by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preacher on October 27, 2024) As we continue looking at justification by faith, we are learning about how to put it into practice in our lives. Today, we conclude our examination of its practical application, and we look at how far it extends. Paul tells us it doesn’t just apply…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 27, 2024) In our series on the Book of Romans, we have moved into the fourth chapter where we have been examining the concept of “justification by faith.” We have seen that it has to do not with our eternal salvation, but with our discipleship here and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (Preached on December 4, 2016) In this final sermon in our series on Malachi, we are dealing with the final indictment God has against Judah. They were despising to render service to God, and therefore God is judging them. But Malachi leaves us with a clear and direct prophecy of…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 4, 2016) As we come to the end of our series on Malachi, we see that the last charge Malachi has against Judah is that they are despising the service of God. There were some who were faithful, and gathered together regularly to worship God, but there…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on As we saw in the first half of this sermon, the children of Israel in Malachi’s day were robbing God in the sense that they were not giving to the temple and ministry like they should. God certainly doesn’t need any of our “stuff,” since He owns everything…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 16, 2016) As we continue our study of the book of Malachi, we find more problems with Judah in that day. We have already seen some of the issues, and today we begin looking at their failure to tithe like they should. Indeed, the people of Judah…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 2, 2016) As we saw in the first half of this sermon, John the Baptist was to be the messenger of the coming Messiah. His job was to “prepare the way” before Him. In the last half of this message, we focus upon the Messenger of the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 2, 2016) In the sermon today, we continue looking at the first messenger that is prophesied by Malachi. As we have already seen, this messenger is John the Baptist, whose job it was to go before Jesus and prepare the way for His earthly appearance. John’s ministry…
be Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 25, 2016) In this sermon (which is a little shorter than normal due to sharing the time with another Elder), we begin looking at the final warning given by Malachi in his prophecy. He tells the nation of Judah about two messengers that will be sent by…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 18, 2016) As we began to see last time, the people of Judah in Malachi’s day were disrespecting God’s covenant of marriage. Not only were they marrying outside the Jewish people, but they were also putting away their spouses for ungodly reasons. Join us today as we…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 18, 2016) As we continue our study of the Book of Malachi, we see more problems with the people of Judah in that day. Not only had they been committing sin in regard to their worship, they had been profaning God’s covenant of marriage. As we will…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 4, 2016) The problems in Malachi’s day started at the top, with the priests. But corruption among the leaders almost always trickles down to the people! Join us today as we continue reviewing the sins of the priests, which was one of the primary reasons God sent…
