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"The world has grasped an important truth when it talks about the global village. We're all connected, and our actions affect one another. But not only are we connected to each other, we're also connected to God. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about how our lives are not our own, this week on The Bible Study Hour." with "God, Other People and Ourselves" To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

How do you spend your Sundays? Do you see it as just another day of the week? Do you go to church only because that's what good people do? Or do you set Sunday apart and really worship our Lord? This week on The Bible Study Hour Dr. James Boice will be talking about different perspectives on The Lord's Day and the attitude we ought to have towards those with differing opinions. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Paul addresses many touchy issues throughout his letters, but sometimes he never says a word about which side he's on. What exactly is he saying then, if he doesn't even mention who's right and who's wrong? Tune in this week to The Bible Study Hour and listen to Dr. James Boice talk about how to deal with other Christians when we disagree with them. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Jabin, a king of the north, had heard of the defeat of the southern kingdoms and gathered a great army to go against Israel, bringing with him a secret weaponthe chariot. And so, the final battle for control of the Promised Land begins. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he details the battle that would determine control of the land God had promised His people. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

When we think something's important, we tend to talk about it a lot. So what does Paul keep coming back to in the book of Romans? Not a difficult point of theology. No! Instead he keeps talking about how Christians need to accept one another. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about how we can do that in our own situations. That's this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Have you ever been grabbed by a piece of Scripture in such a way that it transforms your life? That's what happened to St. Augustine when he turned randomly to a passage in Romans. To hear more about this great man and the verse that captured his heart, tune in to hear Dr. James Boice speak this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Wake up, sleepy Christians! Remember who you are and what you were created for. Remember that time is not unlimited, and we must make the most of every moment. Don't be like Jonah, asleep in the boat while the world is panicking around you. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk this week about how to make the best use of our time, right here on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Have you ever considered that you might be working frantically but wasting your time? If we have to give an accounting for our lives on the last day, we'd better make the most of every minute. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice discuss how to think about our time and what to do with it, right here on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

There is a kind of debt you never want to get rid of. In fact, it's absolutely necessary to have. Last week Dr. James Boice talked about the importance of getting out of debt. But next time he'll talk about the importance of staying in debt. To find out what kind of debt we should keep, listen this week to Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The Israelites had fought and won three major battles, but there would be many more to come. As Joshua surveyed the land yet to be conquered, he turned his army south to attack the fortified cities of that region and to deal with their kings in a way that would leave a lasting impression. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he explores the characteristics of a strong leader intent on obeying the Lord's commands. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Do you have debt? Most of us do, whether it's from school, a home, car, or even credit cards. When we get over our heads in debt, it ceases to be just a financial problem. It becomes a spiritual problem. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice share what the Bible says about financial debt. Also listen in for his five steps to financial freedom, this week on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

It's easy to complain about our government officials. We get frustrated when they raise taxes on us, or when we see corruption on all levels. So what do we do when people are ranting about the president or their senator? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about how we should treat our authorities, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

How do you feel about your conscience? Perhaps you've never thought about it. Does it do more than make you feel guilty? Paul teaches, that our consciences should inform not only personal actions, but also how we seek to influence civil authority. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice teach more about our role in government, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

God has given both the Church and the government specific functions. When those boundaries are crossed things get ugly. Likewise, when each institution doesn't fulfill its responsibilities, society begins to shake. What are the specific functions and obligations of the church and the government? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice teach on the roles of each, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Paul says no matter what we must submit ourselves to the governing authorities. But what should a Christian do if the government is corrupt? How do you obey an authority that is immoral or unjust? This week Dr. James Boice will be discussing the authority of government and our obligation to it, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Did the waters of the sea part? Did iron really float? Did three men survive a fiery furnace, and did the sun and moon stand still? We serve a God who is able to do miraculous things, but did He really override the laws of nature at the request of a mere mortal? Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he investigates the circumstances that led to an incredible phenomenon. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

God has given power and authority to the government. However, God has given his people a better tool, the truth. The Christian belongs to God, and His kingdom is one of truth. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the Christian's role when interacting with the government, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

God has called us to love our enemies and overcome evil with good. However, this is a lot easier said than done. Acting in a way contrary to our nature requires discipline. Find out how to take steps towards loving your neighbors, and finding the strength to do it. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice discuss these things, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Don't you want to get even when you've been wronged? At the very least, we want to defend our rights. However, if we're serious about following Jesus, we should instead be concerned about defending the rights of others. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about this selfless way of living, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We live in a day when there are no absolutes. Society no longer has any consensus on what is right and wrong. In this environment, how do we follow the Bible's command to do what is right in the eyes of man? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about how to live right in a world that doesn't believe in wrong. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The Christian is called to bless those who persecute them. But let's face it; it's not enough to just remain neutral towards the people who offend us. If we do that, we'll quickly break down and get angry. So what do we do instead? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about how to bless your enemy, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

They destroyed Jericho, they annihilated Ai and the next city to fall was the stronghold of Gibeon. What would you do if you were a Gibeonite? The Gibeonites developed a plan of deception to save themselves, but that plan would play out in a way that no one could imagine. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he demonstrates how the Lord used a major error to introduce a people to Himself. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Do you ever feel unappreciated? As though the work you're doing has gone unnoticed? Instead of seeking praise, love is always looking to honor others. In every way, the love we need for each other goes against the grain of our natural tendencies. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice share more about this transformational love, this week on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

To love as God loves doesn't mean to simply embracing everything. Loving as God does, means there are things we should hate. How can this be? Listen to Dr. James Boice talk about how love discriminates between good and evil, hanging to what's right, but hating what's not. Listen this week on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Do you ever get uneasy when someone does something different from the way you do it? Well, God has given each of us different abilities. But what happens when we forget that our talents come from God? Join us this week on The Bible Study Hour to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the diversity of our gifts under the unity of Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

When you talk about the church most people think of a building. Others may think of the people who are members of a specific church group. When the Bible talks about the church, it's not talking about any of these. It's talking about the Body of Christ that goes beyond all these barriers. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the body of believers, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

It's natural to think that you're the best. We often compare ourselves to others, trying to come out on top. This doesn't make for healthy relationships or cause unity in the church. Rather, to function as the body of Christ, we need to view ourselves accurately. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the importance of seeing ourselves as we are, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The heart of the Book of Deuteronomy is the principle of the curses and the blessings. Moses gave instructions on how that principle was to be demonstrated when the people reached the Promised Land, and the time had now come for Joshua to enact that word picture for the Israelites. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he takes us through the significance of the staging of this drama and an even more important principle therein. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

The world says that success, romance, and financial stability all make the good life. But we tend to think God's plan gets in the way of what we really want to do. However, God's will is perfect. If we try it out, we'll find that God's way actually does leads to happiness. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about God's perfect plan, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

How often do you reflect on Glory? Nations, cultures, civilizations these don't last, and their existence is like a gnat. But its people with whom we joke, work, marry and cheat. Find out how this contradicts the essence of our culture. Tune in this week to hear Dr. James Boice talk about a right view of man, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

What is the spiritual renewal of your mind? Many assume it means only thinking about theology. But you may be surprised to hear that you can think spiritually even about filling your car with gas. And just because you're sitting in church doesn't mean your mind is where it should be. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about how to renew our minds, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We live in a mindless age. Televisions have replaced books, and sound bytes have replaced serious reflection. But it's not just the world that has given up thinking Christians have, too. We've been vannatized. Find out what it means to be vannatized, and how we should be exercising our minds, listen this week to the The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

You may remember the old saying, I don't smoke, and I don't chew, and I don't go with those who do. When Paul tells us not to be conformed to the world, he's not talking about smoking habits, but rather how we think. This week Dr. James Boice will teach us how to renew our minds, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

With their first attempt to capture Ai thwarted by the Lord, the Israelite army is told to attack again. Discouraged and fearful after their first defeat, Joshua will have no miraculous intervention at Ai. The walls will not fall down, butnevertheless--they must go up and fight a second time. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he shares the lessons learned at Ai. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We sometimes think we can compartmentalize Christianity in our lives. Romans makes it clear that we can't do this if we are truly following God. He wants our bodies as living sacrifices. What does that mean? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about this reasonable service to the Lord, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

What motivates you? Is it approval, money, or love? These often drive us. But when it comes to living for God, they won't get you very far. So what is it that causes us to offer ourselves as living sacrifices to God? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the greatest motivation of all, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Normally a sacrifice is dead. In fact, that's the very nature of a sacrifice something has to die. So what does it mean when Paul tells us to be living sacrifices? How can we be a sacrifice if we are alive? Tune in this week to hear Dr. James Boice explain how a life looks when it's sacrificed for God. That's right here, on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Self preservation is a basic instinct. We don't want to do anything that infringes on our comfort. But our lives are no longer ours to keep. We are not our own we were bought with a price. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about what it means to die to yourself and live for God, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We tend to breeze through doctrine in order to get down to the business of so called practical living. But by looking at the world around us, we see that matters of practical living are hollow without the truth of God to give them substance. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about necessary connection between what we believe and how we act, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

There was the old paradise, Edenand one day there will be a new paradise, the New Jerusalem. But must we wait for that utopia? We find ourselves caught between the two. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he answers the question, What's a believer to do while he waits for Christ's return and the restoration of paradise lost? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

If God is sovereign, what meaning do our actions have? If we believe God is sovereign, won't we lose initiative and become lazy? Won't we stop taking responsibility for what we do? Tune in for answers about God's sovereignty and glory, right here with Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We tend to think that God made the world for us. He made it beautiful for us to enjoy. He gave us gifts and talents so that we can work and do our jobs well. When we take a good look at Scripture, though, we see that God created all things, including us, for his own glory. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about an important paradigm shift we all need, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We can never put God in our debt. It doesn't matter how fervently and consistently we do devotions, or how much money we give to the church, or how many good things we do in a week. We cannot make God obligated to us. Everything good we do came from him in the first place. Tune in this week to The Bible Study Hour to hear Dr. James Boice teach on God's self-sufficiency. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Life is meaningless. Work, career advancement and wealth are meaningless. Play and pleasure are meaningless. So are knowledge and wisdom. If you take off the rose-colored glasses, this will be the world you find. But is this bleak picture really all there is? Tune in this week to The Bible Study Hour to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the source of meaning in life. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

God doesn't behave how we think he should. Often his plans seem arbitrary. Sometimes they appear downright contrary to his character. But God's plans are always consistent, and they're always perfect. Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice talk about the amazing ways of God, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

As our Savior hung on the cross, it looked as though His enemies had won, but in defeating Him, not only were His adversaries defeated, but death itself was crushed. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he takes us through the ploys of Christ's enemies and their elaborate plot that, from the beginning, was doomed to failure. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Do you feel lonely this holiday season? Do you feel like God has forgotten you? You're in good company. Joseph went through many times when he was alone, without friends or family, and it seemed like God had forgotten him. But we'll see that God never forgets the people whom he loves. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

We look for wisdom in many places; our friends, philosophers, or even self-help books. But Scripture tells us that the wisdom of God is far beyond the wisdom of man. In fact, our wisdom is foolishness in comparison. In response, we should worship our wise God and get our wisdom from him. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

God knows every single detail in the IRS tax code. He also knows the history of every pot in ancient Egypt. And he knows every thought, action, and word of every human being across the face of the earth, both now and in all ages past and future. Tune in this week to hear Bible teacher Dr. James Boice talk about the perfect knowledge of God, this week on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Do you tremble at the fear of the Lord? Are you floored when you think about the glory of God? Let's be honest most of us don't spend much time thinking about God's glory. In fact, we spend very little time thinking about him at all. Well, tune in this week for some fuel for your thoughts, right here on The Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Remember the last time you asked for a favor. You probably reminded the person of a favor you did for her recently. Or maybe you promised to do something soon to make it up and even out the debt. Grace is not like that. You cannot compel God to give it to you. You cannot negotiate for it. How then do we access grace? Tune in to hear Dr. James Boice explain the only way to receive God's grace, this week on the Bible Study Hour. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29