Oregon
Thank you for allowing those of us far from a Bible-teaching church to participate with you in being admonished, nurtured, and strengthened through the clear teaching of Dr. Dean.
With Gratefulness,
R. T.
New Hampshire
I was raised in a religious home, but did not personally become a believer until my freshman year of high school reading the Left Behind series. I went to a contemporary church dominated by church growth philosophies and so I never received much teaching or bible study. In college I began looking at bible studies online as a way to stay involved as I knew the campus was very hostile to religious beliefs of any kind. The Lord had me find the study of Ruth by Dr. Dean, which was my first real exposure to solid biblical teaching. I had never seen anything like that before, so I ended up spending over a year going through multiple videos every day. That was about 7 years ago now, and I still watch a video a day (I've finally caught up to the 1/2 Samuel series). I have found a bible church that teaches the word faithfully (thanks to the Lord's leading) in an area where that is almost non-existent and have been going for several years now. I am thankful to the Lord for raising up pastors such as Dr. Dean who are able to faithfully proclaim the word, and Dean Bible Ministries is the source of much of my formative doctrine and inspired my own bible studies. Thank you for all that you do to get the word out to a dying world that lacks it.
Michael
Junction City, OR
The Dean Bible Ministries website has been the primary vehicle for Sunday morning church service. I, along with a couple of friends, join West Houston Bible Church during the live stream. I have appreciated the order of service, choice of hymns, and the sermon. There are no churches in the area that has teaching like Dr. Dean’s.
This season of learning and studying the Word has been amazing! It has affirmed and solidified what I believe about God and what the Bible has revealed about Him. I didn’t have to “relearn” much. Using the website to study other books like Romans and Revelation has also changed my mind on things that I thought to be true (e.g. gift of tongues or prayer language; modern apostles or prophets or God revealing ‘new things’; tithing; election; predestination...). Having access to the Chafer Conference and its archives has been wonderful! Also, having the power point slides is nice so that I can go back and look at what I missed in my note taking! I have also appreciated the transcripts of the messages. The amount of the rich study made available to myself and anyone wanting it is incredible! It has been (and I believe will continue to be... as long as I choose to walk in the Spirit...) transforming to my spiritual life! I am grateful and thankful for DBM!
Nina