Bible805 Podcast

How do the Koran and the Book of Mormon compare to the Christian Bible? They are much more recent than Hindu or Buddhist scriptures, so aren’t they more trustworthy? According to the writings of each religion, not only are they more trustworthy, but both religions claim that they are the most correct scriptures. By the law of noncontradiction, they can't both be true. So, how do we evaluate them t...

Aren’t all religions the same? Don’t they lead to the same place and aren’t all their holy books similar? If you’ve asked questions like these, I’ve some fascinating history that helps answer these questions. In the last two podcasts we've talked about what is truth and then how historians determine what is true. Please listen to them as background for this and the next podcast. In this podcast we...

How do historians know what is true? Do they write up whatever sounds good to them? Or do they listen to legends or whatever do they do? In a previous lesson, we talked about the importance of truth and how truth is that which corresponds to reality. We then talked about how history is a useful way to determine what corresponds to reality and how this is foundational to determining if a religion i...

Fake news, conflicting viewpoints, frightening world events, how do we know what to believe? On one level if the confusion over truth were just confined to the political realm or whatever tragedy consumes the news, one option would be to block the media noise and hope things will get better. But we can’t do that in all of life. In spiritual realities, truth matters! This podcast goes on to talk ab...

Is the Bible one story? Or a collection of related, but sometimes contradictory stories? Does it matter which one it is? In this podcast, we are going to answer those questions in our lesson today by explaining what’s called “progressive revelation,” a big term with a simple meaning that’s incredibly important for you to understand in determining if God is the ultimate Author of the Bible. This po...

People say God wrote the Bible—but did He? What does God’s view of time have to do with whether He wrote the Bible or not? Today we are going to answer these questions, which are foundational to any study of the Bible & discover some very fascinating things about God and Time that prove the answer! Go to  https://wp.me/pazrJD -ff for a downloadable chart of God's view of time that we talk...

The podcast is a brief overview of the many new things I have put together for the coming year. If you would like a detailed explanation of them, go to the Bible805 website at this link: https://wp.me/pazrJD-eG This podcast is from Yvon Prehn and Bible805, where you learn to know, trust, and apply the Bible. Following are additional ways Bible805 can help you do that: To download free Chronologica...

Many people would like to read their Bibles in Chronological Order, in the order events happened, but it's very hard to do because that is not how the books of our Bibles are organized. This podcast will give you the reasons for that and what to do about it. This podcast is from Yvon Prehn and Bible805, where you learn to know, trust, and apply the Bible. Following are additional ways we can help...

Maybe you just don't like to read! Anything--the Bible or anything else. If that's the case, it's perfectly OK as listening, not reading was the way people took in the content of the Bible through most of human history. That's just one of the reasons, but we have many easy ways to listen to the Bible today and neither that nor any of the other reasons mentioned here should keep us from how it will...

Going through your Bible in Chronological, Historical order, whether you read it or listen to it is one of the most life-changing things you can do to grow in your Christian life. This podcast will give you 9 specific reasons to do it and Bible805 has many new resources for you to help you that you can download from the links below, including schedules, videos, and materials to use to study the Bi...

2020 has been a horrible year by any measure, but there is always something to challenge us in this life as long as we are on this earth. Because of that, we need something outside ourselves we can trust and God's Word is the one sure thing we can always rely on. This podcast will encourage you in whatever trials you are facing and will also encourage you to read God's Word consistently so you wil...

Reading or listening to the Bible in Chronological Order is one of the most important things you can do--but there are a variety of ways to do that. In preparing to teach through the Bible in the coming year, I did extensive study and prayer over what would be the most beneficial way to do this in the coming year. My schedule is unique in a number of ways and this podcast explains why I put the bo...

God has worked in extraordinary ways to prepare the world for the birth of Jesus and this podcast describes them for you.  To see videos of the maps talked about in the podcast and lots more on studying the Bible, go to www. Bible805.com .

 If the Bible is supposed to be historically accurate, what about the books some Bibles have in between the Old Testament and New Testament? Are they historically reliable? Why aren’t they in all Bibles? Today we’ll answer those questions in this podcast. In our last lesson we looked at how the Old Testament is tied to real history and real geography. This week we’ll look at the Apocrypha to...

Pandemic, crazy weather, racial injustice, and political turmoil—wherever we turn, bad news fills our world. But there is one place the news is good—and that’s in the good news about Jesus. Many call this good news the gospel and that’s what our podcast is about today. For notes from the show and more information on the Christian faith, check out www.bible805.com .

What’s the most important thing we need to think about as we wrap up our year-long journey through the Bible? We started with Paradise lost in Genesis and we will end with Paradise restored in Revelation, so should we focus on end-time prophecy? Figuring out when Jesus will return? There are many things we could focus on as we wrap up this year, but) what I decided to talk about as we look back on...

How do we act when bad things happen to us? u We always have a choice u We can retaliate u We can throw a pity party u We can blame others u Or we can trust God no matter what and try to respond in a way He wants us to No one or no circumstance ever forces us to act in a way God doesn’t want us to In our podcast today we’ll look at how the Apostle Paul responded in a very difficult situation. For...

If you invited someone to your home for dinner and they stopped halfway there, what would you think? That they didn’t care? Didn’t really want to be with you? In our podcast today we’ll see how that is a little like what it is like if we accept Jesus to be our Savior, but then we quit God’s plans for us only halfway to where He wants us to be. For notes from the podcast and more, go to www.bible80...

Christians often refer to themselves as "saved", but what does it mean to be "saved"? Saved from what? In today’s podcast we’ll talk about the meaning of salvation and how to get from wherever we are to this spiritual destination. Our roadmap for this journey is found in the book of Romans. For notes and more, go to: www.bible805.com .

As we read Acts and the early letters of Paul, we see the people of the early church selling everything, constantly in worship, doing miracles. Does that mean we should do these things also? The history of the early church is no doubt exciting, as they worked miracles, held everything in common and lived a life of continual worship.  However, a key question for us living today is which of the...

What does it take to change a habit? We’ve all struggled to lose weight or exercise or get up earlier or all sorts of things we wish we’d do differently and it's hard to do! It’s never easy to change even the most simple of habits, but in our podcast today we’ll see that the followers of Jesus not only changed their personal behavior from that of fearful cowards to fearless leaders but that thousa...

Who is Jesus? Secular history and all the major religions of the world agree He existed, but they have very different answers as to who He is In our podcast today we’ll look at the history that verifies His existence, the beliefs about Him that have no basis in history all to help us answer the most important question of time and eternity—Who do you think Jesus is? For a copy of the notes that go...

What is the most important thing about the Christian faith? How does it claim to connect you with God, forgive your sins, and give you eternal life? • Is it knowing all the things you learned about the Old Testament if you’ve been listening to this podcast the last few months? • Is it holding to certain beliefs like a 6-day Creation theory or 5-point Calvinism? • Or is it what you do like being su...

What kind of a relationship do you have with someone if you never talk to them? OR if they talk to you and you ignore them? In our podcast today we’ll review God’s conversations with His people throughout the Old Testament and what he finally had to say to them before becoming silent for 400 years. Along the way, we’ll talk about how we ought to respond when we read his messages today. For notes a...

If you want to describe the perfect super-hero, a sterling example of strength, integrity, leadership, and self-giving, you could list these characteristics in minute dictionary detail or you could simply say, “Captain America.” An image can contain volumes of backstory and meaning in a few words—the challenge is you need to understand the meaning of the image. The books of the Old Testament and Z...