Through the Bible

In 2019 we are going to go through the Bible Chronologically, which means we will be reading or listening to the content of the Bible in the order that the events took place, which is not the order they are in the Christian Bible. This way of taking in the content will help you understand the Bible in real history and the poetry, prophets, letters will make sense in a way they haven't before if you haven't gone through the Bible in this way.

Each Sunday, at 10:30 I'll be teaching a class at Orchard Community Church in Ventura, CA and after the class by sometime Sunday afternoon I'll have posted a podcast on the topic of the class (in most instances pre-recorded and containing more content than the class) and notes from the class on this website.

To download a schedule of the readings, CLICK HERE.

To go to the list of links where you can listen to the podcast, CLICK HERE.

To listen to the Truth and History Series, which is a great foundation for the podcasts and site, CLICK HERE.

Join us in this great adventure—you'll never be the same!

The last days of Israel and what they teach us about Truth, history, and the importance of obeying God

July 28, 2019 by bible805

Does it matter if the stories in the Bible really happened? Isn’t the important thing the spiritual truth taught in them?

It seems to be a common belief today that objective facts aren’t nearly as important as how we feel about our spiritual beliefs, but as you’ll learn today our Bible is based on historical realities and God cares very much about how we live our lives based on those realities.

To download the notes from this podcast, click on the following link: CLASS NOTES Fall of Israel

The complete notes are also below.

Jonah, about so much more than a fish

July 6, 2019 by bible805

Most people have heard about the story of Jonah and the whale, but did you know that the book also answers some big questions about the Christian life?

Some of the questions Jonah answers include:

What about people who haven’t heard the gospel if Jesus is the only way to God?
What is the consequence of sin in the life of a believer?
What do we do about bad people, or when people treat us badly? What does God expect from us as His people?

For answers to these questions and other scattered applications, let’s look at Jonah because it’s about so much more than a fish!

The notes are in this blog below the podcast link, but to download a PDF copy of the notes for this podcast, click the following link: NOTES on JONAH, about so much more than a fish!

Prophets & Kings Extraordinary lessons, seldom read

June 29, 2019 by bible805

Would you like to know God better?

Not just about God—but learning about the One with whom you will walk throughout eternity?

One of the best ways to get to know someone is to find out about their past—who were their friends, what was important to them, what moves them to tears or gives them joy.

Our God shows us all these things in the history of the kings after Solomon and in the messages of the prophets who preached during that time. But sadly few, even many committed Christians, take the time to read these books in the Bible, and even more to read the prophets in the historical times that they spoke—but during our next 14 podcasts that’s exactly what we are going to do!

Join us as we learn more about our God as revealed in these stories of Prophets and Kings!…extraordinary lessons, seldom read!

To download a PDF of the notes, click the following link: NOTES Prophet and Kings, extraordinary lessons, seldom readContinue Reading

Solomon—the uses and abuses of wisdom, power, and love

June 2, 2019 by bible805

What if you had EVERYTHING? Money, power, romance?

What would you do with it?

In this podcast, we’ll talk about Solomon, a man who had everything, who enjoyed and used it all but ended up a bitter, sad, old man, who destroyed the unity of his nation because he would not obey God.

We’ll look at his life, but more than that, we’ll end with a challenge that You can make a more eternally significant impact with your life than he did with all the wisdom, wealth, power and riches he had.

Below the podcast is a PDF of the notes and below that, the printed version of them.

Click the following link to download a PDF of the notes: NOTES Solomon—the uses and abuses of wisdom

David—great sins and great mercy but always a heart in the right place, part 2

May 17, 2019 by bible805

Have you ever felt you can’t forgive yourself or that you’ve don’t things so that God can never use you for anything significant?

If so I have great news for you!

We will continue our look at King David in today’s lesson. His sin with Bathsheba was only one of the serious sins in his life and yet, he ended his life forgiven and greatly used by God.

We’ll learn about God’s great forgiveness and love in our lesson today and how we can learn to forgive ourselves and press ahead to do things that will give our lives meaning and joy no matter what we’ve done.

Below the podcast is a PDF of the notes and following that the notes are printed out.

Click the following link to download the PDF of the notes: Notes for David, Part 2

Saul, the first king of Israel, lessons and challenges from his life

April 28, 2019 by bible805

How does it happen for a person to start out with every advantage—good looks, honor and a calling from God, a great family, but then die a self-pitying suicide? Saul, the first king of Israel, sadly answers that question in our lesson as we start the great adventure of studying the kings of Israel.

This week is a challenge and warning, but after this lesson on what not to do by looking at the life of Saul we will then study the life of David and Psalms and learn what it means to be a person after God’s heart. Below the podcast you can read the notes or print off a PDF.

Click the following link to download the notes from the podcast: Notes on Saul, the First King of Israel