Zion Primitive Baptist Church

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on August 17, 2025)

As we began to see yesterday, the Kingdom of God is a “mind-blowing” concept that was introduced by Jesus into the world in His earthly ministry. In the first half of this sermon, Elder Tim McCool showed us that the Kingdom is something that we must “press into.” In other words, it requires effort to enter into this church Kingdom, and not every child of God will do so. Join us today as we hear the conclusion of this powerful message on the Kingdom of God.

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by Elder Tim McCool (preached on August 17, 2025)

In this sermon preached recently at Zion Primitive Baptist Church, Elder Tim McCool teaches us about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is an overwhelming subject in Scripture, and would take years to fully expound upon. But in this powerful sermon, Bro. Tim reminds us that the Kingdom of God that was preached by Jesus was a “mind-blowing” idea; in fact, it did “blow the minds” of the Jews of His day! Join us as we begin to learn about the Kingdom of God in its application to us today.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 24, 2025)

In the Book of the Psalms, we find an important reminder that God is providentially working in the lives of His elect children. Found in Psalm 31, verse 15 we read the following statement: “My times are in thy hands.” This verse points us to the providence of God that works in our earthly lives. Join us today as we explore the meaning of this verse, and the comfort we should draw from knowing that God is watching over us.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 5, 2025)

In the world in which we live, there are many organizations that claim to be true churches. But the word of God teaches us how to sift through all these claimants in order to find the true church. In today’s sermon, we learn about one of the primary marks of the true church of God: standing faithfully on the Apostles’ doctrine.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 10, 2025)

Today we are continuing in a sermon in our exposition of Nehemiah which begins in Chapter Ten, which details how the people of God in Jerusalem performed after the prayer/sermon of Chapter Nine. When we paused the message yesterday, we were reading and examining Deuteronomy 29, which Ezra likely would have read to them publicly as they considered reaffirming their commitment to the Covenant of the Law. This chapter details the curses that would follow if the people of Israel refused to follow the Law and sought after other gods. The leaders of the remnant in Jerusalem sealed their reaffirmation of the Law, and the people ratified their actions, in effect binding themselves to these curses as they submitted themselves once again to God. Join us today as we continue in Chapter 10 of Nehemiah.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 10, 2025)

After the long prayer/sermon of Chapter Nine, Nehemiah and his friends entered into a reaffirmation of the Mosaic covenant with a “seal.” This seal signified their submission to God and His Law. The prayer of Chapter Nine was heartfelt and sincere, but it is important to perform after the prayer! And we find in Chapter Ten that this faithful remnant did just that: they performed on what they had prayed. Join us today as we begin to see how they reaffirmed their commitment and submission to God.

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by Elder Chris McCool, pastor (preached on August 3, 2025)

As we come to the close of Nehemiah Chapter Nine, we find Nehemiah and his friends praying and praising God in a long prayer/sermon that recounts the history of the Nation of Israel. They begin the prayer/sermon by praising God for His greatness, and for His goodness, but they acknowledge their own sins that they committed even though God had done so many good things for them. That’s where we were when we paused the message yesterday: they were acknowledging their sins before God and praising God for His graciousness toward them. Join us as we see the conclusion of this prayer/sermon, and the sweet grace and mercy which God displayed toward this unfaithful people.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 3, 2025)

In today’s message, we come to the end of Chapter 9 of Nehemiah. In the great “prayer/sermon” of this chapter, we have seen them praising God for His greatness and for His goodness; today, we see them praising God for His grace. The nation of Israel was almost continually backsliding, but God was continually gracious and merciful to them. Join us as we see the grace of God in His dealings with His people.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 20, 2025)

When we paused the sermon yesterday, we were continuing to examine the prayer/sermon of Nehemiah Chapter 9. We are looking at the content of this prayer/sermon, which traces the history of the Nation of Israel from their formation up until the present time of Nehemiah. We were in the middle of learning about God’s formation of the Nation, and today we will continue learning about His goodness to them throughout their history. And once again, we will learn how Israel continually forsook God, yet He chastened them in love and took them back when they repented. Join us as we continue to see the goodness of God to His people.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 20, 2025)

In our exposition of the Book of Nehemiah, we are currently studying about the great prayer/sermon contained in Chapter 9. Last time, we saw that the remnant of Israel that was in Jerusalem took time to focus upon God and praise Him for His greatness. Today we move further into the prayer/sermon, and find them praising God for His goodness. God is truly a great and good God, and worthy of our praise! Join us today as we continue to look at Chapter 9 of Nehemiah.

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