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A Free Christmas flyer you can use for Christmas letters, flyers, however you want

December 1, 2022 by bible805

Free story that shares Jesus at Christmas — An easy way to share our most important message at Christmas about Jesus. Click the image to download the Zip file, click to open, and SHARE!

Note: I created this initially for my Effective Church Communications ministry (one of the associated ministries of the Bibleverse), but then I realized that it would be important to share with my Bible805 ministry because for all of us sharing the good news about Jesus is the most important thing we can do at this time of year and always.

This way of sharing the gospel has been used by thousands of churches through the years and I created 4 new designs this year, that you can download as PDFs, plus an MS Word file, and use in any way you want to share the Gospel of Jesus at Christmas. You can use them in these ways:

Personalize from your church with invitations to specific events on the back or links to more information about what it means to follow Jesus.
Print and give as a gift to members to share in Christmas letters, give to friends, and encourage them to use them.
Upload to your church or ministry website and freely share the link and encourage members to download and share either in print or in their own social media.
Use in your social media, newsletters, and anything that the church sends out.

Below are images of the PDFs and below that is a ZIP file that has the PDFs and the MS Word file. The text copy is also below the images if you want to copy and use it from there. Click on the images to see a larger version.

To download a PDF of the images above, plus an MS Word file of the content CLICK the following link: https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Christmas-Flyer-to-Share-Jesus.zip

To go to additional FREE Christmas Templates and past versions of this Christmas Letter: CLICK HERE

Here is a short motivational video–share it from YouTube to motivate others to use the flyer:

To download a PDF of the story to share Jesus, shown above, plus an MS Word file of the content CLICK the following link: https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Christmas-Flyer-to-Share-Jesus.zip
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A gift for you–free copy of Tetelestai, if the battle is finished, why is life so hard?

December 1, 2022 by bible805

“Tetelestai!” was the final cry of Jesus from the cross and it means, “it is finished.”

It is an extraordinary cry of victory and hope and this eBook (CLICK HERE or on the image to download it) will give you strength and encouragement to fight the battles of life. You have permission to make as many copies of the book as you want to share with others.

Though the word is often a part of sermons on the Easter message of salvation, there are many questions about it that this book explores and that are useful for any time of the year.

- Did Jesus really say “tetelestai”? (spoiler alert…He didn’t)
- What did he really say and what does it mean?
- What is finished?
- If the victory is won and the battle over, why is life so hard?
- And how should we live in this challenging time, between His resurrection and return considering what He said?

Download NOW, be strong, and continue to fight the daily spiritual battles we all face until our time on earth is finished.

3 tools to keep you from making mistakes as you read

November 14, 2022 by bible805

In our previous lesson, we looked at the big, theological word “Hermeneutics” that in summary means the guidelines we use to properly understand the Bible so that we can apply it in the way God wants it applied.

Instead of simply listing “Hermeneutical Principles,” guidelines to help us interpret things properly, which can be very helpful, but often don’t make a lot of sense out of context,

We looked at Jeremiah 29:11, the very popular verse 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 by applying hermeneutical principles of looking at the words in their original language, at the context of history, and context of the passage itself, and finally the tool of Principlizing we got a correct interpretation of it.

Please go HERE for the complete previous lesson.

In this lesson, here are THREE more Hermeneutical tools that will help us properly interpret the Bible

1. Understand genre—is it a comic book or a cookbook?

2. Beware of the hapax—passages or words mentioned only once

3. Embrace humility—we know so little and so many have gone before us, not one of us is the final authority or expert and so we apply this by using the tools given to us by others in the Body of Christ.

Following is a PDF of the notes (CLICK on it to download and print out) and then the Podcast and Video for the lesson. Please share freely.

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

November 6, 2022 by bible805

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.

Below are links to the podcast and video of the lesson.

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

October 28, 2022 by bible805

After 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.

When we see staid, serious, old-fashioned pictures of Bible translators we have no idea of their sacrifices and heroics involved in bringing us God’s Word as we have it today.

In this lesson we will talk about the history, but also how we got the translations we have, the value of listening to the Bible, and which translation is the best one for us for our study and application to our lives.

Below is the Podcast, video, a chart of Bible Translations, and notes of the lesson.

A SPECIAL BONUS: the image of the challenge from the lesson that “You are writing a gospel” is a downloadable, 8.5×11 PDF, free for you. CLICK on the image to download it. Other versions of the image, many sizes for print and social media use are available Bibleverse Shop at: https://payhip.com/b/lNHB7

The chart below is from the Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines and is not part of any sales but copied for educational purposes. Click on the chart to download it.
Chart of Bible Translations from Rose Publishing use for Educational Purposes

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