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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 ... more
FAQs about Understanding Christianity:How many episodes does Understanding Christianity have?The podcast currently has 1,235 episodes available.
November 22, 2019Altar of Incense...Fragrance of Prayer EXODUS 30:1-10The altar of incense represents the prayers ofGod's people as a fragrant aroma to our living God. Jesus is seatedin heaven now at the right hand of the Father interceding/prayingfor us. This is an amazing truth. This should give us......more42minPlay
November 22, 2019Romans 8:1-13 Set Free by the SPIRITIn our regeneration, the Holy Spirit haseffectually set us free from sin and the law. He now indwells thebeliever and grants us the grace to kill sin. Paul contrasts theunregenerate person who is totally inable to come to Christ versusthe......more1h 22minPlay
November 14, 2019Romans 7 The Normal Christian Life of StruggleRomans 7 is considered one of the most difficultand controversial chapters in Romans. Why do we still sin? Why dowe still do the things we know we shouldn’t do? Why do we strugglewith doing the things we should do and fail to do them? IF we......more1h 26minPlay
November 10, 2019A Sacrifice Once for All EXODUS 27 and Hebrews 10:1-14Do you often struggle with your assurance ofsalvation? Do you wonder if God has stopped loving you because ofyour sin? The bronze altar in Exodus 27 shows how Israel needed acontinual burnt offering for their perpetual sins. The OldTestament......more43minPlay
November 07, 2019Slaves to Serve God Romans 6:15-23Paul's description of slavery in Romans 6 is veryconfusing. Here’s the main point: As a Christian, you are free FROMsin, but that does not give you freedom TO sin. We are free fromthe binding enslavement of the Law of Moses that crushes us......more1h 29minPlay
November 03, 2019The Dwelling Place of God Exodus 26 and John 1:14-18In Exodus 26, we see explicit instructions on howto construct the tabernacle with was the visible reminder of God'sglorious presence among the Israelites. In John 1:14-18, Jesus isthe true tabernacle who became flesh and dwelt with us as the......more48minPlay
November 01, 2019Dead or Alive ROMANS 6:1-14Before God saved us by grace all of us were "inAdam" as spiritually dead unregenerate sinners. By grace alone, Godmade us alive "in Christ" and we now have a new gospel identity. InRomans 6:1-14, Paul explains how we have......more1h 19minPlay
October 31, 2019Foreknowledge "Calvinized" Romans 8:28-30What does Romans 8:28-30 teach about the doctrine of God's foreknowledge? Sean Cole responds to SBC Provisionist Leighton Flowers who lately has been attempting to "De-Calvinize" certain key texts. There have been TWO major views in church history on God's foreknowledge--(1) the early church/Arminian foreseen faith vew and (2) the Reformed sovereign view. Flowers presents a new and novel view that display two key exegetical fallacies. Listen and find out. Check out Sean's book "Your Identity in the Trinity" at Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Your-Identity-Trinity-Discovering-Gospel-ebook/dp/B07RWTJK9K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1572221932&sr=8-1...more56minPlay
October 27, 2019The Light of the World EXODUS 25:31-40What does the lampstand (menorah) in the tabernaclesymbolize? How does this light point us to Jesus? Pastor Sean takesus on a journey from Genesis to Revelation exploring thesignificance of "light" as a major theme in the Bible which......more43minPlay
October 24, 2019Romans 5:12-21 Original GUILTWhat effects did Adam's sin in the Garden of Edenhave on us today? There have been three major views in churchhistory: (1) Imitation which is the Pelagian view that we are bornneutral and merely followed Adam's example, (2)......more1h 29minPlay
FAQs about Understanding Christianity:How many episodes does Understanding Christianity have?The podcast currently has 1,235 episodes available.