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The Bible Didn’t Say That! A brief introduction to Hermeneutics

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Hermeneutics is the art and science of interpreting the Bible—in other words helping us understand what it means for our everyday lives. Instead of a list of rules that are hard to tie to actual verses and even more to life application, this lesson takes the popular verse of Jeremiah 29: 11 that says, For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” and uses it as an example of how people often incorrectly interpret this verse and then get mad at God if He doesn’t do what they expect. It then goes on to show how by correctly applying Hermeneutic principles to interpret this verse, ultimately this passage can give us great hope in all situations For downloadable notes and links to the video and other Hermeneutics is the art and science of interpreting the Bible—in other words helping us understand what it means for our everyday lives. [Read more…]

How we got our English Bibles, The long and winding road from Greek and Hebrew to English translations

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How we got the English BibleAfter the decision was made as to which books would go into our Bibles, it was still a long, complex, and difficult time before most people had what we take for granted—our own Bibles in the language we speak. [Read more…]

Canonicity, the Bible, and Us—how we discover, not determine God’s Will

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Who decided what books are in the Bible?

Many have heard the term “Canonicity” used with this topic—what does it mean? [Read more…]

How we got the New Testament, Part 2—why the Gnostic Gospels aren’t part of it & implications for today

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Why the Gnostic Gospels are not part of the New TestamentA primary criticism of the New Testament is that critics say that Christians intentionally left out and/or suppressed certain writings, primarily what we call the Gnostic Gospels and that they should be part of our New Testament and aren’t. [Read more…]

Halloween as a time for evangelism—please consider it with the Apostle Paul as our inspiration

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Halloween as outreachWhen the Apostle Paul went to Athens it says he was “very distressed” (Acts 17:16) at the pagan idols he found in the city. That’s not surprising. What is surprising is that a few days later he is asked to speak before their council and when he does, here is how the Bible describes it: [Read more…]

How we got the New Testament, Part One—History that proves WHEN it was written

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How we got the New Testament, part oneMany people assume the New Testament was written hundreds of years after the life of Christ. If that was true, how then do we know that what was talked about in the Bible, His miracles and especially His resurrection from the dead, how do we know those aren’t real, but myths and legends that developed many years after He lived? [Read more…]

The Time Between the Testaments, and what to do when God seems silent

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The Time Between the TestamentsIn the previous lesson in our series on How We Got Our Bibles, we looked at the Apocrypha, the series of books written between the Old and New Testaments, and the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible done at that time. [Read more…]

How We Got the Bible—an essential foundational series for reading the entire Bible

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Study your Bible

Getting to know, trust, and apply the Bible is one of the most important things you need to do to grow as a follower of Jesus.

One of the most important things to help you know, trust, and apply the Bible is to read through the Bible in Chronological order, where you see God’s entire redemptive story of salvation from beginning to end. [Read more…]

Videos of Bible805 Lessons—for you to use to teach the Bible

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Teach the Bible

Would like to teach the Bible? The resources of Bible805 are available for you to be able to do that!

There are two sources for videos of the Bible805 content, one is Youtube and the second is the Bible805 Academy a source that allows you unlimited rights to show the videos in your church, homeschool, small group, Bible class or any other way you want to use them. [Read more…]

“Haven’t you read?” A good reminder of what to do, when we don’t know if something is wrong or not

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Jesus mercy to Nicodemus and how we should act

A thought from my daily Bible reading

How do you respond to people who think you are doing something wrong, even if you feel like it is perfectly OK to it?

Especially if that person or persons are in a position of authority or leadership, it can be challenging if you are condemned for doing what you feel is right to do. [Read more…]

How We Got the Apocrypha and its relationship to the Septuagint

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Lesson on The Apocrypha

Many people are familiar with the books that are placed in some Bibles between the Old Testament and the New Testament, also known as the Apocrypha, but what are they, and are they important for us to read to learn about God and to grow in our Christian lives are questions, not many take the time to answer. [Read more…]

How We Got the Old Testament, and why we can trust it as the Word of God

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The Old Testament, How we got it, why we can trust itThe Old Testament makes up a large section of our Bibles, but though many people are familiar with the first part of it with the stories of Creation and the early characters in Biblical history, many people stop there.

Unfortunately also is the idea many people have of the Old Testament is that it is a collection of ancient stories and fables and not something based on true history that can be objectively verified. [Read more…]