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from Yvon Prehn to help you know, trust, and apply the Bible

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.

Yvon Prehn's Bible Blog

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

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The book of Romans, saved by grace alone; challenged to walk worthy 

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Romans is one of the most significant books in the Bible because it is a complete and systematic explanation of the Christian faith.

It is different than the other letters of the New Testament that were written to address specific problems in specific churches.

The focus in this book was to clarify the Christian faith and our salvation—to show from start to finish that it is by grace alone through faith alone, not adherence to Jewish laws, or human effort, that salvation is possible.

At the same time, it also clarifies God’s continuing expectations for those who have accepted His gift of salvation and challenges them to walk worthy. [Read more…]

What if the answer to exhaustion is not self-care? a challenge as we begin the New Year

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All eternity to celebrate what we do now for the Lord
Click on the image to download a FREE printable of this quote.

I recently read an overview of books entitled “How Christians are prioritizing faith and rest.” On the first reading, on the surface, it was a well-written, thoughtful article on the need for rest and reflection amid the currently busy and overburdened, frantic, and frustrating lives many of us live.

Who can argue with a need for that? [Read more…]

Bible805 Academy, a complete collection of resources to help you teach the Bible — now all the materials available are FREE or PWYW (pay what you want)

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In addition to helping you know, trust, and apply the Bible, I want to help you TEACH the Bible, so I created the Bible805 Academy. In short, the Academy will give you everything you need to teach the lessons I’ve taught you on the Bible805 website, podcasts, and videos. Following is a brief video introduction and below the video, more explanatory material.—

I created the Bible805 Academy, especially for people from small churches, church plants, churches, or groups that don’t have money or access to Bible teaching materials or the time to create their own. To make that even more possible I recently made the entire Academy materials FREE or PWYW (pay-what-you-want). [Read more…]

The cost of focus if we truly want to mature or accomplish anything of spiritual significance in our Christian lives

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Distraction of a cookie
A cookie can solve any problem when we’re a child; as we mature we need to learn to say no to the distracting equivalent of cookies in our lives.

Children are easily distracted.

A cookie can solve the most heartfelt tragedy; a toy can detract from a pinched finger; a hug can calm night terrors.

One of the characteristics of maturity is the ability to set aside distractions and focus on work that needs to be done. However, the reality for many of us is that as we get older, we don’t learn to focus better, we swap distractions.

The new distractions aren’t necessarily evil. They may include hobbies, vacations, time with family and friends, downtime, me-time, and many things done in the name of a “balanced life.”

But what if we want a significant life? What if we want to grow as Christians and truly pursue becoming like Jesus? What if we want to create a book, blog, video, or podcast that will enrich the kingdom of God? [Read more…]

Discipleship, What it means to follow Jesus

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What does it mean to be a disciple? One of the best definitions I’ve read recently came from Wikipedia where it said,

Disciple (Christianity) a fully formed disciple, [is] a living copy of Jesus.

“A living copy of Jesus” what a wonderful goal to aspire to!

The lesson today talks about how to become a disciple from Jesus first invitation to “follow me” to his final command to “go into all the world and make more disciples.”
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Infographic—the reliability of the Gnostic Gospels and Canonical Gospels compared

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Infographic Comparing NT Gospels with the Gnostic GospelsIn contrast to some of the extravagant claims by scholars and the popular press, the Gnostic Gospels do not have a fraction of the historical, textual, or really any kind of credibility that the canonical New Testament documents have. The infographic here clearly illustrates this.

Click on the image to download. You may share it however you want.

Click on the following  link to go to the full lesson on the topic: What isn’t in the New Testament—the Gnostic Gospels then, false gospels and deconstruction today

PRAY for and SHARE Bible805 with others

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Prayer for Bible805I recently shared a new way to financially support Bible805 (you can read more about that here), but there are additional ways to support the ministry that are also appreciated and enable us to help our world know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible!

The most important and first way is to support it with your prayers and second is for you to share the ministry with others. More on both follow. [Read more…]

A new way to financially support Bible805

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Donate Financially to Bible805In response to your kind requests for how you can financially support Bible805, after a lengthy search of various donation formats and systems, and trying some that didn’t work very well, I’ve decided on Kofi, (my site is https://ko-fi.com/bible805) which provides the most support and options for you as supporters, as well as providing a safe source for donations. You can give any amount you wish; one time or on a continuing basis, through a variety of ways including credit cards, Paypal, and others. [Read more…]

Join us reading through the New Testament this Fall–with a link to the free, downloadable schedule

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Hi, I’m Yvon Prehn with Bible805, and I’d like to invite you to join me as we go through the New Testament this fall. This is part of a project to help you read through the entire Bible that we started in January.

Following are links to schedules, explanatory videos, background material, and more for this exciting adventure

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The reasons behind the new chronological and thematic order for are reading the New Testament, plus the reading schedule

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New Testament Reading Schedule, free, downloadable
Click on the image to download 2 per-page PDF schedules.

This schedule for reading the New Testament is a continuation of our year-long project of reading through the Bible in Historical, Chronological Order. Following is a video and then below it a summary of the reasons for putting the content of the New Testament into this order. Click on the image to the left to download reproducible schedules.

Following is the explanatory video and more details follow it in the text.

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Why isn’t Bible805 a nonprofit? And how you can support it anyway

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Why isn't Bible 805 a nonprofitI am praying about this and possibly in the next few years will seek nonprofit status.

At present, I am working so hard and many hours to simply get the content for Bible805 out on a consistent basis. I don’t have time to do all the work required for nonprofit status and I also don’t have the extra filing fees it will take to get a nonprofit entity put together. I do however need and would greatly appreciate your support now. [Read more…]

A question about Purgatory and why it is not a true Biblical doctrine

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Answer to a question askedIntro note: The following was prompted by a question asked by one of the members of the Trust the Bible class I teach at my church. 

Question:

I have a question in regard to ‘Purgatory’, which is this: What is the biblical justification for said place, or idea? [Read more…]