Bible podcasts, videos, blogs, printables, and more to help you know, trust, and apply the Bible.

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On this site you’ll find Bible podcasts, videos, blogs, printables, and more to help you know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible. For FREE downloadable, editable, no attribution required teaching resources based on the content of this site, go to www.Bible805Academy.com.

The imperative of application whenever we read or listen to God’s Word

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Always apply the BibleIn many ways, the most important of the four goals of Bible805 (for you to know, trust, apply and teach the Bible) is for you to APPLY the Bible. Though application comes last in our progression of how first we need to KNOW what it says, then TRUST it is God’s Word, and finally to APPLY it, without application, knowledge and trust alone do little to change our lives and serve as a witness to our world. If we aren’t applying it, we certainly cannot teach it with integrity. [Read more…]

The Prophetic Books, little understood, incredibly important, an introduction

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Prophetic books lessonWhen people think of the Old Testament prophets, most often two areas come to mind:

First, most people think of the prophecies of Jesus’ coming, and though that is important and a significant validation of the truth of the Christian faith, only 2% of prophecies are about the coming of Jesus. [Read more…]

Solomon, a wasted life and how to make yours count

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Lesson on Solomon, a wasted life After studying the life of David, we couldn’t have a greater contrast between his life as a man “after God’s own heart,” and what we find in his son Solomon. [Read more…]

David, great goodness and great sins, yet always a man after God’s own heart

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David, great goodness and great sins, always a man after God's own heartThe Bible calls David, a man “after God’s own heart.” This phrase is part of a sermon of Paul’s in Acts 13:22—where he is talking about the history of Israel, and Paul says, “After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ [Read more…]

Samuel and Saul, the importance of listening to God & how to do it

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Have you recently had someone say to you, “You aren’t listening to me?”

Most of us have. Maybe we weren’t paying attention, or maybe we didn’t want to hear what we knew someone was going to say. [Read more…]

Judges & Ruth, My Way or God’s Way, how to live the best way

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Judges and Ruth, lesson, podcast, video, and notesThere is a popular song that boasts “I did it my way!” Though it sounds appealing, is this really the best way to live?

We’re going to look at around 400 years of history when an entire nation decided to do it their way in our lesson on…..Judges & Ruth, My Way or God’s Way, how to live the best way. [Read more…]

How to Correctly Understand & Apply Bible Stories & Biblical Narratives

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How to Understand Biblical NarrativesWhat is the purpose of the stories in the Bible?

If someone does something that seems a bit odd like Gideon setting out a fleece to determine God’s will or the Children of Israel walking around the walls of Jericho to conquer it— [Read more…]

The Book of Joshua, 9 Lessons on how to fight and win in the battles of life

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Joshua, 9 ways to fight and win in the battles of lifeIf you are having a hard time in your Christian life, this lesson will teach you 9 lessons on how to fight and win, and the first step to winning the battles of life is to realize you are in a battle.

Many Christians today are surprised when bad things happen because they thought it was going to be easy and an unending series of blessings when they became a Christians. But the reality is very different. [Read more…]

Deuteronomy, where rules become joyful reality in our lives

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Deuteronomy, joyful realityIn this book, the last of the five books of Moses that make up the Pentateuch, Moses preaches a final series of sermons to the people who are about to enter the Promised Land.

There is a lot to talk about, but in this lesson, we’ll discuss three areas: [Read more…]

The book of Numbers—Bad Choices, Tragic Consequences, and how Spiritual Disciplines Can Help Avoid Them

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Book of Numbers, bad choices and how spiritual disciplines can help avoid themWe’re in the book of Numbers as we read through the Bible and it is a pivotal book we can learn from, not only in what happened to the Children of Israel in this book but also what we can learn from it on how to deal with challenging situations. [Read more…]

The Backstory of Jesus—Old Testament tabernacle, sacrifices, and festivals—foundation for understanding the rest of the Bible

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The Backstory of Jesus, the tabernacle, sacrifices, festivalsEvery sport, hobby, or special interest has insider terms and history and the more you know the back story of them the more you’ll understand and enjoy the activity. —

The Bible is no different—the more you understand the foundational items in the first 5 books of the Bible, what we call the Pentateuch, the more the rest of the Bible will make sense. [Read more…]

The Old Testament Laws, Why read them, How to understand them, and Apply them today

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The Old Testament Laws, how to read, understand, applyWhen most people get into the books of Old Testament Laws, especially in Leviticus and Numbers, with all the odd and obscure laws and regulations, they bail out.

And why shouldn’t they? What do these laws and regulations have to do with us today? [Read more…]