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1 Peter (2015)

1 Peter (2015)

January 2015 - April 2019

This epistle focuses on the critical doctrine of how we face adversity and how we are to think about it in our lives. The key word is the word for suffering and its many synonyms. The purpose is to remind all believers that God has a destiny and a future inheritance for them. What we think of as speed bumps interfering with our personal plans are actually God’s training tools and are to be expected, rejoiced in, and not dreaded.

Video DVDs of these lessons can be ordered here and here.

To view all video Bible studies of the 1 Peter series, click here (Vimeo) or here (YouTube).

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www.deanbibleministries.org/podcasts/20151stpeter.xml
 
Thursday, May 18, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15 & 1 Kings 18:22-19:2
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 12 mins 33 secs
What are you willing to risk to defend what you believe about God? Listen to this lesson to learn how Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal about their beliefs by setting up a test for the them. See how he was pointing out that what they were depending on for their happiness and prosperity was not working. Find out the importance of knowing your own ultimate reality as a believer in order to help others change their minds. Hear eight things to learn from this event in Elijah’s life that will help us in witnessing to unbelievers.

To help clarify some of the terminology used in the study of apologetics, Dr. Dean has begun developing an Apologetics Glossary, which he updated 5/19/17.

Thursday, May 25, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15 & Acts 2-3
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 15 mins 49 secs
Should we have differing approaches when discussing the gospel message to various audiences? Listen to this lesson to see how the background of unbelievers needs to be considered when witnessing to them. See how we can determine what they believe by asking questions and carefully listening to their answers. Hear examples of different audiences and the messages for each in the book of Acts. Find the points of common ground and always remember to discuss the Creator God.

Dr. Dean referenced a new document, Three Arguments Used in the God's Not Dead movie, during this class, which will be discussed in next week's class.

This class also discussed Acts 14 and 17.

Thursday, June 01, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 8 mins 45 secs
Ready for a practice session on using apologetics? Listen to this lesson to apply what you’ve been learning by the use of a transcript from the movie God's Not Dead 1. Listen as the transcript for the movie scenes is read and follow along as Pastor Dean quizzes us so we can test what we’ve been learning.

During tonight's class Dr. Dean took us through three apologetics scenes from the movie God's Not Dead. See the transcript of the Three Arguments Used in the God's Not Dead available on this website.

You can view the movie God's Not Dead online or purchase it from Amazon.com

Thursday, June 08, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 8 mins 19 secs
Why is it important to have different strategies to use when presenting the gospel? Listen to this lesson to learn three basic questions that people often ask and four answers for them. Hear eight things about the uniqueness of the Bible as God’s revelation to mankind and the amazing story of its preservation. Hear about instances where archaeology has corroborated biblical events. Learn these answers so you will be ready when someone questions your belief in the Bible.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 9 mins 4 secs
How can prophecies help us to show unbelievers that the Bible can be trusted? Listen to this lesson to hear about three specific prophecies that were fulfilled just as predicted. Find out about a king who was named over three hundred years before he was born. See that Tyre was changed just as foretold in the Bible and that Nineveh was destroyed in the exact manner described in Nahum. Become familiar with these prophecies so you can share them with unbelievers.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 12 mins 4 secs
Does the Bible predict what will happen in the future? Listen to this not-to-be-missed lesson on the amazingly accurate prediction made by Daniel over two thousand years ago. See that this shows that God is a God of precision. Find out that Daniel’s prophecy predicted to the day when Christ would be crucified and that much of his prophecy has been fulfilled but there is still seven years remaining. Learn that these seven years will be triggered by a specific event in the future and will be called the Tribulation. When talking to unbelievers use the many fulfilled prophecies concerning Jesus to show them that the Bible can be trusted.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 4 mins 42 secs
What proof is there that Jesus really existed? Is He only mentioned in the Bible? Listen to this lesson to learn about many historical sources written in the early first century that mention Christ, including Gentile and Jewish sources. See how there is confirmation of the period of darkness on the day of the crucifixion and how there are attempts to explain it away as an eclipse. Hear and underline in your Bible a number of references where Jesus claimed to be the Son of God so you can locate them when talking to unbelievers.
Thursday, July 06, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 9 mins 5 secs
Do you believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God? If not, then you have only two options to think about Him. Either He lied when He said He was the Son of God or He was unbalanced mentally. Listen to this lesson to see that the belief that Jesus was just a good, moral teacher cannot be true. Review the claims Jesus made about Himself and see that the religious leaders at that time understood that He was claiming to be God. Find out many things that this world would never have had if Jesus had not existed. Learn about the gospel accounts of the resurrection and understand that the resurrection is the central tenet of Christianity.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 6 secs
Warning! This message describing the barbaric treatment of the Lord Jesus Christ is not for the faint of heart. See how it is overwhelming proof that Jesus actually died and did not merely swoon and was revived rather than resurrected. Hear a vivid description of His scourgings and the weapons that were used to deliver the blows. Learn the horrors of the cross and see photos of the various parts. Develop a deeper appreciation of how Jesus suffered all of these things because of our sins as described by the prophet Isaiah.

The Transcript: notes link below is for the “On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ” document that Dr. Dean referred to in the lesson.

Thursday, July 20, 2017
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 3:15 & Matthew 27:57-28:8
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 3 mins 56 secs
How much do we know about the burial of Christ after His crucifixion? Listen to this lesson to learn that we have more written evidence of this burial than of the burial of any other figure in ancient history. Hear the accounts in the four Gospels and learn who Joseph of Arimathea was. See that the spices and linen strips wound around Jesus made a tight body cast. Learn how the religious leaders insisted on securing the tomb and how large the stone was. Realize that there is overwhelming evidence of Jesus’ burial after His death erasing all doubts that He was truly dead.

Includes references from the following passages: Matthew 27:57-28:8; Mark 15:42-16:14; Luke 23:50-24:43; John 19:38-20:29