Zion Primitive Baptist Church

by Elder Mike Ivey (preached on July 21, 2019) Once again, we are going back to a sermon preached by Elder Mike Ivey several years ago here at Zion. In Hebrews 11, we find the great “hall of faith” of the Bible. In the beginning of the chapter, we have the Biblical definition of “faith,”...

by Elder Mike Ivey (preached on June 18, 2017) Several years ago, we were blessed to have Elder Mike Ivey visiting with us one Sunday morning. He preached a powerful message about the Sermon on the Mount. Join us today as we learn about this important sermon by Christ, which sets forth the foundational principles...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on April 19, 2026) In this sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens takes us through the miracles of the Bible in search of God’s greatest miracle. When we paused the sermon yesterday, we were just about to look at Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand. Join us today as we...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on April 19, 2026) What is the greatest miracle that God has ever done? In this sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens takes us through many of the miracles of the Bible. He starts with the first of all the miracles of Christ’s earthly ministry, which was the turning of...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 3, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, the world’s concept of the “judgment seat of Christ” In Romans 14:10 is generally inaccurate. This judgment seat is NOT a place of eternal judgment, but a place of daily, timely judgment for the child of God. When we...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 3, 2026) In the sermon today, we are taking a little trip down a “rabbit trail” found in our series on the Book of Romans. In Romans 14:10, we read about the “judgment seat of Christ.” What is this “judgment seat”? Is it a place where the...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 3, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, Romans 14:17 shows us some of the characteristics of the Kingdom of God on earth, which is the church. We learned that the Kingdom is NOT about “meat and drink,” or carnal matters, but it is about righteousness, peace,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on May 10, 2026) In our exposition of Romans, we are looking at the problem of disunity due to stronger and weaker brethren in the church, which is the visible aspect of the Kingdom of God on earth. As we look at verses 17 and 18, we see some...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached May 3, 2026) As we continue in our study of the weaker and stronger brothers in Romans 14, we come to verse 17. This verse sums up very well what the Kingdom of God is all about. It is NOT about “meat and drink,” but righteousness, and peace, and...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 26, 2026) When we paused the sermon yesterday, we were examining how the conscience affects our daily walk with God. Today we continue our study of the weaker versus the stronger brother by looking at how our liberty in Christ as the “stronger brother” can be used...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 26, 2026) As we continue looking at principles of pursuing peace, we come to the important role of the conscience in our discipleship. Prior to regeneration, no child of God has an actual “conscience”; rather, he or she may have a general sense of “right and wrong”...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 19, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, the only way to counteract the problem of disunity within the church is to actively pursue peace with one another. First, we must “receive” one another, and not strive with one another. We must also avoid judging, or condemning,...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 19, 2026) As we have seen, in Romans 14 Paul has set forth the inherent potential for conflict due to the presence of weaker and stronger brethren in the church. But he doesn’t just describe the problem: he prescribes the solution! He sums up the solution in...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 12, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, there are many things that are not essentials of the faith, and upon which it is okay for Christians to disagree. Paul gives us two examples: the eating of meat, and the observance of holy days. We began looking...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 12, 2026) As we continue studying the issue of disunity in the church in Romans 14, we turn from the unity required in our essential beliefs to the liberty we have in nonessential beliefs. After reviewing a few of the essentials, we learn that there are many...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 15, 2026) As we began looking at Romans 14, we saw that Paul is teaching us about the potential for conflict between “weaker” and “stronger” Christians. In the first half of this sermon, we discussed the overall problem of disunity within the church, and we began to...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 15, 2026) As we move into Romans 14, we confront head-on the problem of disunity. Paul begins this portion of Scripture by recognizing that there are “weaker” and “stronger” Christians within every church, who may not be on the same page about every single belief. The “weaker...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 1, 2026) As we have seen in our exposition of Romans, the last few verses of Romans 13 contains a “heavenly wake up call” to children of God who have been lulled into a state of spiritual slumber by the world. In the first half of this...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 1, 2026) In this follow-up sermon on the last few verses of Romans 13, we examine the life of Samson, one of the great judges of the nation of Israel. Although he did many mighty things in the service of God, he nevertheless was lulled into spiritual...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 1, 2026) As we began to see yesterday, Paul concludes the 13th Chapter of Romans with a “wake up call” for children of God. This warning is for those who have been born again, NOT for the unregenerate! It is a call to action for those who...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 1, 2026) As we get back to our series on the Book of Romans, we find a “heavenly wake-up call” at the end of Chapter 13. In this passage, Paul tells us that it is “high time” for us to awake out of sleep, and to get...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 12, 2026) In the first half of this sermon, we looked at three of the “lost things” Jesus mentioned in Luke 15. When we paused the sermon, we were in the middle of examining the first of two lost sons, whom we usually call “the Prodigal Son.”...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 12, 2026) In Luke 15, Jesus speaks to the multitudes and the Pharisees about four lost things: a sheep, a coin, and two brothers. Today we begin looking at each of these parables, learning that no matter how big the number of people is that you are...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 5, 2026) On Easter Sunday of 2026, we looked at four questions that were asked of the ladies who came to Jesus’s tomb on Resurrection Day: Who shall roll us away the stone? Why seek ye the living among the dead? Why Weepest Thou? Whom Seekest Thou?...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on April 5, 2026) On Easter Sunday of 2026, we looked at four questions that were asked of the ladies who came to Jesus’s tomb on Resurrection Day: Who shall roll us away the stone? Why seek ye the living among the dead? Why Weepest Thou? Whom Seekest Thou?...