Emmanuel Baptist Church, Sterling, Co

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 circums

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.

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.

Pastor Sean preaches a very important passage of Scripture for our pluralistic age that denies the exclusivity of Christ. Faith in Christ is the antidote for a troubled heart. Jesus gives three reasons why we can not fear: 1) He has prepared a place for us in heaven 2) He will come back and take us to heaven and 3) He is the one and only way to heaven. Pastor Sean also gives a warning about the heresy in The Shack.

Pastor Sean finishes up the book of Philippians.

When you diligently pursue Christ through prayer, thinking deeply about gospel truths, and consistent obedience, He fills your heart with unspeakable joy and peace.

Paul contrasts his former life as a legalistic Pharisee with his new new life in Christ. Paul counts everything as loss compared to the riches of KNOWING Christ.

We are called to work out our salvation with fear and trembling while God powerfully works in us to accomplsih this. What does it look like to work out our salvation? You’re striving for unity with others. You’re not complaining or griping or causing dissension. You’re walking in integrity.You’re letting your light shine before others through your good works. You’re holding fast to the Word of God without compromise. You’re suffering well with joy.

Dr. Sean Cole examines the doctrine of compatibilism which states that God's absolute sovereignty is concurrent with human responsibility. He interacts with an essay by Dr. Jerry Walls, professor of philosophy at Houston Baptist University and a favorite of many Traditionalist Southern Baptists. In this essay, Dr. Walls makes the claim that those who hold to compatibilism are unorthodox. He argues that universalism and libertarian free-will are within the bounds of orthodoxy, but compatibilsim is not. Dr. Cole argues that tte Westminister Confession of Faith and the Second London Baptist Confession of faith's statements on God's decrees are in fact biblical. He gives a thorough analysis of various Scriptures that do in fact affirm compatibilism