The Bible Explored with Rico Tice
Mondays at 1pm and 10pm
Although the gospel message unites believers, Rico is at pains to remind us that the proclamation of the gospel will always bring division. He also explains how forgiveness and justification are two sides of the same coin and what they mean.
Whilst some view history as a series of random, unconnected events, Rico takes us right through Acts 13 to demonstrate how that everything that has ever happened in the world has been orchestrated and brought about by God.
When a person's life is dramatically changed by something they suddenly realise, we call it a 'Damascus Road experience'. Rico takes us through the original Damascus Road experience that Saul had when he encountered Jesus for himself.
Rico encourages us to cross the pain line in our evangelism and believe that as we speak about Christ, God will do the miracle of opening blind eyes.
As Rico explores the occasion when Peter and John heal the crippled man at the temple gate as recorded in Acts 3, he asks whether Christians should pray for miraculous healings today.
Whilst the work of bringing people to salvation is what Christ does through the power of the Holy Spirit, Rico explains that we can play our part by showing what Christ has done in our own lives.
As some of today's children become increasingly defiant, Rico unpacks the principles of good parenting set out in Ephesians 6v4. Rico challenges himself as to whether he and his wife demonstrate a good example to their own children
With our present culture telling us that we are free to do as we wish provided nobody else gets hurt as a result, Rico shows us the Biblical principles of sexual intimacy and explains the difference between lust and love.
As Rico takes us through the book of Ephesians, he asks: Why does Paul pray? How does Paul pray? To whom does Paul pray and what does Paul pray? Rico challenges us to know the answers to these questions in our own prayer lives.
In the face of the assertion that we are only sinners because we do sinful things, Rico uses the words of Jesus who said that "it's what's inside a person's heart that defiles him" to explain original sin and the grace of God.
Rico uses the example of the relationship that Kate Middleton had with the future King of England to show us from Ephesians chapter 2 how we, as Christians, have been brought into a relationship with the King of Kings, Jesus Christ.
Our natural instinct will cause us to choose evil over good, so therefore it is not possible for us to discover Christ in and of ourselves. Rico explains how it's the Holy Spirit who opens our eyes to see who Christ is.
Whilst many people think that freedom means being able to do as I please, Rico turns that idea completely on its head by showing that true freedom for the believer can only be found in humbly serving others.
Rico continues his studies in the book of Galatians and shows what it was like for the Apostle Paul to be rejected by the Christians of his day because they would not accept his rebuke of their false teaching.
As Rico takes us into the book of Galatians, he explains how painful it must have been to the Apostle Paul to be falsely accused of not preaching the true gospel, when his accusers were actually the ones who were corrupting it.