Updated for 2026–Tools to help you and your people read through the Bible in the coming year

2026-01-08 by bible805

Tools to help your people get into the Bible in the coming year.

Quick links to tools to help you read thru the Bible in the coming year

Through the Bible in Chronological Order Reading Plan, schedules and journal pages: https://bible805.com/through-the-bible-in-chronological-order-schedules-and-journal-pages/

Free eBook, Not Safe, But Good, with additional motivation for reading in Chronological Order and Reading Schedules:

ALL NEW–START HERE, a plan for curious people to begin reading the Bible, a new paperback book with a shorter reading plan, 11 books in the New Testament to introduce you to the Bible and the Christian faith: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4W9YW5Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

FREE downloads (no ads, all legal, I give you permission to show them) of the videos mentioned below:
https://bible805academy.com/collection/read-your-bible-in-chronological-order [Read more…]

READ this First, the unique characteristics of the Bible805 Thru the Bible in Chronological Order Plan

2026-01-08 by bible805

The Bible805 Chronological Reading plan is unique and useful. — The Bible805 Chronological Reading plan is unique and a useful way to approach reading thru the Bible in a year.

This series of lessons in both Podcast and video format of PowerPoint presentations goes along with the Through the Bible in Chronological Order Reading plan from Bible805. Please go to the website, www.Bible805.com for a download (or CLICK here for a copy) of the reading schedule in various formats as well as reproducible journaling pages.

To clarify what makes this Read through the Bible Chronologically a bit different than some others you might be familiar with following you’ll find a podcast on it and after that the text version of the clarifications.

Click HERE or on the image to get a copy of the schedule to read through your Bible in the coming year with this plan.

Try it this year and learn more about the Bible than you can imagine!

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Lesson 1, Thru the Bible, Genesis and Job, Intro, background, and authorship by Moses

2026-01-07 by bible805

The main focus of this first lesson is on the foundational teachings from the Book of Genesis and the Book of Job, particularly their significance in understanding key questions about life. We explore the authorship of both books, attributing them to Moses, and introduce crucial questions about existence, suffering, and divine authority, establishing a framework for deeper discussions in the following lessons.

Below are the Podcast (with the new host, CAPTIVATE–and where you can download a complete Transcript from this, just click on the Transcript link or three dots if your screen is narrow), PowerPoint video of the Lesson, and downloadable notes and a new handout that can either be used as a Discussion Guide for groups or a Journal Prompt for individual study.

This lesson goes along with the Bible805 plan to read through the Bible in Chronological Order. For free, reproducible schedules go to: https://wp.me/pazrJD-Mp

For all the materials you need to teach the lesson, go to: https://bible805academy.com/b/0StzX

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Read Your Bible in Chronological Order, why do it, why you haven’t, how tos, schedules, motivational materials

2025-12-24 by bible805

Reading through your Bible in Chronological Order is one of the most important things you can do to grow in your Christian life. At the same time, it is one of the most difficult because our Bibles are not in Chronological Order and it can be difficult both to know where to start and how to sustain your reading.

The following (all FREE) materials from Bible805 will give you the motivation and tools to do that. [Read more…]

Teaching about the Trinity, updated and a book of inspirational quotes added

2025-12-18 by bible805

Image of the Trinity — If you’d had trouble understanding the Trinity, this lesson should help.

As I teach and interact with people in my Bible classes I’ve found many are confused about the Trinity and so I decided to revise and update my lessons on the Trinity that many have found helpful. These are not hard-to-understand, theological puzzles!

I don’t think God intentionally tries to confuse us, particularly about who He is, but many people simply don’t take the time to look in the Bible and explore what it clearly teaches. This series of lessons does that. [Read more…]

Understanding the Trinity, part Three, The Trinity Throughout the Bible

2025-12-17 by bible805

The Trinity is not a concept that is hard to understand, but the reality that describes our God who wants us to know Him. In this series of three lessons, you’ll learn all about it in a way that for many, makes sense.

In this lesson, we talk about how the Trinity is revealed throughout the ENTIRE Bible–if you haven’t looked carefully at this before (and most people haven’t) you’ll be in for some exciting discoveries. [Read more…]

Understanding the Trinity, part Two, the Substance of the Trinity

2025-12-17 by bible805

The Trinity is not a concept that is hard to understand, but the reality that describes our God who wants us to know Him. In this series of three lessons you’ll learn all about it in a way that for many, makes sense.

In this lesson, we talk about the substance, or the characteristics that the three persons of the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all share. These are characteristics such as holiness, truth, love, all-power, and then we’ll talk about what these mean to us. [Read more…]

Understanding the Trinity, part One, The Three persons of the Trinity

2025-12-16 by bible805

Lesson on the Three persons of the Trinity — The Trinity is not difficult to understand and an essential part of the Christian faith.

This is Part One of our study of the Trinity. In it I’ll clear up some basic misconceptions about the Trinity and hope to help you see that the Trinity isn’t something esoteric and difficult to understand, but that it is a clear description of the God we love and serve. [Read more…]

For a free review copy of the Trinity, an invitation to love, a pastoral quote collection

2025-12-16 by bible805

Cover for the Book on the Trinity, an invitation to love, a pictorial quote collection — You are invited to download a free copy of this book. I’d love to have you do a review, but it’s yours regardless of if you do or not. CLICK to download

All readers of this blog and the subscribers to my newsletter are invited to download a free review of the book, the Trinity, an invitation to love, a pictorial quote collection.

It is a collection of images of quotes about the Trinity. Like the ones below. Click on the first image for a slide show of the quotes.

The book is 8.5 x 11, full-color, glossy finish on the prints, 50 pages, $15.99 on amazon.com.

It can be used as a book of inspiration and personal worship as you think about the wonder of our Triune God. In addition, it is a source of frameable quotes. The images are high quality, full-color, printed on glossy paper. I centered them on the front of the pages; they are blank on the back side; and you can cut them apart and use however you want!

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A free and easy way to share the Gospel message this Christmas season

2025-12-06 by bible805

8.5 x 11 size Christmas Evangelism PDFs images_Page_2 — A Christmas letter that explains the true meaning of Christmas is an essential outreach tool for your Christmas events.

We want our people to share their faith and this communication gives them an easy and non-threatening way to do it. One year, I posted the material below on our Adult Sunday School Class website and gave out a sample to our adult class. I printed the black and white image on a blue parchment-type paper. I encouraged them to go to the website and print it out for their Christmas letters and to share with friends. You are welcome to copy any or all of it and you can put them on your church or class website for your people to share.

Below the sample that I shared with my class are some color versions, spot-color separations, and versions that are in a tri-fold brochure format. All of these are available in two ZIP files at the end of this article. This letter/brochure or any other piece that clearly explains the reason for Christmas and the meaning of salvation in Jesus is essential for your church to share at all your holiday outreach events. Jesus came to save us from our sins, not to give us reasons to buy stuff or even so we can have wonderful family celebrations. We need to be clear about the true Christmas message to people who may only come to our church at this time of year–this piece gives you an easy and effective way to do it. [Read more…]

You become what you think about—carefully plan your mental munching

2025-11-08 by bible805

junk food, not good for body or souls — Eating foods like these won’t nourish our bodies, and we need to take equal care to not feed our souls junk.

We all know that if we eat a constant diet of junk food, candy, and honestly delicious fast food, we probably won’t have a healthy body. We’ve got to eat a healthy diet and exercise if we want to all we can be to do all God wants us to do. And even more importantly to experience joy and peace in our lives that’s hard to do if we’re abusing our bodies.

The challenge is that to eat the right things isn’t nearly as easy as reaching for those little packets of cookies and chips and swinging through the drive-through. It takes work and planning for a consistently healthy diet and workout plan.

It’s no different with our souls—

What we take in mentally and how we exercise it by putting what we learn into consistent practice makes a huge difference in our mental and spiritual health. [Read more…]

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2025-08-17 by bible805

I apologize for the trouble and confusion the next few months may cause as Bible805 shifts to new ways to serve you.

Two significant changes are of primary importance:

#1 EVERYTHING, every resource from Bible805, the Bible805 Academy, and Bible805 Images is now FREE ! It will take me some time to update the current free status of items that previously had a change—but be assured if you go to the following sites—EVERYTHING is free:

www.Bible805.com
www.Bible805Academy.com
www.Bible805images.com [Read more…]