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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Fourteen: David and Abigail (1 Sam. 25)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 10-22-2017) Have you ever reacted in anger, and almost done something you would have regretted for the rest of your life? This was the case when David encountered Nabal, a man whose name literally means “fool.” When his men were rebuffed by Nabal in their search for sustenance, David…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Thirty-Nine – From Cedron to Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 4/25/2021) As the storm clouds of Calvary were amassing on the horizon, Jesus left the upper room and proceeded to the Garden Gethsemane. To be clear, no part of our atonement occurred in the Garden, only on the cross, but as He marched slowly, inexorably toward Calvary, the weight…

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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Thirteen: David the Deliverer III (1 Sam. 23-24)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 10/15/2017) In this message, Pastor Chris McCool finishes looking at David’s deliverance of Keilah, himself, and Saul. Join us in this third message about David the Deliverer; when we serve God in the right way, we can save ourselves and others in a temporal sense! Download Audio File

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Thirty-Eight – Peter’s Pride (Mark 14:27-31)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 4/11/2021) When Jesus proclaimed to the disciples that they all would betray Him, Peter immediately and vehemently spoke up and asserted that he would NEVER betray the Lord! Jesus looked at him – with compassion, no doubt – and told him that he would deny Him three times…

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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Twelve: David the Deliverer II (1 Sam. 23:23-24)

by Elder Chris McCool (preached 10/8/2017) In this message, Pastor Chris McCool continues looking at David’s deliverance of Keith, himself, and Saul. Join us in this second message about David the Deliverer, where we see him serving God in the right way as he saved himself and others. Download Audio File

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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Eleven: David the Deliverer I (1 Sam. 23:23-24)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 9/24/2017) In 1 Samuel chapters 23 and 24, we read about David in his role as a deliverer. He delivered Keilah, a city, from the Philistines; he delivered himself and his men from Saul; and ultimately he delivered Saul from his own hand and the hand of his men….

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Thirty-Seven – The First New Testament Church Service (Mark 14:12-26)

By Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 4/4/2021) Have you ever wondered what the first New Testament church service was like? Wonder no more! In this passage, Mark tells us exactly what they did and how they conducted themselves in the first New Testament church service. You see, this was truly the first such service because,…

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Sermon Series: The Gospel of Mark, Part Thirty-Six – The Alabaster Box of Service (Mark 14:1-9, Elder Chris McCool)

Preached 3/28/2021 As the storm clouds of Calvary are looming on the horizon, a strange and wonderful thing happened to the Lord Jesus Christ: Mary, His friend and Lazarus’ and Martha’s sister, came to Him with a very expensive alabaster box filled with ointment, and broke and poured it on His head and wiped His…

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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Ten: David’s Prayer from the Cave (1 Sam. 22:1-2, Ps. 142)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 9/10/2017) In this message, we find David in a cave in Adullam, surrounded by fierce men who did not have the same godly outlook as he did. He was their leader, the head of some four hundred men who lived with him, yet somehow he felt very, very alone….

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A Man After God’s Own Heart, Part Nine: When Faith Fails III (1 Sam. 18-19)

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/27/2017) In this message, Pastor McCool completes our look at David’s faithlessness by pointing out the severe consequences that can result when we act in fear rather than faith. David was known for his great faith, but in great fear he fled from Saul rather than relying on God’s…