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    The Commander’s Commander

    March 16, 2025

    Joshua 5:13-15 The Jordan had been crossed and the people consecrated. The conquest of Jericho and the Promised Land lay ahead, but before that, Joshua, the leader of God’s people has a divine encounter with an armed commander of another army. Join Dr. James Boice on The Bible Study Hour as he explains the significance of that angelic encounter.

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  • Friday: Covenant Consecration
    by thinkact_qklktp on March 14, 2025 at 5:00 am

    So in the sacrament of circumcision we find its parallel in the matter of our baptism. And when we look at the Passover, we find its parallel in our Communion service which looks back to the death of Christ. The Lord’s Supper has the elements of the broken bread and the wine, which signify Christ’s broken body and poured out blood. We see that we are to consecrate ourselves as well, because the God who operated with His people in the past is operating with us today.

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James Boice’s Bible teaching continues on The Bible Study Hour broadcast, preparing you to think and act biblically. Dr. Boice was regarded as a leading evangelical statesman in the United States and around the world as he served as president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and chairman of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. His fifty-plus books include an award-winning, four-volume series on Romans.

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