Menu Keys

On-Going Mini-Series

Bible Studies

Codes & Descriptions

Class Codes
[A] = summary lessons
[B] = exegetical analysis
[C] = topical doctrinal studies
What is a Mini-Series?
A Mini-Series is a small subset of lessons from a major series which covers a particular subject or book. The class numbers will be in reference to the major series rather than the mini-series.

Messages with tag - Bible study methods

Acts (2010)
116 - Athens: Understand Your Audience [B]
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
by Robert Dean
Passage: Acts 17:16-34
Series: Acts (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 5 secs
Why do some people get mad as a hornet when talking about God? Listen to this lesson to learn the vital need for listening to others as they talk about what they already believe. See how the Apostle Paul skillfully used his insight into the Athenians to reason with them in a logical manner. Find out how he challenged them to worship the Creator rather than the creature. Discover key elements to sharpen your Bible study methods.
Video:watch Audio:listendownload Text:readslideshow
Acts (2010)
117 - Athens: GOD, Unknown gods, Stoics, Epicureans, Evolution, and the Chain of Being - Part 1 [B]
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
by Robert Dean
Passage: Acts 17:16-31 & Romans 1:18-22
Series: Acts (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 7 secs

What gods do you worship? Success? Money? Happiness? The pagan Athenians worshiped all the gods, betting that some of them would come to their aid. Listen to this lesson to learn how the Apostle Paul used their worship of the unknown god to show there is only one true God, the God of Creation. Find out how everyone has enough evidence to know that God exists but suppresses that truth. Begin the fascinating study of the Chain of Being and see how evolution grew out of it.

Click here to access Dr. Dean's paper presented at the Conservative Theological Society referenced in this Bible class.

Video:watch Audio:listendownload Text:readslideshow
Philippians (2022)
77 - Forgetting the Past Things [B]
Thursday, June 27, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:12-14 & 2 Chronicles 7:14
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 2 mins 30 secs
Do believers reach their spiritual goals and then take a break near the end of their life? Listen to this message to learn that as long as we are living we should be running the race that God has set before us. Find out that we are to align our goals and objectives with those God has set for us. Hear methods of Bible study including observation, interpretation, and application and see the importance of the context of a verse we are studying.
Video:watch Audio:listendownload Text:slideshow
Philippians (2022)
89 - Developing a Spiritually Tough Mindset
Thursday, March 06, 2025
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 4:4-10
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 10 mins 31 secs

Would you like to be able to handle difficult circumstances in life with joy and peace? Listen to this message to learn that believers must make daily decisions to grow spiritually rather than just drift along. Listen to practical ways of studying the Bible that change your thinking when you are walking by means of the Holy Spirit. Learn not to focus on the "what if's" or what can go wrong leading to worry and anxiety, but to focus on God's promises which bring this peace and joy.

During this message Dr. Dean mentioned Diana Severance's books “The Living Word: Daily Readings on the History, Influence and Impact of the Bible” and “Her-Story.” Also books by Rob Morgan including “Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories.”

Video:watch Audio:listendownload