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The Bible Study Hour
The Bible Study Hour offers careful, in-depth Bible study, preparing you to think and act biblically. James Boice’s expository style opens the scriptures and shows how all of God’s Word points to Christ. Dr. Boice brings the Bible’s truth to bear on all of life, helping listeners understand the truth of God’s Word in life-changing, mind-renewing ways. The Bible Study Hour is a ministry of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
Episodes
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Is God Among You? | James Boice
1 Corinthians 14:1-40 While every part of the Bible is relevant, some parts speak to contemporary issues more directly than others, as is the case with the…
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The Greatest Thing in the World | James Boice
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 A Scottish evangelist, Henry Drummond, preached a famous sermon entitled “The Greatest Thing in the World.” It was about love, and--if…
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Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:1-31 While the Apostle Paul had a lot to say on the subject of tongues, he had a lot more to say on the much broader subject of spiritual…
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Until He Comes
1 Corinthians 11:17-34 It’s hard to fathom that something as solemn and moving as the Lord’s Supper could draw controversy, and yet, in Paul’s day, it did just…
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Free To Do What?
1 Corinthians 10:23-11:16 Of all the practical matters that are dealt with in First Corinthians, the most applicable is the matter of temptation…
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Tried and Triumphant
1 Corinthians 10:1-22 Of all the practical matters that are dealt with in First Corinthians, the most applicable is the matter of temptation, because--unlike…
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Have We No Rights?
1 Corinthians 9:1-27 As human beings, and as Americans, we have certain inalienable rights and at times it might be appropriate as citizens to exercise those…
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God's Will in Doubtful Situations
1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Of all the questions on the minds of Christians, which do you think would be the most often-asked? Quite likely, it’s: “How do you…
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Marriage and Its Many Problems
1 Corinthians 7:1-40 The world tells us that, while we are not perfect, we are on our way and to reach that goal effectively, restraints should be dismissed…
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Everybody's Doing It
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 It’s sad but true that the modern-day evangelical church is compromising some of the foundational standards of the Word of…
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The Litigious Church
1 Corinthians 6:1-11 It seems there was a time when men settled their differences face-to-face, man-to-man, and--unlike today--going to court was usually a…
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Church Discipline
1 Corinthians 5:1-13 Church discipline. In many churches it has fallen out of favor and practice as we conform more and more to the world’s standards. The…
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Fools for Christ's Sake
1 Corinthians 4:1-21 The Apostle Paul called himself “the servant of Christ,” but in his day there really were no servants, only slaves. The Greek word Paul…
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"Paul! Apollos! Cephas!"
1 Corinthians 3:1-23 While the unity of believers is stressed throughout the New Testament, division has often stymied the growth of the church and the…
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Deep Things of God
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 “But God…” Two small words, but words that carry a great significance. Two small words that are filled with hope because they stand in…
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Not Many Wise
1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 God has undermined and brought to nothing the vaunted wisdom of the world through the simplicity of the gospel. And where is the folly…
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Saints and Sinners
1 Corinthians 1:1-17 Have you ever marveled at the conundrum that you can be two different people: kind but cruel, confident but fearful, easy going but angry?…
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Charge of the Risen Christ
Matthew 28:16-20 Matthew could have ended his gospel with the resurrection or the ascension, events that changed the world and the course of human history, and…
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Four Words for Easter
Matthew 28:5-7 As the shadows lifted early that first Easter morning, the women who came to prepare the body of Jesus saw an angel. After quelling the women’s…
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Remember the Resurrection
2 Timothy 2:8 We sometimes remember defeats more than victories: Remember the Alamo? Remember Pearl Harbor? But the Apostle Paul admonishes us to remember the…
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Death Vanquished
1 Corinthians 15:54-58 The resurrection vanquished death...but it’s only as we understand the significance and the horror of death that we understand the…
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The Best News Ever Heard
Luke 24:5-6 The end of WW II brought great excitement and celebration. After years of death and destruction and doing without, the war was finally over. But as…
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Walk the Emmaus Road
Luke 24:13-48 The road to Emmaus is a road every believer who would be a better Christian must walk. It’s a journey that starts in doubt and ends in joy, love…
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The Lord's Own Easter Sermon
Luke 24:25-27 While Jesus’ encounter with the men on the road to Emmaus may not be thought of as a sermon per se, Jesus did indeed preach them a comprehensive…
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The Day Faith Died
John 20:11-16 Despite Easter being a joyous occasion, many are discouraged and disillusioned with personal problems and world events. But no matter how deep…
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The Not-Quite Empty Tomb
John 20:1-10 One of the greatest evidences of the resurrection of Jesus was the empty tomb, but one of the startling facts about it was that the tomb was…
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Rewards Instead of Punishment
Matthew 28:11-15 The soldiers assigned to guard the tomb of Jesus knocked on the door of the chief priest. They had failed in their duty to keep the tomb…