The Bible Study Hour

Dr. James Boice on 08/28/2026
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Dr. James Boice on 08/26/2026
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Think & Act Biblically

Thursday: Benefiting the Individual
08/27/2026
Paul says that if you are really thinking about other people, if you are really concerned about them, and if you are beginning to exercise the kind of love about which he spoke in the thirteenth chapter, you will recognize that people are hurting. So in your worship services you will not be trying
Wednesday: Benefiting the Church
08/26/2026
As he talks about prophecy here, he does so in three areas. Prophecy is better than speaking in tongues for the church, the individual, and for the sake of unbelievers. In the first place Paul says that prophecy in this sense, that is, communicating the Word of God in a clear and applicable way is
Tuesday: An Important Contrast
08/25/2026
Finally, at the very end of the chapter he gives this principle where he tells the Corinthians to “be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues” (v. 39). You see, when you speak about all these difficulties or dangers in the practice of the gift, it might be our tendency to say, “Wel