Emmanuel Baptist Church, Sterling, Co

The gospel empowers us to show Christ-like humility. Paul exhorts the Philippian church to make his joy complete by being unified and humble. He gives a powerful illustration of how Jesus left the glories of heaven to lower HImself in extreme humility on the cross as a way to both instruct and inspire us to worship Him.

The book "The Shack" caught the Christian world on fire back in 2008. In a few weeks, "The Shack" movie will come to theatres across the nation. Dr. Sean Cole is joined by his friend Caleb Neel, Southern Seminary student, to give a hearty critique of the faulty theology in the book. They provide six areas of grave concern to this dangerous book.

Dr. Sean Cole explores theme of what it means to "fear the Lord" from Genesis to Revelation. He focuses in specifically on Isaiah 6:1-8 to demonstrate the two types of fear of the Lord demonstrated in the Bible.

Paul's imprisonment has served to advance the gospel. His aim is to glorify Christ either in life or death. He desires the Philippian church to strive side by side for the gospel by living a life worthy of the gospel.

Dr. Sean Cole begins a series on the book of Philippians. In this introductory teaching, he focuses on how the church in Philippi was started as evidenced in Acts 16--a fashionista, a snake girl, and a prison worker formed the nucleus of the Philippian church

Pastor Sean introduces the new year theme "Faithful for the Future" by focusing on 2 Timothy 2:1-2 on the importance of entrusting others to pass the baton of the gospel on to the next generation.

Dr. Sean Cole brings in the new year by exploring the issue of faith being a gift. He plays a short snippet from one of his favotie preachers--Martyn Lloyd-Jones from Ephesians 2:8-9--and then addresses the topic from other passages. Welcome to 2017!

Dr. Sean Cole teaches a lecture on the Perseverance of the Saints as foundational to our salvation in God's sovereign grace.

Some will melt before Jesus in repentance and faith while others will reject Him with a hardened heart.

Dr. Sean Cole has been asked over the years why Emmanuel Baptist Church has a plurality of male elders. He answers this question from 1 Peter 5:1-4.

Since life is short, true joy is found in remembering your Creator.You truly demonstrate that you worship and honor God by keeping His commandments.

Since a small amount of foolishness can ruin the influence of wisdom, be sure to use God-given wisdom in key areas of life. Since we do not know the future, use every opportunity to take risks but with wisdom.