Since today is a holiday that most of the Christian world celebrates as the birth of Christ, I am going to take a break from our normal “Monday Minutes” devotions. I pray the Lord’s blessings upon all of you and your families, and pray you have sweet fellowship with those you love! May the joys…

We are currently looking at the Articles of Faith of Zion Primitive Baptist Church, which were adopted in 1847. Article One sets forth our fundamental belief that God is the true God! Today, we want to look at another aspect of God: the Trinity. The word “Trinity” does not appear in Scripture. However, the concept…

*Due to illness, I was unable to post “Monday Minutes” on Monday (yesterday). I apologize for the tardiness, but here is the Monday Minutes post for this week. Last week, we began looking at the Articles of Faith for Zion Primitive Baptist Church. Article One states as follows: ARTICLE ONE: WE BELIEVE IN ONE TRUE…

Zion Primitive Baptist Church was constituted on the Saturday before the third Sunday in May, 1847. On that date, seven charter members adopted Articles of Faith for the church that stated in writing what the core beliefs of Zion Church were. Interestingly, these Articles of Faith are almost identical to the articles of faith of…

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving! We ought to always be thinking about the things that God has blessed us with, but especially at this time of year we are reminded about being thankful. Having been the pastor of Zion Primitive Baptist Church for the past twelve years or so, I am well-acquainted with…

Today we will conclude our study of “time” versus “eternal” salvation. First, we will finish looking at “gospel salvation” as described in Romans 10, and then sum up our study to this point. I pray our discussion has been edifying. If we get nothing else from these articles, may we remember always to ask the…

As we continue examining this topic “time” versus “eternal” salvation, we will begin looking today a particular type of time salvation: gospel salvation. The best example of this type of “time” salvation is found in Romans 10. I pray our discussion on this topic has been edifying. May the Lord bless you is my prayer….

In today’s post, we turn to the topic of “conditional time salvation,” also sometimes called simply “time salvation.” This is a doctrine taught almost exclusively by Primitive Baptists, although I have encountered at least one independent Baptist church that also teaches this. Today, we search the scriptures to see if, indeed, time salvation is a…

As we continue looking at the topic of “eternal salvation” versus “conditional time salvation,” we are continuing to expound upon “eternal” salvation. As I always remind you, whenever we see the word “saved” or “salvation” in the Bible, we must ask ourselves, “Saved from what?” Today, we learn that eternal salvation is unconditional, whereas time…

Last week, we began looking at the topic of “eternal salvation” versus “conditional time salvation,” as regularly taught in Primitive Baptist churches. Today, we continue that thought by looking at the “eternal” side of salvation. Remember, whenever we see the word “saved” or “salvation” in the Bible, we must ask ourselves, “Saved from what?” And…

Recently, I wrote an article attempting to “rightly divide” the terms “saved” or “salvation” in the Scripture. Primitive Baptists believe that there are two different types of salvation taught in the Bible. We call these types “eternal salvation” and “conditional time salvation,” or sometimes “time salvation” for short. I want to begin sharing this article…

A couple of weeks ago, we began sharing an article by Elder Buddy Abernathy regarding the three types of justification taught in the Bible. We have already learned about “justification by grace” and “justification by faith,” and today we turn to “justification by works.” May the Lord bless you is my prayer! Elder Chris McCool,…