The Bible Explored with Rico Tice
Mondays at 1pm and 10pm
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.
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 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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the light of the great commission to go and preach the gospel, Rico takes us through Acts 18 and shows us the example of the apostle Paul's preaching and how this can be used by us today as we seek to witness to an ungodly society.
Although the doctrine of original sin is unpopular to some, Rico explains this doctrine from Romans 5 and shows how it is fundamental to the gospel. He shows how simply knowing that something is wrong doesn't stop us from doing it.
Although it can sometimes be difficult to see how God works all things together for our good, Rico gives us clear examples of times when this has happened in recent history and how this gives us real hope in our struggles.
There are times when our past sins come back to us and the belief that we still need to repent becomes real. Rico shows us that once we have repented and been forgiven by God, no charge can ever be brought against us.
Rico explains what the Holy Spirit does in someone's life before they become a Christian and elaborates on what the Spirit continues to do in the believer after their conversion. He explains what the gifts of the Spirit are and their purpose.
Although 1 Cor 13 is the great love portrait in scripture, Rico shows why it is not the most appropriate passage to use at a wedding. He explains the priority, portrait and perseverance of love and touches on the subject of speaking in tongues.