Bible 805

 We’ve studied the life of David for the past two podcasts and we’ll end the study of his life with a look at Ps. 119. Though there is some debate of the writer of this Psalm, the consensus is that David wrote it as a summary of his love for God’s Word and the benefits that will be in our life if we read, listen, meditate on, memorize, and fill our life with it. This week we’ll look at an ove...

 Have you ever felt you can’t forgive yourself or that you’ve don’t things so that God can never use you for anything significant? If so I have great news for you! We will continue our look at King David in today's lesson. His sin with Bathsheba was only one of the serious sins in his life and yet, he ended his life forgiven and greatly used by God. We’ll learn about God’s great forgiveness a...

David, the greatest king in Israel’s history was described as a man after God’s own heart What in the world does "to be a man after God's own heart" mean and what can we learn from it? In today’s lesson, we’ll take an in-depth look at that statement and be challenged on how our hearts can be ones that please God. We'll also look at David's life and how from great actions for God to great sins, he...

  What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus 24/7?   •Is it just following the rules? In a previous study we looked at where Jesus told his disciples that they can show they loved him by keeping his commands  •But we know You can outwardly keep whatever the socially accepted commandments are  •And still be a rotten person, a long way from being described as a disciple of Jesus...

How does it happen for a person to start out with every advantage—good looks, honor and a calling from God, a great family, but then die a self-pitying suicide? Saul, the first king of Israel, sadly answers that question in our lesson as we start the great adventure of studying the kings of Israel.  This week is a challenge and warning, but after this lesson on what not to do by looking at th...

This is from the much longer, Rule of St. Benedict , a manual of guidance for a monastery, written in the early 500s AD. Though written a long time ago, the rules are a timeless challenge for those wanting to live a godly life. This podcast is just a short one with me reading his words to you. Benedict's rules are kind and obviously intended for a community of people he wanted to live in such a wa...

This is just me reading a section of the Resolutions to you. Though written in 1722, these words can challenge and inspire us today to godly living. For the podcast that talks about this material, go to: How to love Jesus, part 2—growing, pruning, being fruitful, trusting Jesus for now and forever: https://wp.me/pazrJD-6N   On the www.bible805.com website you'll find the complete set of resol...

 When you think of the time Jesus had with his disciples just before his trial and crucifixion, what is it you think about? To answer my question, I know I think about the Last Supper—that’s what has been memorialized in great art throughout the centuries and in the services before Easter and that’s often our focus on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday services. Though the Last supper is extremel...

 In both the Old and New Testaments, (Deut. 6:5 and Luke 10:27) we are told the greatest commandment is to  "Love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength." But what does that mean? Does it mean we work up warm fuzzy feelings for God? Or does it mean something more practical? Something we could do and do well? In our lesson today, we’ll answer the question of how to...

What do the Lord of the Rings, the movie Aquaman , and the book of 1 Samuel have in common? The answer to the question I just asked, is that in all of them a key theme is that people want a King. But not just any King, they want a King who is strong, good and just, and who will conquer evil enemies.  You may be familiar with the stories of how Arthur Curry became Aquaman and Strider became Ar...

There is a very popular song boasts “I did it my way!”  Though it sounds so appealing, to live our lives exactly how we want, is this really the best way to live? Today we’ll look at what the book of Judges that show us about 300 years of Israel’s history and what happened when they did exactly that. That events are told honestly in that story, as that is what the Bible does, and these events...

After 40 years of wandering, Israel finally gets to enter the Promised Land. God was giving it to them, but they still had to fight for it. Join us to learn about how to fight the battles of life successfully and the warnings of incomplete obedience. In this podcast, you’ll see how even though we may be doing exactly what God wants us to do, we can still have challenges, but with God’s help, not i...

 Moses knows he will shortly die and after 40 years in the desert, the now formed nation Israel will go into the Promised Land. The book of Deuteronomy contains Moses’ final words to his people.  The book is a series of sermons where he restates and summarizes much of the content of the previous books of the Law.  The tone of the book is more pastoral and less thundering than his pr...

 We love reading the stories in the Bible, but we can be disappointed if God doesn’t do for us what He did for the Bible characters.  To help us understand what we can legitimately apply to our lives and avoid being disappointed with God, I put together this podcast on the topic of How to Correctly Read and Apply Bible Stories.  This is a challenging topic for our Bible study becaus...

How can we find out what God expects of us? After someone decides to follow Jesus, do they need to live any differently than they did before?  Those are the questions we'll answer in our lesson today.  After the Children of Israel were miraculously brought out of Egypt, God didn’t turn them loose in the desert to do whatever they wanted and it’s the same for us today. Once we become a be...

 The story of the Exodus is one of the most well-known of all the Bible stories, partly because of the movie and partly because it is the historical history of the beginning of the Jewish nation. But that doesn’t mean it’s without controversy—not only about the dates it occurred, but if it really happened at all and if it did, how does it apply to us today?  Today we’ll look at an introd...

Genesis and the first part of Exodus were interesting to read, but now it’s getting a bit strange….. What do all these laws about what to eat, sacrifices, and how to build the Tabernacle have to do with us today? Why should we bother reading them? The answer is SO much more than you can imagine! Not in that we should follow the laws and regulations in the same way the Children of Israel did, but i...

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? Today we are going to answer these questions and more in our Podcast.  As we look at the lives of these founders of our faith, we can see God faithfu...

 “Did angels (or as some have said, extra-terrestrials) have children with humans?”  “How do you explain fossils of humans 30,000 to 40,000 years old?”  “If the Bible says you can’t see God, how could people see him in Genesis?” “What about the curses in Genesis?, e.g. Cain and Lamech, Canaan and Ham?”  "Is Jesus the only way to heaven and what does reading the Bible in Chronol...

 •When did people start to believe in life after death? •Some say that the people in the Old Testament didn’t really believe in it like we do. Is that true? •Why does it matter? Does it matter to me? •We’ll answer these questions and more in today’s Podcast! This is an incredibly important topic and one where there is a lot of confusion even among people who believe in God, especially regardi...

Why do Christians call Abraham the "Father of their Faith?" Isn't he also the Father of the faith for Jews and Muslims? And didn't he write an important book for the Mormons? Do I have to be a person of great faith like Abraham for God to accept me? These questions and much more are what we will cover in this podcast on Abraham. I'll start with an overview of the incredible archeological finds tha...

Most people have heard about Job, the character in the Bible who went through the loss of everything in his life. It's a classic story of pain and loss with a great ending.  What this podcast will show you is that the book is much more than a story, but the true story of a man who went through unbelievable pain for no apparent reason, who endured the accusations and tormenting from his friend...

How did we get here? Is God real and what is He like? What messed things up? Who is Satan and what power does he have? Why do innocent people suffer? Not just Job, all Genesis characters. Why me? What does God want from us ? That's what we are going to start to cover in this series, but before that in the podcast below we are going to go over the presuppositions that undergird the teaching for thi...

Along with losing weight, getting more done, simplifying your life and other commendable goals, is reading through the Bible one of your resolutions for the year? If so, I’d like to share a way for you to do it that will change your life more significantly than any diet will! Hi I’m Yvon Prehn and Welcome to bible 805! Today we’re going t to talk about….. The Six Benefits of reading (or listening...

 Church Councils formalized the Canon of the 66 books of scripture but the CANON had been determined by God and accepted by the people of God long before Councils. But just because the canon was decided that didn’t mean ordinary people could read it.  The Primary Bible for centuries was Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Most people couldn’t read and even if they did, fewer and fewer spoke Latin. Be...