Zion Primitive Baptist Church

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 8, 2026)

One of the most difficult arenas to navigate in our discipleship is the arena of politics. As American citizens, we have the right to choose our leaders, and to engage in political debate freely. However, we are not just citizens of the United States: we are citizens of the Kingdom of God! What does this dual citizenship mean? Join us today as we begin exploring the theology of government and our role as both citizens of heaven and of the country in which we live.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 1, 2026)

As we saw in the first half of this sermon, Paul continues his thoughts on biblical love as he moves into Chapter 13. We paused the message yesterday as we were looking at how Christ loved us not just with feelings but with actions, and actually left His throne of glory to come down and do what was required to bring us home one day! Today, we continue doing a “deep dive” into what the Bible says about love, and in particular we turn to 1 Corinthians 13 – the “love chapter” of Scripture – to learn more about this concept. Join us today for the conclusion of this sermon about biblical love.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 1, 2026)

In the sermon today, we are taking a “deeper dive” into the concept of biblical love. Briefly skipping over the first few verses of Chapter 13, we find in verses eight through ten that Paul reiterates the concept of biblical love, and tells us that the command to love our neighbor fulfills God’s law. Join us today for the first half of this sermon that takes a deeper look at this concept of love in Scripture.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on January 25, 2026)

In Chapter 12 of Romans, we are learning about presenting our bodies as “living sacrifices.” Sacrificial living involves loving as Christ loved. We’ve been looking at the character of biblical love; in the second half of this sermon, we are taught a little bit about the application of that biblical love. Join us today as Paul teaches us how love ought to look in our lives.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on January 25, 2026)

In the previously posted sermon, we were looking at the character of biblical love. We learned from Romans 12 that biblical love is an action, not a feeling! And that love has certain characteristics that ought to be present in the life and actions of a child of God. Join us today as we begin this sermon by continuing our discussion of the character of biblical love.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on January 11, 2026)

As we began to see yesterday, biblical love is something different than what the world promotes. Biblical love is about action, not feelings. In the first half of this sermon, Paul was teaching us some specifics about how to love as children of God. Join us today for the conclusion of this sermon, where we learn more about how we are to apply principles of Christian love in our daily walk.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on January 11, 2026)

As we continue in the twelfth chapter of Romans, we are learning more and more about presenting our bodies as living sacrifices. Not only does that mean we must change the way we think, but also that we must change the way we love! Today we begin looking at the biblical concept of love, which is an action rather than a feeling. Paul reminds us what love is, and how we are to apply it in our lives. Join us today as we begin looking at the ways in which we should love as children of God.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on January 4, 2026)

As we began to see yesterday, one aspect of living sacrificially is changing the way we think. We need to think like children of God! When we paused the message last time, we were examining how we ought to think about ourselves. Today, we continue in our study, learning how we ought to think about our church. In the church context, there should be no prideful members looking down on others in the church! In fact, each member has a place and each member has a gift that helps the church. Join us today for the conclusion of this sermon about how we ought to think as children of God.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on January 4, 2026)

As we continue exploring the idea of “sacrificial living,” as set forth in Romans Chapter 12, we find that one area we need to reform is in our thinking. We ought to think like children of God! We begin today by looking at how we should NOT think about ourselves, learning that our lives ought not to be self-centered but Christ-centered. Then we move on to see how it is that we OUGHT to think about ourselves, and we find that we ought to think “soberly”, which simply means that we esteem others better than ourselves and try to have a Christlike mind in everything. Join us today for the first half of this sermon about thinking like children of God.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 28, 2025)

In Romans 12, Paul commands us to present our bodies as “living sacrifices”. Up to this point, Paul has laid a doctrinal foundation, but now he begins to teach us our duty as disciples. There is a logical progression to Scriptural teaching, particularly in the Book of Romans: the more we learn about the doctrine of our faith, the more we ought to be inspired to exercise our faith! Join us today as we begin to explore the idea of presenting our bodies as living sacrifices in our daily walk of discipleship.

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