Zion Primitive Baptist Church Podcast

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 21, 2025) When Christ came the first time, the Jews by and large were unsuspecting and unprepared. But if they had studied the Book of Daniel, they should have known the general timeframe of the Messiah’s arrival on the scene. In Daniel 9, God gave them a...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 14, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, God turned from the Jews to the Gentiles by grace, and not because of some inherent superiority of the Gentiles. In the same way the Jews were not better than the Gentiles, neither were the Gentiles better than the...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 14, 2025) In the last sermon we posted, we dealt with the Jews and jealousy. Today, we turn to the Gentiles and grace. We saw that, because of their unbelief, God turned from the Jews to the Gentiles in His primary dealings under the gospel age. However,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 7, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, when the Jews as a nation rejected Christ as the Messiah, God “judicially blinded” them, and turned His focus on the Gentiles to spread the gospel message. This “judicial blindness” was not an arbitrary act based on some secret...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 7, 2025) In Romans Chapter Eleven, we have learned that the Jews of Jesus’ day were “judicially blinded” by God due to their persistent rejection of the gospel message. We learned that this was a timely chastening, and not an eternal punishment, for Paul is speaking about...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 30, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, “judicial blindness” is a specific chastening judgment meted out by God upon His people the Jews due to their persistent unbelief of the gospel message. We learned that this sort of blindness is a spiritual condition where individuals or...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 30, 2025) In Romans 11, we read about the “judicial blinding” of Israel. This “judicial blindness” is a chastening judgment upon His people – in this case the Jews – who continually reject the clear preaching of the gospel message. These are NOT reprobate, non-elect persons; rather,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 16, 2025) We return today to the question of whether there are any of God’s children who, through their actions, will be “cast away” from God. As we were beginning to see in the first half of this sermon, the answer is an emphatic “No!” Paul uses...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 16, 2025) As we return to our exposition of the Book of Romans, we are beginning today in Chapter Eleven. In this chapter, Paul is still dealing with the disobedience of God’s elect children, particularly in rejecting the gospel message. He uses Elijah as an example of...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 14, 2025) As we bring our study of the Book of Nehemiah to a close, we are examining the leadership of Nehemiah. Remember, Nehemiah was not a prophet or a priest, but a lay member of Israel’s congregation. He didn’t have a special calling on his life,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 14, 2025) In our study of the Book of Nehemiah, we have seen how the leadership of just one man can make such a difference in the Kingdom of God! In the final sermon of our exposition of this book, we will review the leadership of Nehemiah....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 7, 2025) As we saw in the first half of this sermon from our exposition of Nehemiah, the zeal of the Jews in Judah had subsided after the initial fervor of the revival. Those who had rededicated themselves to the worship and support of the Temple had...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 7, 2025) In the chapters leading up to this final chapter of Nehemiah, we have seen how the fervor of revival overtook the Jews that had returned to Jerusalem. Not only did they rededicate themselves to the Law and the work of the Temple, but they promised...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 23, 2025) As we saw yesterday, when Nehemiah returned for a brief time to Persia, the people he was leading in Jerusalem began to slip back into compromising positions with the world. In fact, they began to let the world and worldly things creep into their worship...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 23, 2025) As we get back to our exposition of the Book of Nehemiah, we are at a point where Nehemiah had returned to Persia for a short time. During his absence, the people of Jerusalem apparently lost their fervor of revival and began to slip back...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 21, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, most people were mistaken when it came to the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We saw yesterday that the fact of His coming and the timing of His coming should have been clear to the Jews of...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 21, 2025) The first coming of Christ took most people by surprise. Even those who were learned in the Old Testament scriptures misinterpreted most of the prophecies, and expected someone far different than the Savior that came. In this sermon, we see that there were some things...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 22, 2013) In the first half of this sermon, which was preached back in 2013 around Christmastime, we learned a little bit about Joseph, the earthly stepfather of Jesus. We saw that he was an humble man, and even though he had a kingly pedigree he was...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 22, 2013) In our sermon today, we learn about the life of Joseph, the earthly stepfather of Christ. We learn that he was a humble man with a humble background. Jesus was not born into the family of a king, or a prophet, or a priest; rather,...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on April 5, 2015) In the first half of this powerful sermon from 2015, Elder Buddy Abernathy demonstrated to us that our nation was founded upon Christian principles. However, it is clear that it has drifted far away from the foundation upon which it was built. And so Bro. Buddy...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on April 5, 2015) In this powerful sermon from 2015, Elder Buddy Abernathy deals with the Biblical question, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” This nation was founded upon Christian principles, but it seems that we have moved farther and farther away from that foundation today....

by Elder Chris Taylor (preached on June 29, 2014) Back in 2014, Elder Chris Taylor of Vero Beach, Florida, joined us at Zion Primitive Baptist Church for a fifth Sunday service. He preached about the paralytic man from chapter two of Mark, a story of faith and friendship. He encouraged us from the word of...

by Elder Chris Taylor (preached on June 29, 2014) Back in 2014, Elder Chris Taylor of Vero Beach, Florida, joined us here at Zion Primitive Baptist Church on a fifth Sunday. He preached to us from Mark Chapter Two about the paralytic man, whose friends brought him to Jesus. He was powerless to come on...

by Elder Chris Taylor (preached on June 29, 2014) As we shared yesterday, we were blessed to have Elder Chris Taylor of Vero Beach, Florida, with us several years ago on a fifth Sunday. He preached a powerful sermon about building our house upon the rock rather than the sand, from chapter six of Luke....

by Elder Chris Taylor (preached on June 29, 2014) Several years ago, we were blessed to have Elder Chris Taylor of Vero Beach, Florida, with us on a fifth Sunday evening. He took us over to chapter six of Luke, and brought us a powerful message from one of Jesus’ first public sermons. In particular,...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on May 18, 2014) Today’s sermon is the second half of a powerful sermon preached many years ago at Zion Church by Elder Tim McCool, Pastor of Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church in Echola, Alabama. We were looking at the idea of seeking some things, setting some things before our eyes,...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on May 18, 2014) Over the years, we have been blessed at Zion Church with visiting preachers who are gifted and sound. We have been posting some of these older sermons lately, and today we are sharing a message preached back in 2014 by Elder Tim McCool, Pastor of Bethlehem...

by Elder Sam Bryant (preached on April 14, 2013) Back several years ago, Elder Sam Bryant visited with us here at Zion Church and preached a powerful sermon about acquainting ourselves with God. In the first half of this sermon, which we posted yesterday, Bro. Sam began to teach us from Scripture how those who...

by Elder Sam Bryant (preached on April 14, 2013) Over the years, we have enjoyed sweet fellowship with Elder Sam Bryant here at Zion Church. In 2013, Bro. Sam came to be with us one Sunday night, and preached a powerful sermon from the Book of Job, entitled “Acquaint Thyself With Him.” In today’s sermon,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 23, 2025) There are many things we ought to be thankful for, as we learn in Psalm 100. In the first half of this sermon, we began to look at some of those things, including the fact that we are God’s children and will eventually be with...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 23, 2025) In the season of Thanksgiving, the Lord led us to the 100th Psalm, which is the Psalm we often go to on the topic of “thanksgiving.” We see many things in this psalm that we should be thankful for, especially the fact that we are...

by Elder Ricky Harcrow (preached on November 30, 2025) On a recent fifth Sunday evening, we were blessed to have Elder Ricky Harcrow of Ider, Alabama, visiting with us. He preached a powerful message from Romans chapter 8, which focused on the fact that God saved us when we were yet sinners, and even enemies...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on November 9, 2025) In this sermon, preached recently by Elder John Morgan Owens, we read about Christ sending His disciples to find the colt that He would ride into Jerusalem before His crucifixion. What an example of humility, that Christ would lay aside His glory and ride upon...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on November 9, 2025) What does the Lord require of us as His children? Yesterday, we began to see that He requires us to walk with Him humbly and to do right and love mercy. In the second half of this sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens continues to show...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on November 9, 2025) In Micah 6:8, we find the familiar instruction about what God requires of us: to “do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.” This does NOT teach that we have to “earn” God’s love in our daily walk, but rather that we ought...

by Elder James Allen (preached on November 16, 2025) We recently had the great pleasure of having Elder James Allen of Florida to visit with us here at Zion on a Sunday evening service. Bro. James was blessed to preach an outstanding and convicting sermon about how we as children of God are required to...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 19, 2025) Yesterday we began to see that the people of Nehemiah’s day committed not only themselves to God, but also their praise to Him. God had blessed them so greatly that they could not contain their joy in the Kingdom! Today, we finish up looking at...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 19, 2025) In the previous sermon from chapter eleven of the Book of Nehemiah, we saw that the Jews in Nehemiah’s day had committed themselves to God. Today, we see from chapter 12 that they also committed their praise to God! We read in verse 43 that...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 12, 2025) As we saw yesterday, the Jews in Nehemiah’s day committed themselves to serve God. Some of them moved into the City of Jerusalem, and others populated the surrounding area. This kind of service to the Kingdom is pleasing to the Lord, as we learn from...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 12, 2025) As we move on into the Book of Nehemiah, we have arrived at the point where the Jews under Nehemiah make some commitments to follow through in their obedience to God. In today’s sermon, we learn about how they committed themselves to God. Some of...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 28, 2025) As we began to see last time, the Jews of Nehemiah’s day not only submitted themselves to the Law and separated themselves from the world, they also committed themselves to support the work of the Temple. We learned that God doesn’t NEED our earthly support,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 28, 2025) As we continue in Chapter Ten of Nehemiah, we find the phrase “house of our God” appearing nine times in these verses, referring to the Temple that had been restored in Zerubbabel’s day. In the prophecy of Haggai, we learn about the rebuilding of that...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 14, 2025) As we saw yesterday, the Jews who returned from the Captivity had recommitted themselves to the Law of God, and promised to separate themselves from the world. God has always required separation from the world, and He still requires it today! There were two areas...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 14, 2025) Today we return to our exposition of the Book of Nehemiah, which teaches us about God’s rebuilding program. After a short review of where we are at this point, we go back today to the tenth chapter, where Nehemiah and the Jews who returned from...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on September 21, 2025) As we began to learn yesterday, this world is not our home. In our text, we learn that even Jesus had no place to lay His head. As we move through the second half of this sermon, we find that we ourselves are not at...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on September 21, 2025) In the wake of all the troubles we see in this world, we are reminded that this world is not our home! With the Charlie Kirk shooting, and other tragedies and persecutions in this world, we find ourselves asking, “How can this be fixed?” If...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 2, 2025) The preaching of the gospel is the greatest privilege we have as regenerated children of God. It is primarily through preaching the gospel that those of God’s little lost sheep, who have already been born again, finally hear and embrace the good news of Christ’s...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 2, 2025) Having examined in some detail the two types of zeal described in the first half of Romans 10, the one being a sincere but misplaced zeal and the other being an informed and proper zeal, we turn now to the normal way by which a...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 26, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, Romans 10 begins by speaking of a people that have “zeal of God.” We have already learned that this was a zeal given to them by God, and thus we can conclude that they are regenerated children of God....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 26, 2025) As you know, we are currently engaged in an exposition of the Book of Romans. Today’s sermon is a follow-up to our exploration of the tenth chapter, where we learned about some Jews who were in need of “salvation” – but not eternal salvation, rather...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 26, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, Paul teaches in Romans 10 that there are some people who are regenerated yet have not embraced the gospel message. These Jews were going about to establish their own righteousness, and we saw yesterday that they were trying to...