Understanding Christianity

Understanding Christianity

By Sean D ColeReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Understanding Christianity episodes

  • 1689 Confession on Adoption

    Being adopted by God as your Father is the highest privilege of your salvation.

    J. I. Packer states, “If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.”

    What are the blessings of being a child of God?

    Listen and find out.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • 1689 Baptist Confession on JUSTIFICATION by Faith Alone
    Dr. Sean Cole teaches one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith: Justification by faith alone. How can guilty sinners be declared righteous before a holy God? NOT with an infusion of righteousness, but an imputation of Christ's perfect record and the complete forgiveness of sins.
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    1 hr 22 min
  • Judges 17: Worshipping God as He Is
    These later chapters comprise the third major section of Judges. With the death of Samson, God no longer raises up any leader. There are no more Spirit-empowered leaders to save Israel from their enemies or hold back their idolatry.
    Israel has degenerated into paganism, and now we see how “ordinary—every day” Israelites act in rank paganism when there is no king.
    The main point of Chapter 17 is: We must worship God as He is, not as we want Him to be.
    41 min
  • 1689 Confession on Justification

    Dr. Sean Cole teaches one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith: Justification by faith alone. How can guilty sinners be declared righteous before a holy God? NOT with an infusion of righteousness, but an imputation of Christ's perfect record and the complete forgiveness of sins.

    www.seancole.net

    1 hr 22 min
  • Judges 17: Worshipping God as He Is
    These later chapters comprise the third major section of Judges. With the death of Samson, God no longer raises up any leader. There are no more Spirit-empowered leaders to save Israel from their enemies or hold back their idolatry.
    Israel has...
    41 min
  • 1689 Confession on Effectual Calling
    If the gospel call goes out universally, why do some people accept it and others do not? Is it an issue of using free will to accept or reject the call, or is there another type of calling that overpowers the most resistant of hearts and causes a...
    1 hr 24 min
  • The Battle for Truth
    Dr. Sean Cole concludes this sermon series on Spiritual Warfare by addressing some common, yet unbiblical, practices and beliefs that have taken evangelicalism by storm in the past 50 years. The four classic passages on spiritual warfare are Ephesians...
    50 min
  • The Battle For Truth: Misunderstandings of Spiritual Warfare
    Dr. Sean Cole concludes this sermon series on Spiritual Warfare by addressing some common, yet unbiblical, practices and beliefs that have taken evangelicalism by storm in the past 50 years. The four classic passages on spiritual warfare are Ephesians 6:10-20, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8-9, and 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
    We stand in the truth, resist the devil in the gospel, and take these false thoughts, arguments, and worldviews captive to Christ.
    The ultimate issue is the Lordship of Christ and His truth. These strongholds are pulled down by the power of the GOSPEL.
    However, since the late 60s, a newer type of spiritual warfare strategy has emerged markedly different from the historical model practiced for the first 2000 years of church history.
    Can Christians be demon-possessed? Should we rebuke Satan and demons? What does it mean to bind Satan? Should we "plead the blood" in "power encounters" with the demonic?
    How do these fairly recent practices compare with the historic understanding of spiritual warfare that calls us to STAND in the truth of the gospel? How do we practice discernment in this area?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93LEbnlKLY
    50 min
  • Stand in the Whole Armor of God
    In this second sermon in the Spiritual Warfare series, Dr. Sean Cole preaches Ephesians 6:10-20. The choice is not whether you will engage in the battle as a Christian. You will be attacked, and you will face spiritual warfare as a reality. The...
    44 min

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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…