Zion Primitive Baptist Church Podcast

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on November 12, 2025) As we continue in the Book of Revelation, we come to a phrase that Elder Buddy Abernathy has taught us about before: “Behold, I come quickly.” The point has been made already that, at least from our perspective, the term “quickly” doesn’t necessarily mean “soon,” but...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on November 5, 2025) As we saw in the first half of this sermon, the phrase “the time is at hand” does not necessarily mean soon to happen, but rather certain to happen and to happen quickly. There is a strong sense in which the coming of the Lord is...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on November 5, 2025) As we continue in the last chapter of Revelation, we find an interesting saying: “Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book.” In some cases, the Lord has told his servants to “seal up” the sayings; but now He instructs John NOT to seal...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on October 15, 2025) In the sermon today, we move into the final subdivision of the Book of Revelation, which I have entitled, “In the Meantime.” This sermon is a little shorter than usual, because it is the last half of a sermon where Elder Buddy Abernathy finished up the...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on October 15, 2025) As we return to Elder Buddy Abernathy’s exposition of the Book of Revelation, we come to the end of another division within that series, which I have entitled “A New Vision of Heaven.” You may recall that we have seen the new heavens and new earth...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 15, 2026) As we continue our exposition of the Book of Romans, we are dealing with the principle that God has ordained government and that we are supposed to be subject to it. In the first half of this sermon, we began by answering some questions about...

by Elder Wayne Crocker (preached on January 19, 2014) Over the past few weeks, we have been going back through our archive and posting some sermons by good, sound ministers who have visited us here at Zion Primitive Baptist Church over the years. One of these dear brethren is Elder Wayne Crocker, pastor of Hopewell...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on November 3, 2013) In this powerful sermon, preached by Elder Tim McCool here at Zion Primitive Baptist Church back in 2013, we learn about the “Daysman.” This term refers to one who is a mediator between two parties. While we have no earthly mediator between God and man, Bro....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 15, 2026) In this sermon, which follows fast on the heels of our previous discussion about the difference between the Kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men, we ask several questions. Where do we get government? What is government supposed to do? How do we, as...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 8, 2026) In this sermon, we continue our study of the theology of government in our ongoing exposition of the Book of Romans. As we did in the previous sermon, we begin in Romans 13:1 and explore the idea of the separation that ought to exist between...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on February 8, 2026) When we paused the message yesterday, we were about to finish up demonstrating the vast differences between the Kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men. Today, we will finish up our discussion of these differences, and then focus upon the separation that ought to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 28, 2025) In our series on the Book of Romans, we have come to chapter 12. But before we begin to look at Paul’s instructions on godly living and presenting our bodies a living sacrifice, we decided to do a quick review of what we have learned...

by Elder Luke Hagler (preached on June 23, 2013) In the second half of this powerful sermon by Elder Luke Hagler, we continue to see the warning by the writer of Hebrews about neglecting the great salvation that we have in Christ. This certainly is not referring to our eternal salvation, for we can never...

by Elder Luke Hagler (preached on June 23, 2013) The sermon today is by Elder Luke Hagler, who visited us here at Zion Primitive Baptist Church back in 2013. He takes us over to the book of Hebrews, where the writer warns us against neglecting the great salvation that we have in Christ. Join us...

by Elder Neil Honea (preached on January 18, 2026) In this powerful sermon, preached by Elder Neil Honea recently for us here at Zion Primitive Baptist Church, we learn about submitting ourselves one to another. Paul tells us in Ephesians that this “submission” is really “service” one to another. As we began to see in...

by Elder Neil Honea (preached on January 18, 2026) Elder Neil Honea recently preached for us at Zion Primitive Baptist Church, and his message was a powerful reminder about our duty to submit to one another as children of God. This “submission” looks like “service,” and Paul in Ephesians Chapter Five tells us about how...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on January 27, 2013) In the first half of this sermon, preached at Zion back in 2013 by Elder Tim McCool, we learned that while there are many things in life that will inevitably deteriorate and break, the Scripture cannot be broken. The word of God is permanent, and has...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on January 27, 2013) We have lately been revisiting some older sermons that have been preached over the years here at Zion Primitive Baptist Church. Today we are posting the first half of a sermon preached by Elder Tim McCool back in 2013 on the topic of the word of...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on September 21, 2025) In this powerful sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens reminds us from Scripture that we must guard our hearts diligently. The issues of our hearts affect everything in our lives! We must work on the inward man, guarding what we put in our hearts, in order...

by Elder Kenneth Nowell (preached on December 28, 2025) As we closed out the year 2025, we were blessed to have Elder Kenneth Nowell, Pastor of Piedmont Primitive Baptist Church in South Georgia, to visit with us. He reminded us from Malachi 3:6 that it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,...

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....