The Outstretched Hands of God
03/17/2025
The Outstretched Hands of God
What god among the nations holds out his hands to his people? What god among the religions reaches his arms toward the rebellious, longing for them to repent? Only the true God! But he will not wait forever. Respond now, before the compassionate hands of God become the hands of judgment. To suppor
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The Commander's Commander
03/16/2025
The Commander's Commander
The Jordan had been crossed and the people consecrated. The conquest of Jericho and the Promised Land lay ahead, but before that, Joshua, the leader of God’s people has a divine encounter with an armed commander of another army. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he explains t
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Two Invalid Excuses
03/14/2025
Two Invalid Excuses
Do you think about the many people who have never heard the gospel? People who don’t have a Bible in their own language? Are they still punished, though no one has taken the Good News to them? People asked the Apostle Paul the same questions centuries ago. Let’s look together at his response. To s
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The Bible's Power to Change Lives
03/13/2025
The Bible's Power to Change Lives
The Word of God is able to melt the toughest hearts and reach the most unlikely people. Even savage headhunters don’t stand a chance. It’s because the Word of God is the power to salvation. But in order for people to believe in God, someone needs to tell. Those who follow Christ are called to tell o
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The Sad Reality of Unbelief
03/12/2025
The Sad Reality of Unbelief
Sometimes knowing in advance that we will fail is actually quite encouraging. That’s the case in Romans where Paul acknowledges that not everyone he has shared the gospel with has followed Christ. How is this encouraging for us as we witness to those around us? To support this ministry financially
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Death of a Nation
03/11/2025
Death of a Nation
Nations rise and fall, all at the hand of the Almighty God. But why would God cause the death of a nation? How can a nation have a spiritual life, and what does this look like? As we celebrate the 4th of July, let’s remember that we are still dependent on God and His mercy. To support this ministry
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God's Beautiful People
03/10/2025
God's Beautiful People
Beautiful people: we all know who they are. Perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect job. The rest of us spend a great part of our lives trying to be like them. But God calls us to be beautiful people, too. He calls beautiful those who take the good news of salvation to those who don’t know it. To su
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The Covenant People and the Covenant
03/09/2025
The Covenant People and the Covenant
The final incidents involved with the crossing of the Jordan are the two acts of consecration that followed it. Those two acts--circumcision and the Passover observance--had great significance as the Israelites were again to practice these rituals mostly forgotten during their wandering in the wilde
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A Plea for Missions
03/07/2025
A Plea for Missions
Salvation comes only from God. But He uses his followers to bring others to salvation. Paul argues that in order for people to believe in Christ, they have to hear him. In order to hear Him, there has to be preaching. In order for there to be preaching, those preachers have to be sent. So what is ou
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Salvation for All
03/06/2025
Salvation for All
Paul claims that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But what does this mean, coming right after an argument for election? Today we’re studying this passage and learning how it fits in with the big picture of Romans. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.one
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Freed From Shame or Shameless
03/05/2025
Freed From Shame or Shameless
Shame is a concept that has all but dropped out of our cultural vocabulary. It hasn’t, however, dropped out of the vocabulary of the Bible. While it’s often used in reference to the consequence of our sin, it doesn’t always have to mean guilt. Shame is used in quite a different way when talking abou
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Health, Wealth and What?
03/04/2025
Health, Wealth and What?
What is the true gospel? Many so-called evangelists are spreading a self-help gospel. Other preachers are teaching a prosperity gospel, leading to greater wealth, more power, and better health. But the Bible doesn’t support any of these. Instead, the bible gives a gospel that saves, because it is th
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Heart Belief and Mouth Confession
03/03/2025
Heart Belief and Mouth Confession
We often find it hard to tell people that Jesus Christ is our Lord. We argue that our lives ought to speak louder than our words. Yes, our lives should show that Jesus is our lord. But the Bible teaches the necessity of making a verbal statement as well. To support this ministry financially, visit:
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Lest We Forget
03/02/2025
Lest We Forget
There’s a tragic tendency on the part of human beings to forget the goodness of God, and that was certainly the case with the Israelites. As they contemplated the Jordan, God gave some instructions for that crossing to help them remember Who it was that was going before them. Join Dr. James Boice ne
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