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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.

Practical Ministry

Practical Ministry materials
This selection of blogs and the Ministry Miscellany podcast was created to pass on tips, strategies, advice, and resources from my past ministries.

This is a new section for the Bible805 ministry, and the Ministry Miscellany Podcast goes along with it. It consists of tips, strategies, and resources for people who teach the Bible.

I'm doing it because, though a few detours have taken place, the primary activities of my life have been teaching the Bible, involvement with my church, and Christian ministries. I am incredibly, humbly, and joyfully grateful for the life and many, many ministry experiences the Lord has given me, and though I hope the Lord gives me many more years to serve Him (my grandmother taught Sunday School class into her 90s), I have already been at this long enough that I have some suggestions that might be helpful, some ministry advice that might be encouraging, and some resources that I've found helpful.

I feel the Lord wants me to pass them on. They are humbly offered with no claim of expertise or guarantee of success. Most is offered for free--only my personally authored books have a cost. Also, the Bible805 ministry takes no advertising, nor do I participate in any affiliate marketing schemes where I would get paid for promoting something. There are no hidden agendas for anything I tell you about.

I'll post the availability of new material here along with the podcast and on the Lion's Voice, the Bible805 Ministry newsletter.

Updated for 2026–Tools to help you and your people read through the Bible in the coming year

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Tools to help your people get into the Bible in the coming year.
Tools to help your people get into the Bible in the coming year.

Quick links to tools to help you read thru the Bible in the coming year

Through the Bible in Chronological Order Reading Plan, schedules and journal pages: https://bible805.com/through-the-bible-in-chronological-order-schedules-and-journal-pages/

Free eBook, Not Safe, But Good, with additional motivation for reading in Chronological Order and Reading Schedules:

ALL NEW–START HERE, a plan for curious people to begin reading the Bible, a new paperback book with a shorter reading plan, 11 books in the New Testament to introduce you to the Bible and the Christian faith: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4W9YW5Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

FREE downloads (no ads, all legal, I give you permission to show them) of the videos mentioned below:
https://bible805academy.com/collection/read-your-bible-in-chronological-order [Read more…]

A free and easy way to share the Gospel message this Christmas season

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8.5 x 11 size Christmas Evangelism PDFs images_Page_2
A Christmas letter that explains the true meaning of Christmas is an essential outreach tool for your Christmas events.

We want our people to share their faith and this communication gives them an easy and non-threatening way to do it. One year, I posted the material below on our Adult Sunday School Class website and gave out a sample to our adult class. I printed the black and white image on a blue parchment-type paper. I encouraged them to go to the website and print it out for their Christmas letters and to share with friends. You are welcome to copy any or all of it and you can put them on your church or class website for your people to share.

Below the sample that I shared with my class are some color versions, spot-color separations, and versions that are in a tri-fold brochure format. All of these are available in two ZIP files at the end of this article. This letter/brochure or any other piece that clearly explains the reason for Christmas and the meaning of salvation in Jesus is essential for your church to share at all your holiday outreach events. Jesus came to save us from our sins, not to give us reasons to buy stuff or even so we can have wonderful family celebrations. We need to be clear about the true Christmas message to people who may only come to our church at this time of year–this piece gives you an easy and effective way to do it. [Read more…]

PLEASE READ–This site is in TRANSITION, all is FREE and only correct newsletter link is here!

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I apologize for the trouble and confusion the next few months may cause as Bible805 shifts to new ways to serve you.

Two significant changes are of primary importance:

#1 EVERYTHING, every resource from Bible805, the Bible805 Academy, and Bible805 Images is now FREE ! It will take me some time to update the current free status of items that previously had a change—but be assured if you go to the following sites—EVERYTHING is free:

www.Bible805.com
www.Bible805Academy.com
www.Bible805images.com [Read more…]

Teaching tip: Be careful of personal illustrations—keep the focus on Jesus and the Word

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Child and Bible
Your family may be a wonderful source of illustrations, but the best source is the Bible itself.

Popular advice on preaching and teaching advises that the teacher scatter into their lesson illustrations from their lives to make their message more relatable.

Doing that may have some value, but it also has some pitfalls that may lessen the impact of your message or lesson. Following are three reasons why this might be the case and some advice on what to use instead of personal illustrations. [Read more…]

Make the Bible805 Academy Lessons Your Own! How to edit the PowerPoints

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Please note: EVERYTHING on the Bible805 Academy is FREE. I used to charge in the past, but no longer do, so if you see something that says there is a charge, just ignore it–ALL IS FREE and many, many people from around the world have taken advantage of this–that’s why it was created and I pray many more will use the materials also!

ONE MORE THING, 2-21-2026–I need to update this video, but most of it is still useful, so I’m keep it up here until I get a chance to do a newer one.

The Bible805 Academy was created so that YOU can have the resources needed to teach the Bible and this video shows you one way to do that. To help you teach in whatever way works for you, the Bible805 Academy (https://www.Bible805Academy.com) has the video and audio versions of the lesson without ads or distractions, plus the original PowerPoint files that you can edit, plus notes, questions, and infographics that go with the various lessons. Following is a video that shows you briefly how to edit the PowerPoints. Below it more information on how to make the materials your own.

You can also remove my name from the lessons. I do not need you to credit me–my goal is to give you quality, well-researched, and tested resources to help you teach the Word of God.

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A short lesson on Typology from the Book of Hebrews

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Typology explains in the Book of HebrewsTypology, the teaching that the Old Testament prefigured events in the New Testament is an important concept to understand as you read your Bible. It’s important because when we see how God has worked out the same plan for salvation history over thousands of years it can give us hope and confidence in our faith and trust in the future God has prepared for us. He did that by showing a type (a preview) of an important truth in the past, that was later fulfilled in reality in the future.

For example, one of the most well-known examples of typology is that in the Old Testament, they sacrificed lambs because of people’s sins. But offering them only covered up their sin until Jesus came to be the final sacrifice and eternally took away our sins. The video that follows will help explain this in more detail.

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What the gospels tell us about the Trinity, why it isn’t difficult, but extremely important to understand

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What the Gospels tell us about the TrinityIt’s common to hear, even from those who seem very knowledgeable about the Christian faith and the Bible that “the Trinity is very hard to understand” or that “the Trinity is a mystery,” or a similar statement.

I STRONGLY disagree! Our God wants us to know Him and understand Him and I don’t believe the essential doctrine of the Trinity is difficult when it is explained correctly and supported from what the Bible clearly teaches. That’s what this lesson attempts to do, using clear explanations and infographics, available as free downloads. Many people have found it helpful and I trust you will also.

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How to Understand the Apocalyptic Passages in the Bible

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How to Understand Apocalyptic PassagesWhen we read through the Prophets in the Old Testament, particularly when we get to Ezekiel and Daniel we are introduced to fantastic images, whirling wheels, fantastic beasts, and world-shaking prophecies. This type of writing is what is known as “apocalyptic” and it’s useful to take some time to understand this type of writing, this genre in the Bible to understand the books that contain it. [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…]

Resources to help you to read, listen to, and TEACH OTHERS through the Bible in the coming year

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Resources to help you learn and teach through the BibleI truly believe that getting to know your Bible well by reading it in Chronological Order is THE MOST important thing you can do in the coming year and every year, not only for yourself, but for those you care for in your small groups, classes, or other ministry groups—I now have something for you. [Read more…]

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…]

Bible Study Tools of YouVersion Bible App, BibleGateway, BlueLetter Bible, Precept Austin, and Wikipedia

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Online Bible Study ToolsDo you wish you had more time for Bible study? Either for yourself or for when you prepare to teach?

Do you wish you were able to understand the Greek and Hebrew words of the original manuscripts? [Read more…]