Bible Podcast and Commentary from Yvon Prehn

Hi, I’m Yvon Prehn, this podcast and website are my latest efforts in a lifetime of teaching and writing about my faith in Jesus. The name Bible 805 comes from my belief that the Bible, Jesus, and the Christian faith is as real as the place I live in (area code 805)—Ventura, California. The palm tree image here is a picture of a palm tree in my front yard.

If you are new to this site, I’d encourage you to listen first to the Truth and History Series that talks about how we got the Bible and why we can trust it. For 2019 my big project is teaching through the Bible in Chronological Order. Don’t let that intimidate you—the lessons are self-contained and you can jump in any time or listen to the stand-alone lessons. If you’ve never read through the Bible like this before, listen to these Six Benefits for what it will do for you.

I’ll also do stand-alone podcasts like, Why Jesus Wasn’t a Zombie and Life After Death—God’s Gift or Man’s Wishful Thinking.

Wherever you start, Welcome to Bible 805!

Live with the End in Mind: the Day of the Lord, Zephaniah & Joel

August 17, 2019 by bible805

The bestselling book the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People totally revolutionized the lives of millions of people and one of the habits Steven Covey, the author, talked about is a great summary of our podcast today.

The habit I’m talking about is Habit #2—Begin With the End in Mind

Join me as we look at the challenge of how to Begin with the End in Mind in the books of Zephaniah and Joel in our podcast today.

Here are the websites that have additional information on the Day of the Lord:

https://www.gotquestions.org/day-of-the-Lord.html

https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Day-Of-The-Lord

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/the-day-of-the-lord-god-christ.html

Below is a PDF of the notes and following it the entire notes.

Click the following link to download a PDF of the notes: NOTES for Zephaniah & Joel

Last messages of judgement and hope—Isaiah & Jeremiah

August 10, 2019 by bible805

Last messages of hope--Isaiah and Jeremiah

People ask if it really matter if the events talked about in the Old Testament took place in the times and ways that are described in the Bible?

And some wonder if it isn’t the spiritual message of these stories that is most important?

In this podcast, we are going to talk about how it does matter tremendously that the Old Testament describes true stories that took place in recognizable places that we can date in true history.

Once we understand this, it helps us understand the view of our great God and shows that he can be trusted with the details of our history in the past and the eternity of our future with Him.

To download a PDF of the notes, click the following link: NOTES Last Messages of Judgement and Hope Isaiah & Jeremiah

The complete notes follow.

MICAH: How can we please God? The eternally important question

August 4, 2019 by bible805

How can we please God? How can we know if we are doing enough in our Christian lives?

How to please God, a discussion of Micah 6:8

Fortunately, God doesn’t play games with us and doesn’t leave us guessing as to what he wants us to do. We’ll talk about that today in our lesson.

We’ve been looking a lot at the history of what has happened to Israel and though that is important, what is even more important is how we apply the lessons we learn from history. The book of Micah gives us specific advice on how to do that.

In particular, we’ll drill down deeply into understanding and applying Micah 6:8 a verse many are familiar with that tells us that God wants us to: “Live justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.”

To download a PDF of the notes, click here: PDF Notes on Micah, how to please God

An online copy of the notes follows.

The last days of Israel and what they teach us about Truth, history, and the importance of obeying God

July 28, 2019 by bible805

Does it matter if the stories in the Bible really happened? Isn’t the important thing the spiritual truth taught in them?

It seems to be a common belief today that objective facts aren’t nearly as important as how we feel about our spiritual beliefs, but as you’ll learn today our Bible is based on historical realities and God cares very much about how we live our lives based on those realities.

To download the notes from this podcast, click on the following link: CLASS NOTES Fall of Israel

The complete notes are also below.

How to daily live a life pleasing to God—what all the theology about dying to sin really means

July 22, 2019 by bible805

How to live a life that is pleasing to God — It isn’t a mystical, hard to understand concept, but a practical reality based on what Jesus did for us.

How are we supposed to live our daily lives if our faith in Jesus is real?

If God saves us as a free gift of grace, dependent on Jesus death on the cross, does he really care what we do after we accept him? Can we do whatever we want, knowing we’ll be forgiven?

On a more serious note, what if, after we have trusted Jesus as Savior, we truly want to live a life that pleases Him—how do we do that?

To answer the questions, I just asked is vitally important for every Christian if we believe, as the Bible clearly teaches, that one day each of us will stand before Jesus to give an account of our lives. Though we are saved from eternal death by the grace of Jesus, he does have expectations of how we should live after we accept the gift of salvation and that’s what this podcast is about.

I’m doing this special edition because what I have recently learned I found so helpful in my Christian life that I wanted to share it.

Below the podcast is a PDF of the notes and below that the notes themselves.

To download a PDF of the notes, click the following link: PODCAST NOTES Romans 6 15-23 SPECIAL EDITION

Hosea and the meaning of true love

July 20, 2019 by bible805

Do you have trouble believing that God loves you? That he forgives you no matter what your sins?

Many of us have problems believing God really loves us, but with the prophet Hosea in the podcast today we will see an incredible example of God’s love that not only applied to Israel when it was going through a very hard time, but that applies to us today also.

Below the podcast is a PDF of the notes and below that the notes themselves.

Click the following link to download a PDF of the notes: NOTES Hosea, the meaning of true love