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[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 - Wisdom

Proverbs (2013)
Sunday, August 18, 2013
by Robert Dean
Passage: Proverbs 18:20-21 & Proverbs 12:14
Series: Proverbs (2013)
Duration: 54 mins 6 secs
"My Foolish Heart" "Fools in Love" So many pop song lyrics through the ages have been about fools. Listen to this lesson to learn that the Bible has a lot to say about fools, too. Find out which questions fools ask that need to be answered and which ones are just distractions and should be exposed with humility and respect. Discover how an reductio ad absurdum argument reduces what fools say to the absurd and how we can offer the fountain of life to those who so desperately need it.

Also includes 1 Peter 3:15-17

Proverbs (2013)
Sunday, August 25, 2013
by Robert Dean
Passage: Proverbs 31:10-0
Series: Proverbs (2013)
Duration: 56 mins 26 secs
How's this woman's ad on a popular dating site? "Not afraid of hard work. Owns successful business. Invests money for maximum profit. Believes wife should help, enhance, and honor husband. Does everything with grace and kindness." Listen to this lesson to learn what the Bible says about the traits of an ideal wife and see how they're not the ones we usually think of today. Discover how the woman in Proverbs 31 cares for her family and those around her. Find out how her husband and children will praise her and she will be honored in Heaven.
Romans (2010)
Thursday, December 05, 2013
by Robert Dean
Passage: Romans 11:33-36
Series: Romans (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 16 secs
Who says you need a crystal ball to foretell the future? Listen to this lesson to hear a summary of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Study Group Conference held in Dallas this week with its emphasis on the reality of Bible prophecy. Learn how to access the papers read at the conference. Find out the soaring, triumphant conclusion to Romans, chapters one through eleven, and revisit an overview of what has been taught on justification, sanctification, and the righteousness of God. Thrill to the security of knowing that God with His infinite knowledge and wisdom is in control no matter what dark forces we face in our world today.
Romans (2010)
Thursday, December 19, 2013
by Robert Dean
Passage: Romans 12:2
Series: Romans (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 2 mins 18 secs
Mission impossible? According to the Apostle Paul, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to submit to the radical surgery of the Word of God to have your thinking completely overhauled from the inside out. Come face to face with the two basic worldviews and explore the "Worldview Mix-Master" to see the four elements that go into it. Engage in the fierce spiritual battle for your mind with its major challenge between evolution and creation. Learn how the garbage in your soul can be ejected and the fantasy castles in your mind torn down. Listen to the life-changing questions that come out of various worldviews and how only the Word of God and the Holy Spirit can completely renovate your thinking.
1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Samuel 23:1-29
Series: 1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 18 secs
How can we know God’s will for our life? Listen to this lesson to learn that it is by studying God’s Word when we are walking by means of the Spirit. See that by the process of recall the Holy Spirit brings doctrines to our memory when we need them in making decisions. Find out the importance of redeeming the time. Learn that our spiritual gifts should be developed with our natural talents to be utilized in living our life. In summary, to know the will of God we should accept Christ as our Savior and grow spiritually by studying His Word so we can develop wisdom.
Ephesians (2018)
Sunday, May 12, 2019
by Robert Dean
Passage: Ephesians 1:7-9
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 39 mins 17 secs
Are you impressed with all God has done for you and given to you? Listen to this lesson to learn that grace is given to all believers without it being earned or deserved. Find out that Christ has given us a superabundance of resources to handle life no matter what kind of problems we face. See where this wealth is found and learn if we have to wait until we reach Heaven before we receive it. Be challenged to understand the wealth of God’s grace and find out how we can treat others graciously.
2 Peter (2019)
Thursday, September 12, 2019
by Robert Dean
Passage: 2 Peter 1:2-4
Series: 2 Peter (2019)
Duration: 1 hr 10 mins 42 secs
Is there such a thing as absolute truth or is truth relative? Listen to this lesson to learn that there are two kinds of truth. One is based on man’s sin nature and is a result of his flawed thinking. The other is God’s TRUTH, which is based on His power and omniscience and overrides all human viewpoint thinking. Find out what is wrong with the phrase, “all truth is God’s truth”. See what a logical fallacy is and what is wrong with so-called relative truth. Understand that God alone is TRUTH and if we want to have peace, joy, and stability we must learn His absolute TRUTH as revealed in Scripture.
1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
by Robert Dean
Passage: 2 Samuel 14:1-20
Series: 1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 9 mins 40 secs
What causes an individual, family, or nation to implode? Listen to this lesson to hear how a lust for power wreaks havoc in David’s family. See Absalom’s desire to become the next ruler of Israel and how David, who has lost his moral authority, is unable to effectively discipline his son. Learn about the many facets of Joab’s role during this time. Hear the deception of the widow from Tekoa and how Joab’s part is revealed. See the importance of recognizing our own lust patterns so we can apply the wisdom needed to control them.
1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
by Robert Dean
Passage: 2 Samuel 16:15-17:15
Series: 1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 45 secs
When all around you is uncertain, where should you turn for help? Listen to this lesson to hear about a time when David appeared to be in a hopeless situation. Find out how God worked behind the scenes for him as his former counselor, Ahithophel, gave Absalom excellent advice which should have been followed. When we face a crisis, we need to accept that God is sovereign and we can trust Him to provide the help we need.
Judges (2021)
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 6:31-35
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 58 mins 11 secs

Are you facing some challenging decisions and you’d like to know what God’s will is for you? Listen to this message to hear nine biblical principles that will guide you in implementing the will of God in your life. Find out about the various categories of God’s will and the means to attaining wisdom as you study God’s Word. If your life’s goal is to glorify God, then trust that He will open doors and shut down wrong ways as you move along the paths before you.

During this lesson Dr. Dean mentioned the amazing story of the five young missionaries who were slaughtered by the Auca Indians as the missionaries arrived in their territory to give them the gospel and how God used that incident to bring glory to Himself.