Understanding Christianity

Dec 11 2024 736 ep. 15

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Listen to Dr. Sean Cole, lead pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Sterling, CO, to help you understand Christianity. This podcast includes sermons, lectures, and discussions on leading issues in the Reformed evangelical tradition. If you want to learn more about Christianity from a Baptistic and Calvinistic perspective, this podcast is for you.

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Blessed Be the Lord! LUKE 1:57-79

Luke gives us the second of our Four Songs of Christmas here in what has historically been called The Benedictus, Latin for “Blessed.” Zechariah provides us with the THREE major or primary elements, aspects, or truths of the Christian faith. In...

1689 Confession on Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Dr. Sean Cole teaches on Baptism and the Lord's Supper from the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession. What is the mode of baptism? Should we baptized only believers or infants? What does baptism symbolize? Is the Lord's Supper more than...

A Song to Magnify the Lord LUKE 1:46-55

The Magnificat is one of the most powerful hymns because it is Scripture and comes from the mouth of Mary herself. Here is the main point or the overall thrust of Mary’s hymn: We should humbly magnify God because of His mercy and power. You can...

1 John 3:19-24 The Antidote for an Anxious Heart

What happens when you begin to doubt your salvation? Or when your conscience accuses you that you’re a miserable failure beyond recovery.What happens when you have a restless, guilty, anxious heart that wonders if you’re doing enough to keep yourself...

Herman Bavinck on PROVISIONISM and the Nature of Grace

In his book "Saved by Grace: The Holy Spirit's Work of Calling and Regeneration," Herman Bavinck interacts with what he calls the semi-Pelagian error of the Arminians. The error is that a sinner can believe in Christ simply by the...

1689 Confession on The Church and the Communion of the Saints

What is the church? Who is the head of the church? Where does the authority reside in the church? Who are the officers in the church? Should a church exercise discipline at times? How should members interact together as the church? Dr. Sean Cole...

1689 Confession on MARRIAGE

Dr. Sean Cole continues the series through the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession in the chapter on Marriage. How does the Bible define marriage? What is a healthy marriage? Listen and find out! You can purchase Sean’s two books here: 40 Days...

The Obligation to Love 1 John 3:11-18

In 1 John chapter 3, he introduces us to essential theological truths: the doctrines of adoption and regeneration. God has caused us to be born again and adopted us His children. How then should we live? A born-again, adopted child of God is obligated...

The Antichrist, the Apostasy, and the Anointing 1 John 2:18-27

1 John 2:18-27 contains three confusing theological issues: The antichrist, the issue of apostasy, and the anointing. Dr. Sean Cole asks four questions in this text: (1) How do I understand the antichrist? (2) What does it mean to "fall...

1689 Confession on the CIVIL GOVERNMENT

Dr. Sean Cole continues teaching through the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession. He addresses these questions in Chapter 24 on the Civil Government. How should we relate to the governing authorities? How should our leaders govern? Is there ever a...