Sunday, June 09, 2013
Passage: Proverbs 8:22-36
Series: Proverbs (2013)
Duration: 45 mins 29 secs
Does God know more today than He did in the past? Is He learning from what is happening around Him? Listen to this lesson to find out how God's knowledge has no beginning and no end and that when He began His creation, He already knew all that is knowable. See how living by God's truths leads to stability, contentment, and happiness that doesn't depend on what's going on around us. Discover the contrast between the rich full life of those who find wisdom and the death-like existence of those who hate wisdom.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Passage: Romans 9:20-33
Series: Romans (2010)
Duration: 59 mins 44 secs
Insistent questions swirl around God "hardening Pharaoh's heart." Could it mean God made Pharaoh do the evil things he did to the Jews? Paul tackles this question by going to Old Testament scriptures. Learn four ways Old Testament scriptures are used in the New Testament. Review the three Hebrew words for "hardened". See how God's sovereignty is expressed in the destiny of nations but that everyone has the free will to choose or reject God's plan of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Passage: Romans 11:5-11
Series: Romans (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 4 mins 3 secs
"Lonely, I'm so lonely." Is this the refrain you're singing when you look around at all the people who reject God in the world today? Listen to this lesson to learn about a time when most of the Jewish people were heading down a path of self-destruction and laughing at God's messengers. At the same time there was a remnant of those who decided to prepare their hearts to follow Him. Even though they were ignorant of many of the commandments, God dealt with them graciously. Learn the difference between grace and works and listen to other examples of the Jewish remnant.
Sunday, December 01, 2013
Passage: Matthew 4:12 & John 1:26-51
Series: Matthew (2013)
Duration: 51 mins 46 secs
"Who does He think He is?" "I knew Him when He was just an ordinary kid." Listen to this lesson to see how His family and old acquaintances in his hometown found it unbelievable that Jesus was the promised Savior. Hear about those who did accept His Messiahship and those who rejected it. Discover the meaning of the word "believe" and whether a special kind of faith is needed or if the object of what we believe is what counts. See how Jesus threw Phillip for a loop when He revealed He had seen him under the fig tree and the significance of this. Consider the challenge of discipleship in your own life and see if you are willing to be a student of the Word of God for the journey of a lifetime. Also includes Luke 4:14-30.
Thursday, December 05, 2013
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.
Thursday, June 02, 2016
Passage: 1 Peter 1:20
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 4 mins 30 secs
What does it mean when the Bible says that God knew “beforehand”? Listen to this lesson to learn that God knew beforehand those who would believe in Christ. Find out that Calvinism teaches that it means that God selected those who would believe but a word study shows the fallacy of that. Find out a number of scholars who have tried to prove that it means selection but they have no evidence. Learn the difference between foreknowledge and the will of God. See that God’s will and foreknowledge never overrides the free will of man.
At the beginning of this lesson Dr. Dean recommended a publication to read for more information on the Holocaust. Click for the April/May 2016 issue of Israel My Glory.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Passage: Ephesians 1:3-5
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 51 mins 18 secs
Does God know everything that could have happened as well as what actually happened or does He only know what He has determined will happen? Listen to this lesson to learn about God’s foreknowledge which precedes His predestining that those who believe in Christ have been appointed for a purpose and set apart for service. Hear the history of the controversy between determinism and free will. Realize that as believers we can choose to obey God’s Word and grow to spiritual maturity when we walk by means of the Holy Spirit.
Sunday, January 06, 2019
Passage: Ephesians 1:3-5
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 55 mins 4 secs
How does God’s foreknowledge relate to His omniscience? Listen to this lesson to learn how they are connected and that the focal point here is the destiny of those who are in Christ. Find out the meaning of the Greek word PROGINOSKO and how it is used in five New Testament passages. See that translators impose their theology on some verses. Accept that God’s foreknowledge applies data on which His plans and purposes for mankind are based.
