from Yvon Prehn to help you know, trust, and apply the Bible
As I teach and interact with people in my Bible classes I’ve found many are confused about the Trinity and so I decided to revise and update my lessons on the Trinity that many have found helpful. These are not hard-to-understand, theological puzzles!
I don’t think God intentionally tries to confuse us, particularly about who He is, but many people simply don’t take the time to look in the Bible and explore what it clearly teaches. This series of lessons does that. [Read more…]
The Trinity is not a concept that is hard to understand, but the reality that describes our God who wants us to know Him. In this series of three lessons, you’ll learn all about it in a way that for many, makes sense.
In this lesson, we talk about how the Trinity is revealed throughout the ENTIRE Bible–if you haven’t looked carefully at this before (and most people haven’t) you’ll be in for some exciting discoveries. [Read more…]
The Trinity is not a concept that is hard to understand, but the reality that describes our God who wants us to know Him. In this series of three lessons you’ll learn all about it in a way that for many, makes sense.
In this lesson, we talk about the substance, or the characteristics that the three persons of the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all share. These are characteristics such as holiness, truth, love, all-power, and then we’ll talk about what these mean to us. [Read more…]
This is Part One of our study of the Trinity. In it I’ll clear up some basic misconceptions about the Trinity and hope to help you see that the Trinity isn’t something esoteric and difficult to understand, but that it is a clear description of the God we love and serve. [Read more…]
All readers of this blog and the subscribers to my newsletter are invited to download a free review of the book, the Trinity, an invitation to love, a pictorial quote collection.
It is a collection of images of quotes about the Trinity. Like the ones below. Click on the first image for a slide show of the quotes.
The book is 8.5 x 11, full-color, glossy finish on the prints, 50 pages, $15.99 on amazon.com.
It can be used as a book of inspiration and personal worship as you think about the wonder of our Triune God. In addition, it is a source of frameable quotes. The images are high quality, full-color, printed on glossy paper. I centered them on the front of the pages; they are blank on the back side; and you can cut them apart and use however you want!
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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…]
We all know that if we eat a constant diet of junk food, candy, and honestly delicious fast food, we probably won’t have a healthy body. We’ve got to eat a healthy diet and exercise if we want to all we can be to do all God wants us to do. And even more importantly to experience joy and peace in our lives that’s hard to do if we’re abusing our bodies.
The challenge is that to eat the right things isn’t nearly as easy as reaching for those little packets of cookies and chips and swinging through the drive-through. It takes work and planning for a consistently healthy diet and workout plan.
What we take in mentally and how we exercise it by putting what we learn into consistent practice makes a huge difference in our mental and spiritual health. [Read more…]
I apologize for the trouble and confusion the next few months may cause as Bible805 shifts to new ways to serve you.
#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:
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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…]
“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…]
Reading through the Bible in Chronological Order is one of the best ways to understand it and to help you grow in your Christian life.
Included in the downloadable eBook here (just click on the image to download it) are schedules in both dated and numbered formats in both full-page formats (for you to use in a notebook) and ones that you can print front and back-sided on one-page that you can fold in half and fit easily in your Bible. [Read more…]
It takes a tremendous amount of time to study and prepare lessons to teach the Bible. For pastors, and particularly missionaries and leaders of small churches, who must also do administrative, counseling, and financial tasks, carving out time to study is difficult.
With these groups in mind, I’ve made all the resources of the Bible805 Academy (www.Bible805Academy.com) completely FREE. In addition, you may edit the original PowerPoint files, the notes, questions, other parts of it. AND you can take off any attribution to me or Bible805. The only limitation is that you may not redo the materials and sell them.