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The Bible Study Hour
Stumbling Over Christ
Dr. James Boice on 02/20/2025
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Righteousness Wrongly Sought by Works
Dr. James Boice on 02/19/2025
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Think & Act Biblically
Friday: Rahab’s Salvation and Ours
02/21/2025
I started out by saying that this is a story of God’s mercy, which indeed it is. When the spies arranged to save her life, they said that she was to tie a scarlet cord in her window. That was to mark the house, such that no one would touch it when the Israelites came. It was a powerful symbol of her
Thursday: Rahab’s Faith
02/20/2025
Thus, with all her liabilities, she did have one great thing going for her: she had heard about the true God. And when she begins to speak to the spies in the heart of the story, which is really her testimony, this is what she talks about. She says, “I know that the Lord has given this land to you a
Wednesday: Mercy Even to Rahab
02/19/2025
Continuing the idea from yesterday’s study, isn't it striking that in this story of judgment, the first thing is not of judgment, but of an act of mercy as God reaches out to save this pagan woman. It should direct our attention to the mercy of God, in Rahab’s case and in other cases as well.Continu