by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 18, 2025) In the sermon today, we ask the question, “Has the devil ever been your father?” The answer we most often find in the religious world is that there was a time when the devil was indeed our father, but through the exercise of our wills…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 11, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, the phrase “believeth in Him” does not set conditions on our eternal salvation; rather, it deals with our assurance here and now. Those who believe have great assurance that they are part of that “world” that God loved, and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 11, 2025) As we bring our in-depth study of John 3:16 to a close, we turn our focus to the phrase “believeth in Him.” It is important to understand that belief is a present condition, not a future action. In fact, this entire verse is about assurance…
By Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 4, 2025) As we continue looking at John 3:16, we are examining the main words in this verse to determine what they mean. As it is often said, before you try to understand what a verse means you need to know what the verse says – the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 4, 2025) As we continue in our exposition of John 3:16, we come to the word “whosoever.” Once again, the religious world generally misinterprets the significance of this word. Most of the time we hear that “whosoever” means that a dead alien sinner has the ability to…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 27, 2025) When we paused the message yesterday, we were examining what the word “world” really means. The religious world generally teaches that, everywhere you see the word “world” in Scripture, it means every person who ever has or ever will live. However, we were learning that…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 27, 2025) As we have seen in this series on “Rightly Dividing John 3:16,” the words matter! We’ve looked at the word “for,” which points us to Jesus’ declaration regarding the brass serpent in the wilderness. We’ve also looked at the word “loved,” which taught us that…
by Elder Chris McCool (preached on April 20, 2025) We began yesterday in a series entitled “Rightly Dividing John 3:16.” Many in the religious world mistake this verse as a regenerational verse, as opposed to an experiential verse. We have started our examination of John 3:16 by looking at the first word of the verse:…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 20, 2025) There is much confusion in the religious world about the meaning of John 3:16. Most denominational Christians believe it is a verse that sets forth conditions for a dead alien sinner to meet in order to become a child of God. In this series, however,…
by Elder Tom Corley (preached on March 23, 2025) In this message by Elder Tom Corley, we learn some sweet truths about Christ’s love from Peter’s actions while Jesus was here on earth. Jesus was always with Peter, pulling him out of the waves and calming the storms that he faced, feeding him when he…
by Elder Tim McCool (preached on March 8, 2025) In this short but powerful sermon from our 2025 Annual Meeting, Elder Tim McCool takes us to the scene where Jesus schools Nicodemus about the absolute necessity of His own death on the cross. He reminds Nicodemus about the brass serpent that was lifted up by…
by Elder Josh Winslett (preached on March 8, 2025) In this sermon from our 2025 Annual Meeting, Elder Josh Winslett shares some rich truths from chapter three of John. He first establishes that the new birth is an absolute prerequisite to understanding the hope we have in Christ, and then encourages us (as Jesus did)…
