The following selection of lessons taught by R. B. Thieme III are now available as streaming audio. Left-click the CD icon (or the link) of the lesson you would like to hear. Your media player will open in a new window and begin playing the lesson.

1 Corinthians Lesson 159 defines the difference between adversity and stress, then explores how problem-solving devices can be used to keep stress out of your soul. This lesson also explores anger management and explains the Apostle Paul’s instructions to believers to be angry and do not sin. Anger must not become stress in your soul; anger must not seize control of your soul and your life. If you are persecuted you must become a spiritual gladiator who does not retaliate but puts the problem in the Lord’s hands.

Philemon Lesson 8 explores the doctrine of refreshment, grace orientation, and legalism. A mature believer can be a comfort and encouragement to those in his periphery through the refreshment of doctrine. When a mature believer communicates doctrinal principles to another believer, he encourages the hearer to recall divine viewpoint and to recover capacity for life and happiness.

Esther Lesson 73 demonstrates the believer will be delivered from a crisis with divine viewpoint in the soul. Everything that happens in the life of the believer is not predetermined, but God does control circumstances in spite of the good and bad choices of believers. God’s larger plan related to history and the angelic conflict always prevails. Only by using the resources God provides can the believer be prepared for the great purpose God has for his life.