Dr. Sean Cole is joined by his youth pastor Andrew Hayes. Within the past few decades, a mystical non-Reformed approach to understanding how God speaks has crept within Baptistic and non-charismatic evangelical churches. Is God continually speaking to His people outside of the written Scriptures? Are we ever commanded in the Scriptures to try to recognize or perceive Gods’ still small voice speaking directly to our hearts? Are we instructed to believe that God still communicates to us today through dreams and visions? We believe in the Sola Scriptura which defends the inspiration, authority, inerrancy, sufficiency, and finality of the written Scriptures. The closed canon of Scripture is the only objective treasury of infallible truth. As such, the Holy Spirit no longer gives new revelation, but does continue to give fresh insights and illumination of the written text. God does sovereignly work in the lives of believers to guide them and grant wisdom through providential blessings. These may be through circumstances, the wisdom from other believers, or through times of prayer and fasting. But we do not want to confuse God’s providential guidance to be equated with God’s speaking or hearing His voice. This may be a difference in semantics, but we must protect the historic and biblical truth of Sola Scriptura in where God does not speak outside of His written Word.

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In Ruth Chapter Two, we see two profiles of godliness in Ruth and Boaz that give us a positive example in today's sinful culture that does not understand Biblical manhood and womanhood.

You prove that you are a genuine believer by loving Jesus through your obedience to Jesus.

Dr. Sean Cole shares insights from his doctoral disseration surrounding the topic of Jesus' preaching ministry. He argues that Jesus was in fact an expository preacher and shows a 7-stage blueprint for pastors today from Luke 4 in His sermon at the synagogue of Nazareth.

The LORD sovereignly provides for Noami by sending word that the famine is over in Bethlehem. We see in this passage a wonderful picture of conversion and repentance when Ruth forsakes her pagan roots as a Moabitess and embraces the God of Israel.

What is the mission of the church? To do the greater works--that is to proclaim the gospel and see God save sinners. How will we accomplish this mission as weak, sinful people? Through answered prayer in Jesus' name.

Traditionalist SBC proponents deny both effectual calling and that regeneration precedes faith. What is the role of the Holy Spirit in evangelism and conversion in Traditionalist theology? Dr. Sean Cole interacts with the Traditional Statement and compares it to the BFM 200O and the 2nd London Baptist Confession. He gives three Biblical examples of how both the Word and Spirit work together to bring about the sovereign regeneration of the elect.

Dr. Sean Cole introduces the book of Ruth and focuses on the 1:1-5 to set the stage for the greatest short story ever told. This is the story of God's invisible hand of grace in the midst of extreme tragedy.

Dr. Sean Cole shows how you can only truly know and see God with the eyes of faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. He explores four false ways people try to approach God: 1) mysticism 2) moralism 3) fanaticism and 4) rationalism. NOTE: There was a problem with the audio around the 24 minute mark with static that is intermittent through the end.