by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (5/14/2017) When the people of Israel demanded a king, God gave them Saul, but He was not pleased! They should have been content to have God as their King, but they wanted to be like the nations around them. But when Saul became disobedient, God chose another man to be…
Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/31/2021) The second attempt of the religious leaders to entrap Jesus ended in spectacular failure just like the first! They tried to bait Him into jumping into the political frays of the day, but Jesus would have none of it. As was His practice, He turned their question back upon…
by Pastor Chris McCool (preached April 30, 2017) In this sermon, Pastor Chris McCool continues introducing us to the life of David, the great King of Israel. David was called a “man after God’s own heart”, and the Bible sets forth several reasons for this. Join us as we continue looking at the life of…
by Pastor Chris McCool (preached April 9, 2017) In this series on the life of David, Pastor Chris McCool introduces us to the only man in history of whom it is said that he was a man after God’s own heart. When we first meet him, David was a teenaged shepherd boy, youngest of the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 1/24/2021) In this sermon, we begin looking at four different episodes in the last week leading up to Calvary in which the religious leaders send people to question Jesus. Their questioning was NOT in good faith – rather, they were attempting to lay a trap for Him and try…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (01/17/2021) As Jesus was coming back into Jerusalem after His triumphal entry the day before, He came across a fig tree that looked really promising from afar. Its leaves were green and full, but upon closer inspection it had no figs – it was nothing but leaves, and Jesus cursed…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (1/10/2021) Does is seem that the world around you is in chaos? What about all the turmoil in politics? The pandemic? Personal problems that threaten to overwhelm you? What should our response be to the chaos of the sin-cursed world in which we live? The Psalmist who wrote Psalm 146…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (1/3/2021) When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt, He wasn’t just using the most convenient manner of transportation! He was fulfilling prophecy in a very real and specific way. He was also preaching a gospel message in a symbolic way! Join us as we learn of the Scripture and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 12/27/2020) Have you ever wondered why some prayers seem to get answered and others don’t? Why some people who are sick recover, and others die? Sometimes we forget that God is so much greater than we are, and that His understanding of all things is that much greater as…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (12/20/2020) While Christmas as a celebrated season is not found in the Bible, nonetheless in our society it has become customary at this time of year to take some time off from work and reflect upon the birth of Christ, and enjoy family time and good fellowship. In truth, we…
by Elder Chris McCool (preached 12/22/2019) Sometimes we get lost in the humdrum of life. For several characters in the beginning of the New Testament, their day was just another ordinary day. But on these ordinary days, God showed up with a message of the greatest joy – the Messiah has come! Join us as…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor In this passage of Mark’s gospel, we read about Blind Bartimaeus, who called out to Jesus as He passed by on the road. And then we read an amazing statement: “And Jesus stood still.” Remember, this was the very Christ Whose face was set like a flint toward Calvary! How…
