It’s been said that the definition of a “big preacher” is a “little preacher who is 100 miles or more away from home.” Sometimes, we dismiss that with which we are most familiar. In this sermon, Pastor Chris McCool shares with us what happens when Jesus takes His ministry to His hometown. Unfortunately, their familiarity…
Have you ever experienced a tragedy or loss, and felt like Jesus got there too late? Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue, who came to Jesus with the urgent news that his little daughter was dying. Before Jesus and Jairus could get there, a woman with an issue of blood touched Him and was…
Do you have a “Pig Story?” We all have incidents in our lives where God delivered us in ways we NEVER expected! Meet such a man in this sermon: a wild Gadarene mad-man whose life seemed hopeless until he met the Son of Man. Jesus freed him from the demons who possessed his very life,…
When the storms of life hit your little boat, there are two ways to handle it: you can try to take over yourself and ride out the storm, or you can turn it over to the One Who has power over the storm! In this account, Jesus was just a sleeping concept on the disciples’…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/24/2020) In this fourth message in our sermon series on the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Chris McCool expounds upon the parable of the Sower, which Jesus says is the key to understanding ALL parables that He is about to give them. What is the true purpose of the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/10/2020) Have you put God into a box of your own making? Have your preconceived notions of Who He is and what He can do caused you to see Him as limited in His power and hindered in His purposes? The Pharisees and other religious leaders of Jesus’…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/3/2020) In the second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, Jesus broke it down for all those to whom He preached! The Pharisees and other religious authorities had been interpreting the Law to their advantage, but Jesus brought the divinely correct interpretation to them, which seemed revolutionary at…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 4/19/2020) According to most Christian historians, the Gospel of Mark was penned by John Mark, who had been a companion to Paul and Barnabas and the other disciples, and who in later years was a friend to the Apostle Peter. It was written first among the four gospels,…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 2/9/2020) In this final sermon of the series, How Big Is Your God?, Pastor Chris McCool reminds us that God is big enough to trust with our future. Just like Joseph, we face uncertainty and hardship. Yet the same God Who guided and protected Joseph will guide and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 2/2/2020) In this next to last sermon in our series on the life of Joseph, Pastor Chris McCool reminds us how Joseph got here: from the sheepfold in Canaan to the pit near Dothan, from the prison to the palace in Egypt, to a place of forgiveness and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 1/19/2020) Sometimes the truth is hard to take – especially the truth about ourselves! In this seventh sermon in our series on the life of Joseph, Pastor Chris McCool asks the probing question, Can you handle the truth? We see from this message that the brothers of Joseph…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 1/12/2020) In this sixth sermon in our series, “How Big Is Your God?”, Pastor Chris McCool shows us how we sometimes have to ask the question, “How big am I?” Joseph could have taken revenge on his brothers, but he knew he had to be a bigger person…
