by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 11/21/21) Jesus was rightly called a “Man of Sorrows;” He often sighed and groaned as He saw the curse of sin on this world and on His people. But there was one time when Jesus rejoiced: Luke’s gospel tells us about this, and about why! Did He rejoice about…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 11/14/21) Jesus often used natural examples to illustrate spiritual truths. In the first eight verses of John chapter three, He described the new birth to Nicodemus by using three different natural terms that Nicodemus would have understood: the womb, the water, and the wind. Each natural phenomenon is a…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 11/14/21) When the Babylonians took Judah captive, they tried to change everything and convert them from being Hebrews to being good Babylonians. But four Hebrew children – Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – refused! They stood firm on their godly principles, and served God well even in exile. This…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 11/7/21) Bildad is the second of Job’s miserable comforters, and he is fixated upon historical experience. He tells Job that history makes it clear that all of his troubles are the result of some sin in Job’s life, and that “Christian karma” is out to get him! Job…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/17/21) After Eliphaz tries to get Job to see that there must be some unconfessed sin in Job’s life, otherwise God would not be afflicting him, Job responds in chapters 6 and 7. Job is at a very, very low point, and his answer reflects this anguish of…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 10/17/21) In this message, we begin to look at the first of Job’s miserable comforters. Eliphaz speaks to Job primarily from his own experience, and affirms without faltering that Job MUST be a great sinner, because God only afflicts sinners! His focus on “cause and effect” was off-base for…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 10/10/21) In this message, Pastor Chris McCool gives an overview of the messages spoken against Job by his three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Job sums up their approach as being “miserable comforters,” friends who focused on the greatness of God, but not on the mercy and compassion of…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/26/21) Have you ever been overwhelmed by sorrow? This is the state in which we find Job in chapter three. He has lost so much, and suffered so greatly, that he finally has to let it all out in a soliloquy filled with sorrowful self pity. Join us…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 9/19/21) Where does suffering come from? Does God send it, or is there some other explanation for it? What does suffering do to us or for us? Ultimately, where is God in the midst of suffering? Please join us as Pastor Chris McCool tries to give us some answers…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 9/5/2021) In this sermon, Pastor Chris McCool reviews the situation up to this point, and then plunges into the problems that Job is about to experience. Many people think that God was the instigator of Job’s sufferings, but here in these first two chapters we see that it is…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 9/5/2021) After a brief review, Pastor Chris McCool carries us into the 1st chapter of Job, where we find two different situations: one that Job COULD see, and one that Job could NOT see. We are reminded that this is the case everyday for us, that the circumstances that…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/2/2021) In this message, we begin a series on the Book of Job. It is extremely important for us to rightly divide the content of this book, which deals with the relationship between God, man, and suffering, because otherwise we may come away with a complete misunderstanding of…
