Bible 805

In ancient Israel, as now, our calling is to be God’s people, to represent Him, to be His hands and feet in our world.   But what does that mean in practice?  How do we get distracted?   What can bring us back to where we should be?  And on a more serious note, what are the consequences if we don’t obey?  The Old Testament prophets can help answer these questions and the s...

We all know about the fish swallowing Jonah, but there are larger lessons in the book including the answers to these questions: What about people who haven’t heard the gospel if Jesus is the only way to God? What do we do about bad people, or when people treat us badly? What does God expect from us as His people? How does God treat us when we fail? Answers to these questions and other related appl...

We are at the place in reading through the Bible where many people either quit or are confused and make incorrect applications from their reading. We've finished the books that are primarily historical narratives and are now in books that combine both historical narrative AND the messages of the prophets to the people at that time. Understanding what is going on in the history of the people and ho...

What if you had EVERYTHING? Wisdom, power, romance? Unlimited wealth and scores of people to do whatever you commanded? What would you do with it? Most of us will never have to contemplate those challenges, but in our lesson today we’ll look at someone who did King Solomon. For links to the video and notes on this topic, go to https://wp.me/pazrJD-py And for overall on how to know, trust, and appl...

What does it mean when the Bible says….. • That David was a man after God’s own heart? • Didn’t he commit adultery and murder? • How can that be “after God’s own heart?” In today’s podcast, we’ll take an in-depth look at that statement and be challenged on how our hearts can be ones that please God. For more on this, notes, and links to a video, go to https://www. Bible805.com

What happens when you don’t listen? • When you are asking for directions? • Or when a parent or spouse is telling you what to do? • Or more importantly, what happens when you don’t listen to what God tells you? The results can range from frustrating to tragic and we’ll look at the lives of Samuel and Saul to see how one listened to God, the other didn’t, and the results of each one in our podcast...

“Tetelestai!” was the final cry of Jesus from the cross and it means, “it is finished.” It is an extraordinary cry of victory and hope. Though it is a part of sermons on the Easter message of salvation, there are many questions about it that we will explore in what follows including: Did Jesus really say “tetelestai”? What does it mean? What is finished? If the victory is won and the battle over,...

From our earliest days, we want to do things our way. We don’t want anyone else to tell us what to do. Though we may appear to go along with rules as we get older, in our heart of hearts we often think we know what’s best for us. But do we? The books of Judges and Ruth give us interesting pictures from Old Testament history on what happens to individuals and people when they either— · Do what they...

How is life going for you now? Are you struggling, under pressure, afraid? Feel like you fight one battle after another? In today’s lesson, I’ve got some encouragement for you as we look at….. Book of Joshua 9 Lessons on how to fight and win in the battles of life As we start, the first step to winning the battles of life Realize you are in a battle! The Bible describes the Christian life in this...

What is the purpose of the stories in the Bible? If someone does something that seems a bit odd, like Gideon setting out a fleece to determine God’s will or the Children of Israel walking around the walls of Jericho to conquer it. Does that mean I should do similar things to please God? As we start reading the book of Joshua, we move from the foundation of laws into stories, also called narratives...

God’s people are about to enter the Promised Land after 40 years of wandering. How are they supposed to live now, so they don’t continue to wander aimlessly? How are they to live as representatives of the living God, as His disciples, His image-bearers in a pagan culture? We’ll answer these questions for them and us in our lesson as we discuss the topic Deuteronomy—5 Ways to Reflect God's Image to...

The war in Ukraine and the tragedy of the suffering and devastation that threatens to spill into more of the world has many of us concerned, worried and fearful. People are wondering if it means WW3 or even the end of the world. What should we do? This is a special podcast, an interruption in our reading through the Bible commentary, because I feel it is needed. I want to give you some spiritual e...

What does God expect of us after we become a Christian? Can we do what we want? Or does being a believer have obligations? And what about when we mess up? These questions and more are what we’ll answer in our lesson today from the Old Testament: The book of Numbers, Bad Choices, Consequences, and God’s Grace For links to notes and a video on this topic, go to https://www. Bible805.com , where ther...

Does the Old Testament teach the Trinity? What about the Shema, which says clearly, “God is One?” Also, how does it reconcile the verses that say God can’t be seen, with ones that say people saw God? Who is the Angel of the Lord talked about in the Old Testament? Is He really Jesus before he was born in Bethlehem? These questions and more are what we’ll answer in our lesson today on what the Old T...

Many people believe that the idea of the Trinity is one of the most difficult to understand in the Christian faith. I very much disagree—and I’ll share the details of why in this lesson. God does not intentionally confuse us as to who He is; He desires a relationship with us. The challenge to understanding the Trinity is the same challenge of understanding everything else aiout our faith— we need...

Everyone wants to live a truly happy and fulfilled life, but the question is…. How do we do that? The Bible has some very specific advice on how to live a fulfilled life and it isn’t full of more tips on how to make ourselves #1, We’ll talk about that today in our lesson podcast today. For more on this topic, go to www. Bible805.com .

When most people get into the parts of the Bible were about to read now—especially in Leviticus and Numbers, with all the odd and obscure laws and regulations, they bail out. And why shouldn’t they?  What does that have to do with us today? These are the questions we are going to discuss in the podcast today, along with an explanation of the usefulness of Historical Context and Typology as to...

Have you ever felt stuck, trapped, not where you want to be or expected you’d be at this time in your life? For many of us as I’m recording this, that’s the situation we’ve been in with the Covid lockdowns and the many ways it has put life on hold. But for all of us, no matter what we are trapped in, emotionally, physically, or spiritually the book of Exodus and the life of Moses can encourage, in...

How did the Jewish people become a nation? Did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph have any say in being the founding fathers or were they predestined to do all they did? And what about us? What is God in control of and what are we responsible for? We’ll answer these questions and more in our podcast today. For links to notes, a video of this material, and additional resources, go to https://www.bib...

What makes someone great in God’s eyes? We’re starting into the part of the Old Testament where we talk about “heroes of the faith” What does that mean and does an ordinary person have any chance of pleasing God in that way? Those are some of the questions we'll talk about in the podcast today. For notes, links to a video that has all the images talked about and additional resources, go to www. Bi...

Life after death is a great promise to those who believe in Jesus. But what about those who have never heard of Jesus? And for everyone, why do innocent people suffer and how can we comfort those (including ourselves) who suffer? This is the second lesson in our through the Bible series on Genesis and Job and in it we work to answer these questions from the big picture of God's Word. For additiona...

Hi, I am Yvon Prehn, and this is an incredibly important podcast that I discovered I had not loaded up to this podcast channel—it’s out of order, but very important so let me explain. This podcast started out as added material to the podcast on Life After Death in the Old Testament. It is a critique of scholars who do not believe that is true, but it became much more when I realized that the timel...

As we start reading through the Bible in Chronological order, the lesson for Week One TTB (Thru The Bible) is Genesis & Job, answers to the Big Questions of Life, part ONE In this lesson, I’ll give you background on why we read Genesis and Job together as well as answers to these questions: **Why we are here? **What went wrong? **Is this all there is? For notes, links to a video, and additiona...

I did a similar podcast previously, but it is such an important topic (nothing more important than how to find salvation in Jesus) I wanted to redo, update it, and made a video to go along with it. Here is the current intro to it:  We could all use some good news now….. Pandemic, crazy weather, racial injustice, and political turmoil—wherever we turn, bad news fills our world . But there is o...

Our presuppositions matter In a past lesson, I shared how the Bible has the same structure as a novel but as I was preparing for going through the Bible in the coming year, I realized that a more detailed look at how the Bible is like a novel as opposed to a collection of short stories has important implications for how we read and apply it. In this lesson I’ll briefly explain how the short story...