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We feel a sense of loss as we watch our country turn from the godly principles on which it was founded. But can we imagine how it would feel to have our nation overrun and our places of worship destroyed? In this message, Dr. James Boice will be studying Psalm 74, a lament for the loss of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Psalm 74 is also a psalm of faith, and Asaph "reminds" God of His promises and His covenant with His people. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Have you ever known an ungodly person who seems to have everything and to have everything go his way? Has it caused you to feel resentful and maybe even question God? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice we’re studying Psalm 73, a Psalm of Asaph as he inquires, “In God’s universe, why do the wicked prosper?” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

God has undermined and brought to nothing the vaunted wisdom of the world through the simplicity of the gospel. And where is the folly of the world’s wisdom more clearly seen then through the lens of the crucifixion? Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he compares the wisdom of the world with “the foolishness of God”. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

As the Psalms of David come to a close, we get a picture of Israel’s next ruler, King Solomon. Like many rulers, Solomon began well, but after a time, that began to change. He was not the ideal leader his father had hoped he would be. Only one person could completely fulfil the description of the king of Psalm 72: not David’s son, but God’s son, the Lord Jesus Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Old age comes to all of us, and in today’s culture, that time of life is not always well regarded. This week on The Bible Study Hour Dr. James Boice will be looking at Psalm 71. David is an old man looking back on a life of faithful service. What he concludes about life and old age can serve as a road map for us as well. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Hurry! Come quickly! Don’t delay! Have you ever found yourself in so much trouble that, if God doesn’t help immediately it may be too late? These were the cries of a desperate king. And if David, a godly man had serious problems that required God’s immediate attention, why should we be surprised when we find ourselves in that same situation? What we do in desperate times is obvious: we pray. And that’s what Psalm 70 is, a prayer from a man on the run. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Have you ever felt your prayers weren’t being answered, and God was slow in coming to the rescue? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice, we’re continuing our study of Psalm 69. David acknowledges that God knows his distress but continues to press the Lord for a response to his troubles. How does God respond? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Remember a time when you felt like you were sinking—a time when, unless help came quickly you would drown in your troubles? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice, we’ll be looking at Psalm 69, a lament from David who found himself in those very circumstances, with a God who didn’t seem to be listening. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Have you ever marveled at the conundrum that you can be two different people: kind but cruel, confident but fearful, easy going but angry? You’re not alone. The Corinthian Christians had a model church but one riddled with disgraceful habits and practices. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he examines Paul’s challenges in dealing with a church that was “the best of churches and the worst of churches” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

The beginning of Psalm 68 spoke of God’s great accomplishments in the past and of His victorious procession to Mt. Zion, but in the second half of this Psalm we’re to look to the future. Now that the Lord is seated in His holy city, the psalmist looks ahead as our sovereign God vanquishes His enemies and all nations turn to Him. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Our God scatters His enemies but He cares for the weak and abandoned: the fatherless, the widow and the lonely. We’re studying part one of Psalm 68 today on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice. While God’s enemies flee before Him, the righteous will be glad and rejoice and the helpless will be comforted. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

God has caused His face to shine upon us and to bless us. We all know this familiar benediction from the Old Testament, but have you ever thought about what it really means to have His face shine upon us? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice we’re studying Psalm 67. God’s shining face encompasses a multitude of blessings but the greatest of all is the blessing we receive when we come to know Jesus Christ as our Savior. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Our God is so great and wonderful that creation shouts for joy and sings of His glory. But what about His people? Do we echo nature’s praise? Dr. James Boice takes us through Psalm 66, where David urges God’s people to take a lesson from nature and tell God how awesome are his deeds. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Do we really believe that all that we need comes from God? The Israelites did, and they set aside a special feast to thank Him for His provision. This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice we’re looking at Psalm 65, a harvest hymn celebrating the Jewish harvest festival, the Feast of Tabernacles. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Matthew could have ended his gospel with the resurrection or the ascension, events that changed the world and the course of human history, and yet: he chose to close with Jesus’ final command. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he looks at Christ’s final words to His followers...the words we know as The Great Commission. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

When we are attacked, do we bring our case to God and ask Him for justice? The arrows of our enemy may come at us suddenly and take us by surprise, but today on The Bible Study Hour, Dr. James Boice assures us from Psalm 64 that God our Defender will return those arrows just as suddenly. Our part is simply to call on Him as David did. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Do you remember a time when you loved a person so deeply that it hurt to be away from him or her? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice we are studying a love song--but not a love song to another person. Psalm 63 is a love song to God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

We often hear believers say they are relying on God for their problems when actually they are relying on God—and something else. That “something else” is generally a worldly remedy. We trust in God to a point but look to the ways of the world if things don’t go as planned. In today’s message we see David coming to a time in his life when he can say that he finds rest in God alone. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

We often refer to a strong person as “a rock”—someone who is unshaken by trouble and strong in the face of adversity. David was a rock to the people of Israel. But the real Rock is God and David was very aware of the need for a Savior’s protection. Listen in to hear about this unique relationship between the King of Israel and the God in Whom he trusts. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Sometimes when we are at the top of our game and everything seems to be going right, a defeat creeps in. It may stagger us and cause us to question, “why”? Today on The Bible Study Hour we are looking at Psalm 60, a Psalm David wrote later in his life as he reflected back on his failures and success. Listen as Dr. Boice pieces together the circumstances of this defeat and shows us how we can apply it to our lives today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

As the shadows lifted early that first Easter morning, the women who came to prepare the body of Jesus saw an angel. After quelling the women’s fears, he gave them four words-a command that would change the course of human history. Join Dr. James Boice next time on The Bible Study Hour as he takes a deeper look at the meaning of the four words the angel spoke on that fateful morning long ago. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

David was no stranger to peril. He dodged Saul’s javelins and evaded his armies. With few other resources of his own, he called on the great I AM for protection. On this program, we’ll look at Psalm 59 from an historical perspective of the life of King David. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

We may become a little uneasy when we read David’s Psalms calling down God’s judgement on his enemies. Today on The Bible Study Hour we are studying Psalm 58. David’s appeal here is a little different than it has been in previous Psalms we’ve studied; this time, he cries out against the wickedness of Israel’s leaders for the sake of the righteous, not just for himself. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Where can you run? Where can you hide when things get tough? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice, we’ll study Psalm 57, where David is on the run, experiencing dark days inside a cave, hiding from his enemies. Do you think David’s confidence is in the shelter of the cave? Or in the Almighty God who will deliver him? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111

Do you ever feel afraid, desperate, or alone? This week on The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Boice, we’ll study Psalm 56, where David is on his own, alone and scared. But by the end of the psalm, David expresses a quiet, steady confidence in God. How does he get there? And how can we move from a place of fear, to a place of faith? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29?v=20251111