The Bible Explored with Rico Tice

Rico, together with Oxford scientist Dr Ard Louis, unpacks the question of whether modern science rules out miracles, set against the arguments of Richard Dawkins and the theory of natural selection

With dissatisfaction and emptiness gnawing at the heart of so many people, Rico graphically describes what it's like to die of thirst and why we'll never know true satisfaction unless we come to Christ.

As we sit on a well listening to Jesus and a despised woman who has had five husbands, Rico allows us to feel the immense loneliness of the woman, and the immense love and satisfaction that Jesus offers her.

Using the second part of John chapter one, Rico challenges us to find someone who needs to hear the gospel message, and shows us how to handle rejection if they don't accept it.

Rico Tice shows us three remarkable crowd scenes with Jesus on a donkey - vision of weakness, Jesus with Lazarus - a vision of power, and Jesus with the seed that must die.

Rico Tice exposes the cancer of religious hypocrisy and shows how Jesus dealt with a victim of hypocrisy - the woman taken in the act of adultery.

Exploring the encounter between Jesus and the woman at the well, Rico Tice shows that satisfaction cannot be found in our human relationships but through a relationship with Christ.

Rico highlights the three 'musts' of John chapter 3, and shows how John the Baptist shone the spotlight on Jesus, as he brings fresh insights from this familiar Bible passage

Rico Tice explains how we can only have a fresh start in life by being born again, as we sit with Nicodemus and Jesus and hear Christ explain what exactly being born again means.

Rico Tice debunks critisisms of the Bible's reliability and unpacks John the Baptist's words in John 1:29 "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world".

Death is possibly the most tabboo subject. But Rico faces it head on as he looks at how we react to death and in particular, why we must not treat Jesus as if He's dead.

Rico demonstrates how the Bible is not two books of Old and New Testaments but one book. He shows us the prediction, the person and the puzzle of Christ's death

Even though every believer will experience failure in their Christian walk, Rico shows us that it's how we respond to failure that is important.

As a young boy rushes out to live his life of freedom, he finds himself running headlong into disaster. Rico brings the story of the prodigal son bang up to date.

Modern day business scams may seem a far cry from life in the time of Christ, but Rico shows us that dodgy dealing is clearly set out in Luke 16

The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is unpacked by Rico to show how we can be afraid to expose what's inside us, whilst presenting a good exterior to others.

If ever we feel a sense of moral superiority because we go to church, Rico shows very plainly that even the most morally upright people need to be forgiven.

What's the purpose of life? What's the point of living if everything ends with death? Rico shows why knowing the answer to death changes everything.

The Bible is very clear that everyone has faith - but why do we have a faith? And as Rico explains, it's not how much faith we have, but what our faith is in.

To ask the question "What is reality?" is to ask "what can we believe?" Rico looks at the afterlife and asks how we can be sure of where we are going.

With the culture today encouraging us to be successful, Rico looks at an extremely successful character in the Bible and shows us what might be the epitaph on his gravestone.

Although there are many Christian mission organisations, Rico shows us from Luke's gospel that the responsibility for evangelism is not just for a select few, but to every one of us.

A family story of two boys and their dad is retold and explained by Rico Tice as he gets to grips with what's really behind the parable of the prodigal son.

Using CS Lewis's book title 'Surprised by Joy', Rico Tice takes us to Cana of Galilee to watch Jesus perform His first miracle of turning water into wine and explains it's significance in eastern culture.

Here's what you can expect from The Bible Explored with Rico Tice.