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Yvon Prehn's Bible Blog

Bible-related commentary by Yvon Prehn, founder and primary content creator for Bible805.

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Giving up your life for your family and friends—not for heroes only

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True heros
You may not feel like a hero when you take that one more step you need to take–but all of heaven is cheering you on!

Sometimes someone gives their life for others in an incredibly heroic way as when Corey Comperatore, without a moment’s hesitation when he heard shots, threw his wife and daughter down and covered them with his body. I suspect his heroism was not new, but had been built up bit by bit in moments of his life that were not on public display. When it was needed, he acted out of who he was and we rightfully celebrate his actions.

Headlines, media reports, and history celebrate and will remember him. Rightfully so.

We need to remember heroism isn’t limited to actions that merit headlines in earthly media. That doesn’t mean that everyday acts of sacrifice, of giving up your life in little ways, in saying “no” to what you want or want to do, in donating something you need, in choosing to live a life that serves others instead of a constant focus on what entertains you or your family is not noticed or recorded.

Imagine heaven has a newsletter and these are the headlines—

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“Pastors are tired” – a help for that and yet, what do you expect?

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Dog-tired in ministry
Are you tired in ministry? Here is a resource that will help.

“Pastors are tired” has been a recent headline in several ministry communications. When I read it, I had two conflicting thoughts that I’ll share. Be warned, the first is a bit grumpy, but it is followed by what I hope is a compassionate and helpful resource (stick around for that, it’s worth it). [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…]

The antidote to becoming monstrous—God’s Word, plus challenges from the movie, Zone of Interest

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Read the Bible in Chronological Order
The most important thing to build into your life is God’s Word. Here are resources to help you do that.

Intro note: The content here may seem an overly intense way to encourage you to read through the Bible in Chronological Order, which Bible805 (https://wp.me/pazrJD-OO) has a variety of ways for you to do but we are living in a time when truth seems to have lost its connection with objective reality in the minds of many and a simple encouragement to read through your Bible didn’t seem like enough.

 Times are tragic when now truth for many is defined by whatever social media we follow or whatever we tell ourselves is true.

Jesus succinctly summed up our situation when he said, “You are in error, because you don’t know the Scriptures.” Truth, goodness, and beauty, the truly good life, and salvation are all found in the Scriptures, in God’s Word. Truth is not humanly generated and when we forget that, when we listen to an authority other than God’s Word to guide our lives, life does not go well. The following example, inspired by the movie, Zone of Interest, though extreme, I pray will be instructive and motivating for you to consider. A PODCAST and VIDEO follow, then the text of them, and recommended resource links are at the end of this article. 

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The challenging faith of Alexi Navalny, who “did as required by the instructions and did not betray the commandment”

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Alexei Navalny marching in 2017 Watching the final events of Alexi Navalny’s life, I couldn’t help but wonder why he did what he did and how he had such obvious peace and courage as he did it.

Russel Moore quoted him in a recent article and in it, Moore emphasized Navalny’s courage to stand alone.

Though admirable, I found another aspect of the quote, which I’ll discuss following it more challenging to me and to all who read and take to heart the values emphasized here on Bible805, which are to know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible.

Following is the quote and my comments. [Read more…]

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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.

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Challenges from home renovation on how to be a good worker for Jesus

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construction worker
When we hire someone to do a construction project we expect a good job and for the job to be finished—as our Lord does in the work we are given from Him.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Col. 3:17

Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Rev 3:2

Our life experiences can help us understand teachings in the Bible in both encouraging and challenging ways. I’m in the midst of one of them as we are in a huge repair and renovation project of our almost 50-year-old mobile home. [Read more…]

Clean Monday, a challenge to recommit to Lent and a focus on becoming like Jesus

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Clean Monday is a time to recommit to Lenten practices“Clean Monday” is an intriguing label isn’t it?

I thought so when it came across my internet feeds. I like the idea of starting the week, clean and right before God and people. That’s a useful thought anytime but I was ignorant that today is Clean Monday, the first day of Great Lent, as Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox refer to the Lenten season. For those of you who have been observing Lent in various ways in the Western church, you are a little over halfway through your Lenten observation this year–following is some encouragement to get you through it. [Read more…]

FREE, downloadable Lenten Journal with short inspiring quotes, verses, and a place for you to record your thoughts and prayers

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Cover image of Lenten Journal
Download the free PDF by clicking on the image.

To go along with the series of daily, less than 60-second videos that I’m posting on TikTok, YouTube, the Bible 805 Facebook page (and possibly some other places), here is a free, PDF that has the quotes and verses shared, plus a place for you to record your thoughts and prayers.

Lent is a great time to reset our lives, to focus our prayers and life on becoming more and more what the Lord wants us to be.

My prayer is that it will be a life-changing and growing time for us all. Please use this PDF to make the most of it in your time with the Lord.

Download the free PDF by clicking on the image.

Paul’s Prison Letters, Pity party or extraordinary focused witness? Lesson on Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

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Paul’s Prison Letters Pity party or extraordinary focused witness?How do we act when bad things happen to us?

We always have a choice—we can retaliate; we can throw a pity party; we can blame others. Or we can trust God no matter what and try to respond in a way He wants us to.

In what are called the “Prison Epistles,” Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, we’ll look at how the Apostle Paul responded in a very difficult situation. This lesson about them is much more than a history lesson about Paul because what we do, how we respond to challenging situations is the clearest evidence possible of what we truly believe and WHO we truly believe in. [Read more…]