Zion Primitive Baptist Church Podcast

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...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 26, 2025) As we move into the tenth chapter of Romans, Paul sets forth his zeal for his Jewish brethren to be “saved.” But the question we must always ask when we see the term “saved” is, “Saved from what?” Paul makes it clear in this passage,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 19, 2025) In yesterday’s sermon, we began to examine the second objection to the doctrine of election set forth by Paul in Romans 9. This objection – which I call the “absoluter objection” – argues that, since “God made me this way” (i.e., God has basically predestinated...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 19, 2025) As we continue dealing with the objections to the doctrine of election set forth in Romans 9, we come to the second objection that is commonly raised. I call this objection the “Absoluter Objection,” because it goes something like this: “God, you made me a...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 12, 2025) In our study of the first objection to the doctrine of election, we come to a couple of verses that some propose to be a problem for those of us who believe in God’s sovereign grace. In Romans 9:17-18, Paul writes this about Pharaoh: “Even...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 12, 2025) Whenever the doctrine of election is discussed, some objections inevitably arise. Here in Romans 9, Paul anticipates a couple of these objections. We will deal with the first objection today, which is usually phrased somewhat like this: God just wouldn’t be right, or fair, if...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 28, 2025) In today’s sermon, we are actually combining a portion of a sermon preached on September 28, 2025, with a portion of a sermon preached on May 19, 2019. The reason for this is so that we can get a more complete exposition of what Primitive...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 28, 2025) As we saw last time, the basis of God’s electing grace does not lie in the work or will of man. So what is the basis of election? In today’s sermon, we learn that God’s electing grace is rooted in His sovereign purpose, and is...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 28, 2025) As we continue examining the doctrine of election as set forth in Romans 9, we come to the basis for God’s electing grace. Why did He choose His people? What was the basis for His choice? Before we look at these questions, we must understand...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 14, 2025) As we continue in our exposition of the Book of Romans, we have reached the point where we deal with what the doctrine of election actually teaches. We learn that God chose His people in Christ before the foundation of the world, and that His...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 14, 2025) In today’s sermon from our exposition of the Book of Romans, we begin discussing in earnest the doctrine of election. First of all, we deal with some “false explanations” of the doctrine. There are many such misunderstandings taught in the religious world. But we begin...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 7, 2025) In our exposition of the Book of Romans, we have come to a passage that some consider difficult. But when Paul makes the statement in Romans 9:13 that “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated,” he was under the inspiration of the Holy...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 7, 2025) In our exposition of the Book of Romans, we have come to a verse that causes many people to stumble. In Romans 9:13, we read that, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” The concept of divine hatred is an extremely important concept...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 31, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, Paul’s evangelistic zeal was very real and very appropriate. However, it was NOT a misplaced zeal that was somehow hoping that some people among his Jewish brethren who otherwise were bound for hell would turn around and embrace the...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 31, 2025) As we get back to our exposition of the Book of Romans, we find ourselves in the Ninth Chapter. This chapter begins with Paul’s exclamation of evangelistic zeal, where he says he could wish that he himself were accursed from God if it meant the...

by Elder David Crawford (preached on October 5, 2025) In this wonderful sermon by Elder David Crawford, we learn that our Savior was more than an ephemeral Spirit: He was flesh and bone. His disciples were able to touch Him, and all who did came away forever changed! Join us today as we explore this...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on October 1, 2025) In this sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy continues in our series on the Book of Revelation. We read in the second verse of Revelation Chapter 22 about the Tree of Life that bears twelve manner of fruits. Join us today as Bro. Buddy teaches us about this...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on September 17, 2025) As we continue in our exposition of the Book of Revelation, we come to Chapter 22 and the description of a “pure river of water of life” that proceeds out of the throne of God in heaven. Join us today as Elder Buddy Abernathy teaches us...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on August 20, 2025) In the sermon today, we are reminded that chapter 21 and the first five verses of chapter 22 contain a description of heaven. Elder Buddy Abernathy takes us back through chapter 21, reviewing what we’ve already learned, and expounding further upon John’s vision here of heaven....

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on August 6, 2025) As we continue in Chapter 21, we learn more about the vision of heaven that has been given to John. In this sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy expounds upon John’s vision of the Bride of Christ, which is the Lamb’s wife. We see a description here of...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 16, 2025) In this next-to-last chapter of Revelation, John describes a vision of heaven that he has been given. We first learn that heaven is a literal, physical place, which John calls a “new heaven and a new earth.” Join us as we look further into this chapter,...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 2, 2025) In the final verses of Revelation 20, we read about the Great White Throne Judgment. After a review of the first half of this chapter, Elder Buddy Abernathy takes us to this final judgment and shows us how God will judge those who are not His...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on June 18, 2025) Have you ever heard a sermon about the “Thousand Year Reign,” or the “Millennial Reign” of Christ? Most of the time, the focus of such messages is about some future physical reign of Christ here on earth. But is this really what is being taught in...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on June 4, 2025) As we approach the end of chapter 19 of Revelation, the scene before us is the final battle between God and evil. This is the “main event,” the ultimate casting down of the wicked Babylonian world system. Join us today as we learn about the final...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on May 7, 2025) In the last half of Revelation 19, John writes about the second coming of Christ. Most of the time when we read about the Second Coming in Scripture, we focus on the Resurrection of God’s children. However, in these verses, we see Jesus returning in judgment...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on April 16, 2025) In today’s sermon in our Revelation series, we find a “great voice” of “much people” praising God with complete unity, crying out “Alleluia”! The basis of their praise was “salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God.” Join us as we learn more about this fourfold alleluia giving...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on April 2, 2025) In today’s sermon, we move into another section of the Book of Revelation, which we have entitled, “The Final Judgment.” Beginning here in chapter 18, and continuing through chapter 22, verse 5, we see the final overthrow of the wicked and the ultimate glorification of God’s...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on March 19, 2025) In the last sermon on Revelation Chapter 17, we learned that “Babylon” in the Bible, while a real historical place, here represents this wicked world system. This Babylonian world system is and has always been opposed to God and to His Kingdom on earth. Today, Elder...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 17, 2024) In today’s sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy continues in his exposition of the Book of Revelation. We are in the portion of the Book that we have entitled, “The Tribulation On Earth,” signifying that this portion of the Book deals primarily with the trials and afflictions that...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on September 7, 2025) In this sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy continues along the theme of the authority of God’s word. He reminds us that the Bible is not just a book of man’s writings, but indeed is the inspired word of God! Then he turns to an examination of a...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on August 31, 2025) In this powerful sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy begins by teaching us about the truth of God’s word and its authority in our lives. Then he turns to a particular topic that is mostly rejected by the world: biblical parenting. Please join us as we learn how...