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When a heroic act of redemption occurs in a story, it is usually a significant turning point with powerful implications for the rest of the narrative. In every Christian's story, the redemption accomplished by Christ is even more than a turning point. It is the story. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

It's a subject often avoided in church. It's one of the most debated topics of Christian theology: it's the doctrine of Election. When it comes to salvation, has God really chosen some and not others? Is God's process arbitrary and should it discourage us from evangelism? In this message, Dr. Boice tackles the tough questions concerning election. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

When we make a large purchase, we're often asked to provide an initial deposit or downpayment. Did you know that when God bought and redeemed us out of our slavery to sin, he also made a sort of “downpayment” to guarantee our salvation? In this message from Dr. Boice, entitled, “All Good In Christ,” we'll find out what Scripture says about that deposit and the hope that it gives us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

A dynamic is defined as a living, changing relationship between two entities. The most important dynamic for a leader is his relationship with God. The second is his relationship with his superior. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he shows us how Nehemiah gained the trust of the powerful king he served in order to fulfil his service to his people and his God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The culture around us seems to be increasingly materialistic, lustful and greedy. But we're not far removed from the nature of the audience of many of Paul's epistles. In every age, the church has been a beacon of light in a dark world. In this message on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice discusses the purpose and uniqueness of the church as we begin a series on the book of Ephesians. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Personal goals, family commitments and work deadlines are certainly important responsibilities of this life. But as believers, there is one, primary task that demands our full attention. Today on The Bible Study Hour, we'll wrap up our current series on Christian discipleship with a message to remind us of our great call to go and make disciples! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The world teaches that the most important things about us are our ambitions, our opinions, and of course, our possessions. But God calls us to a different kind of identity - one that requires that we come to him with empty hands, trusting the promise that He will bless us abundantly! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

There's a significant difference between hungering and thirsting for righteousness and striving to fulfill our own desires. Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice will reference the Sermon on the Mount as an ultimate guide for finding lasting happiness. If you've ever longed to live above your circumstances and find the secret to true contentment, you've tuned in at just the right time! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We've all heard the phrase, “there's no if, and or but about it” and that's exactly how we need to think about Christian discipleship. Today on The Bible Study Hour, we'll learn that no excuse is a legitimate excuse for avoiding obedience to God's call. And once we're redeemed, there's no turning back! Listen in to find out how Dr. Boice uses an obscure Old Testament character to make his point. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Leaders are not born—they're made--and anyone can become a leader, given the right circumstances. But not all leaders are great leaders. What makes a leader great? Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he reveals the one thing that distinguished Nehemiah as a great leader of his people. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Are we truly prepared to follow Christ at any cost? Are we willing to bear pain for his sake? These questions become more than hypothetical when something as personal and precious as a family relationship is on the line. Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice will explain how even the God-ordained institution of the family must be placed in submission to the call of Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The gospel message is a simple one and we shouldn't try to complicate it. But while it may be simple to understand, it's far from easy to accept. Truly embracing the cross of Christ requires repentance and demands our full allegiance. Today, on The Bible Study Hour, we'll learn that while the costs may be great, discipleship yields the greatest blessing of all - peace with God! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We categorize people by age, gender, nationality, and socioeconomic status. And within the church, we even separate ourselves between denominations. With so many ways to distinguish and divide, how can we identify those who are truly unified as believers? Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice will help us answer two important questions in our search for unity in the body of Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Whether you're barely making ends meet or you've found yourself blessed with a life of abundance, God calls each of us to live by the same standard when it comes to how we relate to material possessions. Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice will teach on the importance of “traveling light” and challenge us all with the question, “what's keeping you from true discipleship?” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

From our earliest years, this world teaches us that personal prestige and reputation should be our foremost priorities. We're wired to pursue power, climb the ladder of success and get an edge up on our competition. But this natural worldview is radically reversed in Jesus' teaching. Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice will teach on the transformational power of humility. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

None of us can guarantee the choices of the next generation. We can only choose for ourselves whether or not we'll serve the Lord. On The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice talks about choosing - choosing God now, tomorrow, the day after, and to the very end of our lives. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

In this busy, noisy world, our default is often to block out the many things that constantly clamor for our attention. Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. Boice will encourage us, instead, to serve those in need of friendship and encouragement by giving a listening ear. Listening, in fact, is one of the greatest ministries a believer can offer a hurting world. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Is the Christian life nothing more than the drudgery of compliance?…the constant restriction of rules and regulations? Today on The Bible Study Hour, we'll hear a biblical perspective on what true freedom looks like - and we'll find out that it has a lot to do with obedience. You're about to find out why Dr. Boice claims a believer's life should be a great adventure and full of surprises! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

When Jesus commanded the disciples, saying, “Follow me,” he didn't mean “tag along if you feel like it.” The call to discipleship demands a radical lifestyle of submission and sacrifice. Thanks for joining us for this broadcast of The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice. We're about to find out how biblical self-denial is possible in a world that tells us to look out for our own interests at all costs. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

A “light burden” seems like an oxymoron.But isn't that exactly what Jesus promised in Matthew chapter 11 when he encouraged us to come learn from him and find rest for our souls? Today, on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice, we'll investigate the mystery of true discipleship: how taking on Christ's burden actually lightens us from the weight of our own sin. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Dietrich Bonhoeffer coined the term “costly grace” in his warnings to a weak, German church that refused to stand up to Nazi tyranny during World War 2. Today on The Bible Study Hour, we'll find out how costly grace is at the heart of biblical discipleship, and Dr. Boice will challenge us to consider how many modern church pews are filled with those who are unwilling to pay the price. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The last words of a great man are of special interest to us; they are often poignant and deeply moving. Joshua's final farewell to the people he loved is no exception. On The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice shares some very stirring words in a sermon titled "Passing the Torch." To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

What's the last word in the book of Romans? What does it mean? Why does God say it at the beginning of a sentence while we say it at the end? What's it doing at the end of a doxology? And what's a doxology, anyway? For answers to all these questions, and for Dr. Boice's own last word on the book of 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

If you're in the market for a religion, you've got lots of choices. Everybody has a gospel to sell you ... even the apostle Paul! My gospelthat's what Paul called his message in his letter to the Romans. This week on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice explores the power and mystery of this gospel of Paul's, and why it deserves to be your gospel and everyone's gospel. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

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. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men and women are made directly by God in His own image. And human life in the image of God mustn't be wantonly destroyed. Today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice discusses the cities of refuge and the tremendous value of human life revealed in the law of God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

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. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We've put our hope in politicians, in stocks and bonds, and in the justice system. And they've all failed us. But hope in God, is hope that never fails. It will fill your life and overflow into the lives of others. Tune into hear Dr. James Boice talk about this hope that brings joy, peace, and power as we trust in God, this week on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Access to God was granted to the Gentiles through the work of Jesus Christ. However, even before this there are hints sprinkled throughout the Old Testament indicating they would some day be included in the promises of God. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the hope that comes to the gentiles, and to all nations, only through the blood of Christ, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

How do we live in light of the knowledge that God the Father and Jesus his Son accepted us when we were still enemies? Though we were full of sin, detestable to God and others, God still loved us. So then how can we fail to accept others? Tune in this week to hear Dr. James Boice talk about Christ's love for the unacceptable, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Unity in the church does not mean a bunch of Christian clones. Nor does it mean one big, united Church. When Paul prays for unity, he's thinking about relationships. So why can't Christians get along with each other? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about what it doesn't and does mean to have unity, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

It's often the case that in the presence of outstanding leaders, others are overlooked. It was true to a degree with Joshua, and it was certainly true of Caleb. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he paints a portrait of a most extraordinary man of God whose exploits often go unnoticed in the presence of greater men. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Are there parts of the Bible that you just don't think are very useful? Obscure passages, maybe out of Ezekiel or Habakkuk, that don't mean anything to you? Let me assure you that if God inspired them, just as he inspired all Scripture. Then it must be useful for you! Join us this week to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the encouragement we can get from Scripture, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Jesus is the ultimate example of selfless love and endurance under persecution. If we, his followers, are called to be like him, we have a tall order to fill. The first step should be to love other Christians and get over our petty arguments. Join us as we hear Dr. James Boice talk about the example of Jesus and what that means for us, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

When you want your kids to learn something, what do you do? Probably repeat it over and over again, hoping that eventually it will sink in. If you come to a passage in the Bible that seems repetitious, then, don't roll your eyes and walk away like your teenager might. Instead, pay attention, because it's important. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice teach on an important theme in Romans, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

What is your main goal in life? Is it to please your peers? If so, you may succeed some of the time, but you may not always be pleasing God. However, if your goal is to please God you will not only succeed at that, but you'll also win the approval of others. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about what it means to have the approval of God and men, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Here in the United States, we hardly understand what a human kingdom looks like. Then, to wrap our heads around a divine kingdom seems almost impossible. But the New Testament is littered with clues about what it is and how it operates. Tune in this week to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the Kingdom of God, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29