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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.

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The Bible lessons on this site are the core, heart, and foundation of the Bible805 teaching ministry, whose purpose is to help you to know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible.

This site and ministry was designed to help both individuals do that and to equip and train those who want to teach the Bible.

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Why the Bible805 Chronological Bible reading schedule is in the order it is in and FREE copies of it for you to share

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Why this schedule for reading the Bible in Chronological OrderCommitting to reading the Bible in the coming year in chronological order is a significant time-consuming and spiritual decision. There are many schedules available for you to do that and I encourage you to make the most of any and all of them. However, the one I created for you from Bible805 is the result of much time, prayer, study, and revision from both the perspective of a Bible teacher and a trained historian. Following are a podcast, video, and a written transcript of the specific reasons why I organized the readings into the order that I did. [Read more…]

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

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Free story that shares Jesus at Christmas
 

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. [Read more…]

3 tools to keep you from making mistakes as you read

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3 to to keep you from making mistakes as you read the BibleIn 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. [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…]

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…]

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…]