Thursday, January 25, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:1-5
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 10 mins 59 secs
What is the new circumcision the Apostle Paul discusses? Listen to this message to learn that Paul is talking about a non-physical circumcision and its spiritual meaning. Hear fourteen facts of what the Bible teaches about circumcision beginning with the Abrahamic Covenant. Find out why only males are circumcised. See that it is only a circumcised heart where someone trusts in Christ that has meaning.
Thursday, February 01, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:3-4
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 9 mins 32 secs
Is your confidence in your own abilities and talents or is it in the Lord? Listen to this message to learn that relying on ourselves is trusting in our sin natures, or the flesh. Find out that when we put our faith in Christ we can learn to have confidence in God’s grace and provision by studying His Word and walking by means of the Spirit.
Thursday, February 08, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:4-6
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 16 mins 42 secs
What is your testimony? What can you tell others about your own spiritual journey that led you to faith in Christ? Listen to this message about Paul’s stellar background of how he was blameless as far as the Law was concerned. Hear a summary of the many divisions of Judaism during this period and what groups predominated in Paul’s day. Understand that even though Paul had much to brag about, he knew that all of it was worthless as far as God was concerned. Only faith in Christ is what saved him.
Thursday, February 22, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:4-6
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 16 secs
What does the Bible reveal about the Apostle Paul’s background? Listen to this message to learn that he came from a religious Jewish family and carried on in this vein, persecuting believers in Christ, until He was saved on the road to Damascus. Learn what the “tradition of the fathers” means. Hear his own evaluation of what he thought all his good works were worth in God’s sight.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:4-6
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 10 mins 34 secs
How did the many rituals and traditions of Judaism develop in the centuries prior to Jesus’ birth? Listen to this message to hear a detailed history of the period which included the Maccabean Revolt and the rise of the Herodian dynasties. See the key sects of the Scribes’, Pharisees’, and Sadducees’ origins and how this led to a belief that righteousness could be achieved by one’s own good deeds. Appreciate how Paul deftly debunks this belief.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:7-9
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 35 secs
What does arithmetic have to do with our salvation? Listen to this message to learn that we are declared righteous based on faith alone in Christ alone and not on anything we can add of our own works. See how the Apostle Paul’s many outstanding accomplishments and genetics were only losses when it came to his spiritual destiny.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:8-11
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 0 mins 14 secs
Is there anything we can do to be righteous before God? Listen to this lesson to learn that we are inherently sinful and all our good deeds and moral acts are worthless. Find out that the answer is that we can only become righteous before God by trusting in Christ as our Savior. At that instant God does not make us better or more righteous but He declares us righteous.
Thursday, April 04, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:8-11 & Romans 3:20-31
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 12 mins 55 secs
Get prepared for an in-depth study of justification. Listen to this message to learn that justification basically means being declared righteous by God even though we were born sinners and still sin after believing in Christ as our Savior. Learn about the three types of biblical righteousness. Gain a clearer understanding of Romans 3:23–24. Rejoice and be grateful for such a great salvation.
The “heavy” Bible Dr. Dean discussed at the beginning of this class is available here.
Here is a link to Dr. Dean's Bible Study Methods series.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:8-11 & Romans 3:24-31
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 50 secs
Redemption. Propitiation. Why do we need to learn about these subjects? Listen to this message to hear these are fundamental truths that help us to understand and appreciate our salvation. Hear the meaning of the key words for each of these terms. Remember that redemption always refers to a price being paid to redeem or purchase something and propitiation expresses God’s satisfaction for Christ’s work on the Cross.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
by Robert Dean
Passage: Philippians 3:8-11 & Romans 3:24-31
Series: Philippians (2022)
Duration: 55 mins 34 secs
What happens when we trust in Christ? Listen to this message to see that anyone who trusts in Christ is justified. Find out what forbearance means and how it emphasizes God’s marvelous grace in applying Christ’s death as the payment for the penalty of sin when we trust in Christ. Hear five rhetorical questions that show that both Jew and Gentile are saved by faith alone in Christ alone and not by any works they have done.