join us today for the conclusion of this sermon, preached from Haggai 2, about the encouraging message God sent to the discouraged Jews who had returned from exile. As we will see, the message is very relevant to us today! Download Audio File
