Grace: What’s so amazing about it? Every day bad things happen to good peopleand where is God’s grace? This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice turns that question around to ask: Why do good things happen to bad peopleand what does that have to do with God’s grace? Be sure to join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 08, 2025•35 min
Most people wouldn’t expect the God of peace to go around crushing thingsespecially heads. Yet Paul says that’s exactly what God plans to do: crush the head of Satan. And somehow, we’re involved. This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice examines this intriguing teaching from Paul’s letter to the Romans. Be sure to join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 07, 2025•33 min
Nations sometimes win a war but lose the peace. This was Joshua's fear for Israel at the end of his life, and Christians today often find the test of prosperity more difficult than the test of adversity. On The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice discusses the need to live for God and serve God in peace-time as well as in war. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 06, 2025•31 min
Certain people in the church like nothing better than splitting congregations apart. Others teach their own distorted gospel, and get rich and powerful doing it. This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice looks at Paul’s warning about such people, who were alive and well in the first century just as they are in the twenty-first. Join us this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 04, 2025•30 min
If you think of the apostle Paul as an intellectual and theologian, you’re right. But he was also a people person. He knew people, he remembered people, he loved them. This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice looks at all the greetings in the letter to the Romans, and discovers the personal side of Paul. That’s this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 03, 2025•37 min
Who is Phoebe? What does she have to do with the apostle Paul and his letter to the Romans? This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice considers Phoebe and her role in the early church, and discovers what she has to teach us about being a servant of the church and a member of God’s family. Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 02, 2025•34 min
The history of the world is a history of wars. The news of the day is about conflict and discontent. Everyone seems unhappy with their jobs, their relationships, their very lives. In all this, where do we find peace? This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice talks about the God who brings peaceto us, to our relationships, and to our world. Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jul 01, 2025•31 min
As Christians we hear it all the time: Pray for me! It’s easy to say but hard to do. What should I pray for? How does prayer work? Does prayer make God change his mind? This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice looks at Paul’s prayer request in Romans 15, and at the nature of prayer itself. Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 30, 2025•30 min
Because of the sins of their father, the Levites would have no home in the Promised Land. Instead, they were scattered throughout the towns and cities of the new land. Yet what began as a curse turned into a blessing. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he traces the history of the tribe of Levi and its place of importance to His people, Israel. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 29, 2025•31 min
What does it mean to be blessed by God? What’s the difference between the way he blesses us, and the way he blesses the things we do? This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice continues his studies in Romans to find out what Paul means by the full measure of the blessing of Christ. Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 27, 2025•35 min
When it comes to giving, no one outdoes God. No one could give more than he did in his Son Jesus. What does this mean for our giving? Why do we give? How should we give? What does our giving accomplish, and what do we get out of it? This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice looks at what Paul says about Christian giving. Be sure to join us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 26, 2025•33 min
What’s the point of making plans, when God’s plans might be different from ours? Should we plan? Should we stick with plans that don’t seem to be working out? On The Bible Study Hour this week, Dr. James Boice looks at Paul’s plans for a mission trip to Spain that might never have happened. What are the implications for us? Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 25, 2025•33 min
Is it OK to feel good about what God does through us? Can we take pride in the work we do for the kingdom of God? On The Bible Study Hour this week, Dr. James Boice looks at what Paul has to say about his work and ministry. Who gets the glory for the good things? Who gets the credit for the accomplishments? Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 24, 2025•35 min
Was the apostle Paul a priest? Not in the way most people think of a priest. But he did say he had a priestly duty. Was it to wear a fancy ceremonial outfit, or say official prayers, or do baptisms and weddings and funerals? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about what Paul’s priestly duty really was: to tell the good news about Jesus. That’s this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29
Jun 23, 2025•31 min
