What makes a good church? The pastor? The music? The youth program? Paul gives us his own checklist in Romans, and it’s not what you might expect. Is your church full of goodness? Are the people filled with knowledge? Do they teach and learn from one another? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice explain what this checklist is all about, this week on the Bible Study Hour.
A nationwide radio program preparing you to think and act biblically featuring the late Dr. James Montgomery Boice, former Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA. This half-hour long program broadcasts Sundays.
A nationwide radio program preparing you to think and act biblically featuring the late Dr. James Montgomery Boice, former Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA. This half-hour long program broadcasts Sundays.
What’s in a nameor rather, a list of names? You might be surprised. At the end of Romans, Paul sends greetings from some of his friends in Corinth. And from a handful of names like Gaius and Tertius, Dr. James Boice discovers a lot about everyday life in the early church: their relationships, their work, their mission, and more. Join us this week for The Bible Study Hour.
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.
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.
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.
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.