Zion Primitive Baptist Church

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on April 6, 2025) In this sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens teaches us from Scripture the truth that we must glory ONLY in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ! Join us today as we learn this important principle, which will guide us as evaluate the doctrines of the...

by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on September 3, 2025) In this powerful sermon preached by Elder Buddy Abernathy, we get an overview of salvation from beginning to end. We learn of the electing grace of God from before the foundation of the world, the sacrificial love of Christ on the cross, and the application of...

by Elder Luke Hagler (preached on August 17, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, there are certain credentials that must be presented in order to enter most places and events in life. But what about when it comes to our entry into eternal heaven? What credentials must we present in order to enter into...

by Elder Luke Hagler (preached on August 17, 2025) A few weeks ago, Elder Luke Hagler came and preached for us here at Zion Church. In this powerful sermon, he reminded us about the need for certain credentials in order to gain entry into certain places and events. But what about our entry into heaven?...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on August 17, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, the Kingdom of God is a “mind-blowing” concept that was introduced by Jesus into the world in His earthly ministry. In the first half of this sermon, Elder Tim McCool showed us that the Kingdom is something that we must...

by Elder Tim McCool (preached on August 17, 2025) In this sermon preached recently at Zion Primitive Baptist Church, Elder Tim McCool teaches us about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is an overwhelming subject in Scripture, and would take years to fully expound upon. But in this powerful sermon, Bro. Tim reminds...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 24, 2025) In the Book of the Psalms, we find an important reminder that God is providentially working in the lives of His elect children. Found in Psalm 31, verse 15 we read the following statement: “My times are in thy hands.” This verse points us to...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 5, 2025) In the world in which we live, there are many organizations that claim to be true churches. But the word of God teaches us how to sift through all these claimants in order to find the true church. In today’s sermon, we learn about one...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 10, 2025) Today we are continuing in a sermon in our exposition of Nehemiah which begins in Chapter Ten, which details how the people of God in Jerusalem performed after the prayer/sermon of Chapter Nine. When we paused the message yesterday, we were reading and examining Deuteronomy...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 10, 2025) After the long prayer/sermon of Chapter Nine, Nehemiah and his friends entered into a reaffirmation of the Mosaic covenant with a “seal.” This seal signified their submission to God and His Law. The prayer of Chapter Nine was heartfelt and sincere, but it is important...

by Elder Chris McCool, pastor (preached on August 3, 2025) As we come to the close of Nehemiah Chapter Nine, we find Nehemiah and his friends praying and praising God in a long prayer/sermon that recounts the history of the Nation of Israel. They begin the prayer/sermon by praising God for His greatness, and for...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 3, 2025) In today’s message, we come to the end of Chapter 9 of Nehemiah. In the great “prayer/sermon” of this chapter, we have seen them praising God for His greatness and for His goodness; today, we see them praising God for His grace. The nation of...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 20, 2025) When we paused the sermon yesterday, we were continuing to examine the prayer/sermon of Nehemiah Chapter 9. We are looking at the content of this prayer/sermon, which traces the history of the Nation of Israel from their formation up until the present time of Nehemiah....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 20, 2025) In our exposition of the Book of Nehemiah, we are currently studying about the great prayer/sermon contained in Chapter 9. Last time, we saw that the remnant of Israel that was in Jerusalem took time to focus upon God and praise Him for His greatness....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 6, 2025) In Nehemiah Chapter Nine, we find a long prayer/sermon that details the history of Israel, and focuses upon their God Jehovah. In the first few verses, they lift up the name of God and praise Him for His greatness. All worship must begin with the...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 6, 2025) As we have seen in our study of Nehemiah, Chapter Nine begins with the people of God continuing to worship God even after the conclusion of the Feast of Tabernacles. The Israelites who returned from the Captivity were hungry for the word of God, and...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on July 13, 2025) In today’s sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens takes us to the book of Romans to teach us about our adoption in Christ. We have been adopted by God the Father in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And because of our adoption, we are now...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on July 27, 2025) As we learned yesterday, God is a holy and righteous God, and yet He loves His children and purposes to save them eternally from their sins. How can this be? How can a perfectly holy God forgive sin, when all sin must be punished? In...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on July 27, 2025) We know from Scripture that God is a holy and righteous God, Who hates iniquity and demands punishment for sin. And yet we also know that God loves His elect people, and purposes to save them from their sins. This appears to be a great...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 10, 2025) As we began to see yesterday, the doctrine of “time” salvation is essential to our understanding of the word “saved” in the Bible. We began to the see the Bible foundation of this doctrine, and to learn how it helps in rightly dividing the word...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 10, 2025) As we move into the Ninth Chapter of Romans, we see a distinct change in mood from the previous chapter. Paul goes from the mountaintop of eternal salvation and security to the valley of earthly sorrow over his Jewish countrymen who do not believe in...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 3, 2025) In the first half of this sermon, we began to look at some “things” in the Eighth Chapter of Romans that should bring us utmost comfort and joy in this life. These things are found in several phrases in the last few verses of Romans...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 3, 2025) As we continue our study in Chapter 8 of Romans, we come to what could well be considered the climax of the book: verses 28 through 39. In these verses, we learn about the eternal things that God is doing for us, which always work...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 27, 2025) In our exposition of the Book of Romans, we have begun looking at the “all things” that work together for our good, as taught in Romans 8:28-30. These things are listed in verses 29 and 30, as follows: foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification. When...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 27, 2025) As we learned in the last sermon, the “all things” referenced in Romans 8:28 is not talking about “all things without exception.” Clearly, there are many things working against us and against God. But there ARE some things that are working in our favor; what...