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Dr. James Boice
The Bible Study Hour offers careful, in-depth Bible study, preparing you to think and act biblically. Dr. 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. The program helps 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.The Alliance exists to call the twenty-first century church to a modern reformation that recovers clarity and conviction about the great evangelical truths of the Gospel and that then seeks to proclaim these truths powerfully in our contemporary context.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 34min
Creature of a Day
A reflection on human life’s fleeting nature and how that drives us to bring concerns before God. Vivid images of slimy pits and being lifted onto solid rock illustrate spiritual struggle and rescue. Discussion of Psalm structure, messianic readings, patient waiting, and why obedience and bold proclamation matter.
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Mar 22, 2026 • 26min
Walk the Emmaus Road
A journey from doubt to joy as two disciples walk away from faith and encounter a life-changing revelation. Stories of Malcolm Muggeridge’s conversion and the identities of Cleopas and Mary are explored. The narrative traces sorrow at the cross, reluctance to believe, a stranger opening Scripture, and hearts set ablaze leading to immediate testimony.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 31min
Creature of a Day
A meditation on life's brevity and why people avoid deep thinking about eternity. Exploration of Psalm 39's structure, Hebel as breath or vanity, and David's choice of silence. Reflections on divine discipline, pilgrim imagery, and how brief lives can point to eternal purpose. A contrast between despair and bringing concerns before God.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 35min
A Sick Man's Cry for Help
A study of Psalm 38 exploring links between physical illness and personal wrongdoing. Discussion of the psalm’s structure and emotional movement through lament and prayer. Consideration of suffering’s purposes and practical questions for discernment. Reflections on social abandonment in sickness and the believer’s patient waiting and appeal to God as Savior.
