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How we got the New Testament, Part One—History that proves WHEN it was written

October 6, 2022 by bible805

Many 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?

These are important questions, and we need to answer them correctly (and spoiler alert—the New Testament was written within a very short time after Jesus’ life by eyewitness writers) not only to answer critics but to answer our internal doubts and fears.

In this lesson, we approach the topic objectively and historically to show you specifically through internal and external evidence WHY we have early dates for the writing of the scriptures. It’s a fun and fascinating lesson that will leave you with increased assurance and peace that you can know and trust the facts of your faith.

Following is the podcast, video, PDF of the chart included in the video, a transcript of it follows the chart:

The Bible805 Academy has a complete teaching module of the class including all the materials here including the video without the YouTube distractions. CLICK HERE to go to it.

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The Time Between the Testaments, and what to do when God seems silent

September 30, 2022 by bible805

Time Between the Testaments in the Bible — The New Testament opens with a very different world than we left in the Old Testament and this lesson will tell you all about it.

In 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.

As interesting as the writing of these two collections are (and they are fascinating—so be sure to check out the lesson on them) much more was going on at this time in between the Testaments and if we aren’t aware of it, it can be a rather jarring when we finish reading the Old Testament and jump into an entirely different world in the New Testament where Judea is now controlled by Rome politically and has the new religious groups—the Sadducees and the Pharisees.

How all these changes happened and who these new religious leaders will be covered in this lesson.

In addition, this time is often referred to as “The Silent Years” and we’ll look at why that description isn’t entirely accurate along with advice for what we need to do when it seems that God is silent in our lives.

This is the third lesson in our series on How We Got our Bibles and the next lesson is on How We Got the New Testament.

Click on the images below to download PDFs of the NOTES, charts, and the eBook talked about in this lesson

Following is a transcript of the lesson.

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How We Got the Bible—an essential foundational series for reading the entire Bible

September 24, 2022 by bible805

Study your Bible — Learn how we got the Bible and you can better trust what you learn in it.

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. Bible805 will start a series of weekly lessons on that again in Janurary 2023. I have lots of materials on this site on related lessons from the past, but between now and then, I have a series of foundational lessons.

Before we start reading through the Bible

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Videos of Bible805 Lessons—for you to use to teach the Bible

September 24, 2022 by bible805

Would like to teach the Bible? The resources of Bible805 are available for you to be able to do that!

There are two sources for videos of the Bible805 content, one is free and one is a paid source that allows you unlimited rights to show the videos in your church, homeschool, small group, Bible class or any other way you want to use them. The two sources are:

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For each of the podcast lessons, I’ll post a full-length video of that lesson on the Bible805 channel and it is a great place to view the content. Do subscribe to the channel as I also periodically post videos of additional content or short teaching and inspirational videos.

The videos on the YouTube channel serve as a preview of what is available as an extended teaching module on the Bible805 Academy.

Bible805 Academy

I created this additional source of the Bible805 videos , plus additional resources for those of you who want to download them and use them in your teaching or for additional study without the distractions of YouTube (though I am so thankful YouTube is there for me to post them free of charge).

In addition to an advertisement and distraction-free video, with rights for you to use it as you want, the lessons (for the newer ones, I’m catching up adding all resources to the older ones) on the Bible 805 Academy include:

A 1080p video
An MP3 audio file
PowerPoint file of the lesson
A PDF of Notes/Transcript of the lesson
A PDF of Questions on the lesson for individual study or group discussion
Two digital files of images and PR text you can use to promote the topic
Unlimited reproduction rights of the video and handouts within your church, group, ministry, or business.

These materials make a complete teaching package for you to adapt and use in whatever setting you want.

Each of the lesson modules is available for the extremely low price of $4.99 each or $36 for a year’s subscription of ALL the lesson modules available on the site because I want anyone, anywhere to be able to use these to teach others about God’s Word.

If even that price is too much for you if you are a small church or mission or for whatever reason, you don’t need to explain, simply email me at yvonprehn@gmail.com and I’ll give you a free subscription to it.

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“Haven’t you read?” A good reminder of what to do, when we don’t know if something is wrong or not

September 24, 2022 by bible805

Jesus mercy to Nicodemus and how we should act — Jesus kindly answered the questions of Nicodemus, a Pharisee, a man from the group that constantly criticized him. His actions are a great example to us of how we ought to treat others.

A thought from my daily Bible reading

How do you respond to people who think you are doing something wrong, even if you feel like it is perfectly OK to it?

Especially if that person or persons are in a position of authority or leadership, it can be challenging if you are condemned for doing what you feel is right to do.

At times like these, Jesus’ example in Matthew 12 is useful. Here is the situation—the disciples were traveling along, it was the Sabbath, and being hungry they ate some of the grain in the fields. Ever ready to pounce, the Pharisees who were watching accused them of breaking the Sabbath.

Jesus replied by saying “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?” Matt. 12:3-5.

The point of the passage—mercy is the appropriate response in the face of human need

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