How do we know what we’re told about Jesus is true?
Wasn’t the New Testament written hundreds of years after He lived?
And why did some books get included and others didn’t?
Introduction to the New Testament, the critical importance of correct dating
The New Testament makes some extraordinary claims including that the long-prophesied Messiah came into the world, lived, taught, died, and rose again to offer a restored relationship to God to all who believe in Him. For claims of such importance, naturally, not everyone believed them then or now, and questions like these come up:
- Wasn’t the New Testament written hundreds of years after the events recorded in them?
- In the time between the events and the recording of them, did myth and legends replace reality?
- Therefore, are the stories of the miracles, the resurrection of Jesus, just wishful thinking?
Join us reading through the New Testament this Fall–with a link to the free, downloadable schedule
Hi, I’m Yvon Prehn with Bible805, and I’d like to invite you to join me as we go through the New Testament this fall. This is part of a project to help you read through the entire Bible that we started in January.
Following are links to schedules, explanatory videos, background material, and more for this exciting adventure
The reasons behind the new chronological and thematic order for are reading the New Testament, plus the reading schedule
This schedule for reading the New Testament is a continuation of our year-long project of reading through the Bible in Historical, Chronological Order. Following is a video and then below it a summary of the reasons for putting the content of the New Testament into this order. Click on the image to the left to download reproducible schedules.
NEW this year!!! Daily 5-minute or less videos on the content, along with brief commentary and suggested applications of the daily readings, available at www.YouTube.com/Bible805. Be sure to subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss this daily encouragement.
Following is the explanatory video and more details follow it in the text.
A question about Purgatory and why it is not a true Biblical doctrine
Intro note: The following was prompted by a question asked by one of the members of the Trust the Bible class I teach at my church.
Question:
I have a question in regard to ‘Purgatory’, which is this: What is the biblical justification for said place, or idea? [Read more…]
Time Between the Testaments, how to live when in the in-between times & when it seems God is silent
From the close of the Old Testament to the start of the New Testament, it is a VERY different world—so many things have changed.
There is an infographic that goes through the changes that go with the lesson. In this lesson, we’ll go over how the changes came to be. [Read more…]
Malachi, Conversations with God, past, now & forever
The book of Malachi begins…
“I have always loved you,” says the Lord. But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
Malachi 1:2 In some ways these brief statements sum up the entire history of the Old Testament.
God again and again both shows and declares His love for His people. [Read more…]
Haggai and Zechariah, finish what you start, God always does
These books were written 14‐16 years after the Jews went back to the land after their captivity. The return itself was a glorious work of God.
Once in the land, there were challenges when the surrounding people tried to stop them, but God intervened there also. The Israelites had seen God conquer and give victory in much greater problems and He took care of this situation also and they got permission from the king to continue building.
But they didn’t—even though God miraculously provided permission for them to continue building the temple, they got distracted, a lot like we do from the work God gives us to do. [Read more…]
INFOGRAPHIC of the Timeline of the Return from the Babylonian Exile
The historical books that cover this time include Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and they are in our Bibles just before the middle of it. The books that contain the messages of the prophets during and shortly following this time, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are at the very end of the Old Testament. In addition, the book of Esther takes place shortly after the start of Ezra. [Read more…]
Story of the Return to the Promised Land, God keeps His promises & so should we
Though God had to punish the Children of Israel for their many sins by sending them into exile in Babylon, the punishment had a promised limit of 70 years and at the end of the 70 years, He miraculously returned them to their land. In this lesson, we’ll go over the return, the leadership God used to make it possible, and challenges to us to be faithful to our promises. [Read more…]
Why We Can Trust the Bible Lesson Series
This is a fascinating series of videos that begins with my personal search for what is true in the Christian faith.
Before deconstructing your faith (getting to the core of what may or may not be true in it) was popular to do, years ago I found myself asking if what I believed was because it had always been what I’d been told by people I loved and trusted or if it was objectively true? [Read more…]
Salvation in Jesus explained, lessons, videos, podcasts, infographics, & notes
Here is an overview video and a FREE series of lessons and an infographic that explains both life’s most important decision that you will ever make–to trust Jesus as your Savior and then the most important message you can share–how to help others find salvation in Jesus. [Read more…]
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