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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.

Search Results

Messages with tag - Perfect

Romans (2010)
131 - Spiritual Gifts Introduction - Part 3. Permanent vs. Temporary Gifts [B]
Thursday, February 06, 2014
by Robert Dean
Passage: Romans 12:3-4
Series: Romans (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 2 mins 32 secs

Would you like to know more about "speaking in tongues"? Listen to this lesson to learn what it means, the history of the "tongues" movement, and whether this is a legitimate spiritual gift today. Find out the difference between permanent and temporary spiritual gifts. Discover if prophecy in the Old Testament is the same as the temporary gift of prophecy in the New Testament. See how Paul indicates love is permanent but prophecy, knowledge, and tongues are temporary. Understand that the deaths of all the apostles and the completion of the canon of Scripture abolished the temporary gifts.

Note that the video is incorrectly labeled as Romans Lesson #132 on the opening screen.

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Romans (2010)
132 - Spiritual Gifts Introduction - Part 4. Permanent vs. Temporary Gifts [B]
Thursday, February 13, 2014
by Robert Dean
Passage: Romans 12:3-4 & 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Series: Romans (2010)
Duration: 1 hr 4 mins 19 secs
Are you trying to puzzle out what your spiritual gift is? Listen to this lesson to learn that it's not necessary to identify your gift in order to grow spiritually. See how as we mature in the spiritual life we will begin to function in our spiritual gift or even gifts. Revisit the difference between permanent and temporary spiritual gifts and the importance of the completion of the Canon of Scripture. Allow this lesson to encourage you to utilize your spiritual gift to build up the body of Christ in your local church and not for what you can get out of it for yourself.
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Matthew (2013)
35 - Deed and Motivation [B]
Sunday, May 25, 2014
by Robert Dean
Passage: Matthew 6:1-8 & Matthew 6:16-18
Series: Matthew (2013)
Duration: 56 mins 32 secs
"Hey! Look at me! Blow on that trumpet! Tell everyone I just dropped a lot in the offering plate." Listen to this lesson to learn how Jesus told His disciples to give, not just the act but the motivation behind the act. Notice what He promises about rewards. Understand how praying should be offered in private, never to show off what great prayer warriors we are. Find out the meaning and value of fasting. Affirm that God looks at the heart of each of us and that it's not what we do but why we do it that counts.
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Ephesians (2018)
140 - Temporary and Permanent Gifts [B]
Sunday, February 06, 2022
by Robert Dean
Passage: Ephesians 4:11
Series: Ephesians (2018)
Duration: 1 hr 54 mins 8 secs
Do current Church Age believers have the same spiritual gifts that the believers in the early Church had? Listen to this lesson to learn the difference between the permanent spiritual gifts and those that were temporary. Hear a brief history of Pentecostal and Charismatic movements to learn about the spiritual gift of tongues and whether it is still being given today. Learn four interpretive keys to help you understand this important subject.
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