Understanding Christianity

What is the covenant of redemption? Louis Berkhof defines it this way: "The covenant of redemption may be defined as the agreement between the Father, giving the Son as Head and Redeemer of the elect, and the Son, voluntarily taking the place of those whom the Father had given Him.” Non-Reformed believers object to this truth and argue that this covenant does not exist in the Bible. Does the Bible give evidence of such a covenant and how does it relate to the doctrine of election and the atonement? Dr. Sean Cole attempts to explain this doctrine biblically.

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What is genuine repentance. Dr. Sean Cole explores three areas of this very important theological topic. First, a look at the Greek words used in the New Testament for repentance to help us understand what repentance means. Second, he gives some great definitions by godly men in the past who have thought deeply about these issues. Third, he providees seven marks of genuine repentance where we look at this subject from many passages that will gives us a comprehensive picture. www.seancole.nethttps://www.facebook.com/sean.cole.16144@sdcole

Easter 2017 Message from Luke 24:1-12, 36-48

Pastor Sean preaches a reflection on the cross of Christ in Isaiah 53.

Dr. Sean Cole preached this sermon in 2013 (after breaking his ankle that morning on the way to church slipping on the ice). This message focuses on 2 Corinthians 5:21 and the substitutionary atonement of Christ. May this bless you on Good Friday as you prepare for Resurrection Sunday.

The LORD begins to bring restoration to the bitter Naomi through the kinsman redeemer Boaz which is a picture of the gospel. In this teaching, Pastor Sean addresses the sin of bitterness. The second half of the teaching after Ruth focuses on Revelation 5 and Jesus as the Lion-Lamb who redeemed His people for eternal life in heaven.

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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