The Bible Study Hour

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Righteousness Wrongly Sought by Works
Dr. James Boice on 02/19/2025

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The Testimony of Isaiah
Dr. James Boice on 02/18/2025

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Children of the Living God
Dr. James Boice on 02/17/2025

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Think & Act Biblically

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

Tuesday: Rahab and Her Encounter with the Spies
02/18/2025

Rahab’s story is set in the midst of a greater story, and this greater story is that of the conquest of the land. And, moreover, it’s entwined with another story which is also part of that greater story, and that is the story of the sending of the spies. Now Joshua had been commissioned, and he stoo

Monday: Rahab’s Story and Our Own
02/17/2025

It would be a miracle greater than the Jewish crossing of the Jordan or the falling down of the walls of Jericho if Rahab, the Amorite prostitute, knew Latin. This was because Latin didn’t come to Palestine until the Roman conquest, which was about 1000 years after the days in which she lived. But i