Tuesday, December 13, 2022
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 13:1
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 5 mins 9 secs
Are you discouraged from living in the midst of chaos in our country and around the world? Listen to this stirring message to learn that God’s grace is always acting on behalf of believers. Hear a summary of the stages of discipline that God warned Israel would happen if they did not obey Him and also the blessings they were promised when they did obey Him. Understand that God’s judgment is part of His love and that grace is always available when we turn to Him.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 13:1-3
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 1 mins 26 secs
Was Samson a hero or a disgraceful, lawless man? Listen to a new study of this man who earned both those descriptions during his lifetime. Find out who the Philistines were and where they dwelled. Learn about the parents of Samson. See that his mother was barren for many years and learn that barrenness was true of many of the most notable women of the Old Testament. See that physical barrenness is a picture of the spiritual barrenness of all of us when we are born, but that God gives new life when we believe in Christ as our Savior.
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 13:3-7
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 22 secs
Would you be surprised to learn that the Angel of the Lord in the Bible is not an angel? Listen to this lesson to hear about a number of times the Angel of the Lord appeared to people and who He really is. Hear the announcement He made to Samson’s mother about his impending birth. Find out what it meant to take the Nazirite vow and the restrictions that were to be followed. Realize how longsuffering God was toward Samson and see that He lovingly shows us that same patience.
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Tuesday, January 03, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 13:6-24
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 11 mins 49 secs
What’s in a name? Listen to this powerful message explaining the significance of names in Scripture and see a number of the names for God which reveal His essence or character. Learn that the Angel of the Lord refers to the Lord Jesus Christ when He appeared or spoke to communicate with humans. Understand why Samson’s mother recognized that the man of God, as she called him, was recognized by her to be God. Find out what He told her about the son she was to give birth to.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 13:24-14:9
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 6 mins 26 secs
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 13:25-14:9
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 54 secs
Do you know you are personally responsible for all your choices and the consequences that come from them? Listen to this lesson to learn that God works behind the scenes to see that His sovereign will is always carried out ultimately. Find out that rebellious, self-centered Samson made decisions based on his selfish lusts, but God worked behind the scenes to use Samson’s choices to disrupt relations with the Philistines. Hear an incident in Samson’s life involving a young woman and a lion and the trouble that was caused.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 14:9-20
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 1 mins 51 secs
Irresponsible Samson is up to his arrogant, selfish tricks again in this week’s lesson as he takes a Philistine wife and plans a feast to celebrate. Find out who is invited to his feast and the wager and riddle he presents to them concerning his experience with a young lion. Hear how the new wife gets the answer to the riddle out of him by tears and pleading and the disastrous results Samson pursues as he pays the wager. Recognize from this that although Samson is totally disinterested in spiritual matters, God is always at work using Samson’s actions to fulfill His sovereign plans.
The Crisis in Pastoral Leadership booklet that Dr. Dean referenced at the beginning of this lesson is available in the Text: notes link below.
The Gatestone Institute article that Dr. Dean referred to is Is Putin Destroying Russia.
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 15:1-20
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 1 mins 18 secs
If you like true adventure literature, listen as the story of Samson’s troublemaking exploits continues. Hear about his unique way of using jackals to destroy the economy of the Philistines. Find out his own countrymen tried to deliver him into the hands of the enemy and see that the Holy Spirit empowered him in a spectacular victory over them. Understand from this that just like Samson we can become as pagan as the culture around us unless we learn to think biblically by studying the Scriptures.
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 16:1-4 & 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 1 hr 8 mins 9 secs
Why do believers have tests and adversities? Listen to this lesson to learn that these tests are designed to mature us. Continue in the study of Samson’s life and see that there is no indication that he learned from the tests he had as he constantly ran aground on his self-centered, reckless path. Hear a number of principles concerning tests, including how even though we cannot escape them, we can have the strength to endure them by trusting God’s provision of grace.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
by Robert Dean
Passage: Judges 16:4-31
Series: Judges (2021)
Duration: 58 mins 25 secs
Why did God allow Samson to go his reckless, carnal way as the years went by? Listen to this lesson to see that Samson was used in a spectacular way to carry out God’s plan for Israel. Hear about Delilah and how she enticed Samson to reveal the secret of his strength. Find out how Samson finally turned to the Lord for help and destroyed the leaders and power brokers of Israel’s enemy, the Philistines.
