The Bible Study Hour

Acts 18:18-26
When God closes a door in the Christian life, it does not always remain closed forever. We may, at first, be directed in another path, only to find Him opening that same door at a later date. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he follows the Apostle Paul’s journey to the ancient city of Ephesus, where he finds the door to Asia open for the gospel once again.

Acts 18:1-17
The Apostle Paul spent the latter half of his missionary journeys in the great cities of the ancient world, and as we find him entering the city of Corinth, we discover it to be quite different from the other cities he has visited--different in ways that were far from complimentary. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he explores Paul’s visit to a city known for its corruption and debauchery—a city in which God assured his servant that despite appearances, there were many prospects.

Acts 17:16-34
The great city of Athens was in the late afternoon of its glory when the Apostle Paul arrived there. But while the sun was setting on its golden age, Paul soon discovered an element of intellectualism still flourished in the city. Reasoning from the Scriptures, he made his case for the existence of the one, true God. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he draws back the curtain on the interaction between Paul and the thinkers of Athens while making the case that their “unknown god” has been made known.

Acts 17:1-15
In Christianity’s effort to reach the world with the Gospel, the city has always been the epicenter of the movement. The faith spread with the ebb and flow of humanity, in and out of those cities. It began in Jerusalem and ended in Rome and covered many metropolises in between. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he describes the Apostle Paul’s visits to the cities of Berea and Thessalonica.

Acts 16:16-40
As Paul and his companions cross over to Macedonia, their first stop is the city of Philippi. But there are no synagogues in which to preach, and the only group of likely converts is a fortune-teller and a small group of women meeting by the river. How can a church be born out of such unlikely means? Listen as Dr. James Boice shares about the unusual people and situations God used to grow the early church on The Bible Study Hour. 

Acts 15:36-16:15
The apostle Paul, just back from his first missionary journey, decides it’s time to set out again. And a new vision from a man in Macedonia would open the continent of Europe to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Join Dr. James Boice as he teaches about the expansion of the early church on The Bible Study Hour. 

Acts 15:1-35
The first church council took place in Jerusalem. It was perhaps the greatest council in the history of the church and certainly the most important because it focused on the central issue by which the new church would rise or fall. Today on the Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice details the issue that was threatening to divide the early believers, and how imperative that first meeting was to the future of the church. 

Acts 14:1-28
Paul’s journey through Galatia included the cities of Iconium, Derbe and Lystra. Churches were planted in each of those cities and the apostles moved on. And yet despite the fact that these fledgling churches were on their own with no mature leadership and with false teachers invading their ranks, they remained faithful and flourished. Join Dr. James Boice on the Bible Study Hour as he explores a tale of three cities. 

Acts 13:44-52
How long does it take to plant a church? Modern church-planting experts would tell us that many steps and considerable time are necessary in order to do it properly. Yet Paul and Barnabas took only one week, Sabbath to Sabbath, to establish a church that grew exponentially and survived for centuries. Join Dr. Boice on the Bible Study Hour as he teaches about this remarkable period in the early church. 

Acts 13:13-43
Three missionary voyages changed the world forever, but in the middle of the first of those journeys -— one that would establish a precedent for all that followed —- trouble reared its ugly head. Today on the Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice shares about the challenges of that first missionary journey.