Genesis 42:36-38

No one loves me, no one cares, no one gives me anything. Self-pity is one of the least attractive qualities of the human condition. It blinds us to our blessings and causes others to give us a wide berth. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he exposes and analyses Jacob’s self-pity over his unfounded notion that everything was going against him.

Genesis 42:24-35

Because of our sin, it’s often necessary for God to deal with us quite harshly. In those times we see God’s hard edges, but what we fail to realize is that it’s the tender-hearted love of God that delivers that treatment. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he takes us through Joseph’s two seemingly contradictory actions against his brothers—measures that God has to take at times in our own lives…

Genesis 42:17-23

When the Spirit of God begins to blow on the sin-hardened conscience, the conscience begins to thaw. First as only a trickle but eventually as a torrent of confession, and the Spirit uses a variety of means to accomplish this. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he shows us how the Lord uses solitude as one of His tools for that purpose.

Genesis 42:6-16

When God sends physical want into our lives, it should drive us to acknowledge and confess our sin when sent for that purpose. But physical want doesn’t always bring that effect and God must turn to stronger measures. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he examines Joseph’s dealings with his brothers and how they parallel God’s dealings with us.

Genesis 42:1-5

God has given a conscience to every human being in order to be able to determine right and wrong, but the problem with the conscience is that it can be manipulated and subdued by the wants and the will of man. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he examines the conscience both apart from, and in the light of, God’s Word.

Romans 12:21

John Perkins, a black pastor in 1960’s Mississippi, was unjustly arrested and beaten unmercifully. He saw what hate can do to men, and--in response--Perkins chose to do the seemingly impossible. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as we hear the pastor’s story and learn how--like him--we can fulfill the Apostle Paul’s directive to “overcome evil with good.”

Romans 12:18-20

Christians are supposed to be people of peace. Jesus is the Prince of Peace, and yet peace has been elusive to both the body as a whole and the individual. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he examines this key component of the Christian life that often seems to evade both the church and the believer.

Romans 12:17

America no longer has a sense of right and wrong. That was Dr. Boice’s conclusion in 1993, and--if it was true then--it’s even more so today. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he discusses the problem of the times in which we live; the loss of our belief in absolutes, and the abandonment of our basis for determining the difference between right and wrong.