Bible podcasts, videos, blogs, printables, and more to help you know, trust, and apply the Bible.

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 of Basic Bible Teaching that will help make difficult subjects in the Bible easy to understand and apply. For FREE teaching resources based on the content of this site, go to www.Bible805Academy.com.

A most important announcement—Bible805 is now a legal nonprofit ministry and part of the Christian Ministries Alliance!

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For Bible805  to now be a legal, nonprofit ministry is an answer to many years of hard work and prayer. Please take time to read what follows for the background of it, all I’m doing now in it, and how you can help. Here is the official announcement of it:

Bible805 is a fiscally sponsored project of the Christian Ministry Alliance. The Alliance is a U.S. registered 501c3 tax-deductible charity with the Internal Revenue Service and has a Candid Platinum Seal (formerly GuideStar), the highest rating available for nonprofit transparency and accountability. [Tax ID: 46-3408177]

If you’d like to listen, I recorded it as a special edition of the Ministry Miscellany Podcast. Below is the audio recording–the rest of the blog continues after it:

In addition to live classes, for many years Yvon Prehn and Bible805 have created Bible-teaching materials, lessons, infographics, blogs, podcasts, and videos, and then made them all available for free (also editable and no attribution needed) to any church or ministry who wanted to use them anywhere around the world.

From Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, and China to all over the U.S., plus Canada, and so many other places, many have responded. I know I wouldn’t have received the response I have if I charged for the materials. They were created for churches in sometimes hidden places that had no resources, and without me advertising to any of them, it seems the Lord has honored it.

For those many years, the business my bi-vocational pastor husband and I had supported the Bible805 ministry and us. When the Lord suddenly took my husband home to heaven by an unexpected heart attack almost 2 years ago, I had to shut down the business, and I’ve lived on and supported the ministry from my savings. That is no longer possible.

I’ve worked very hard to make the Bible805 ministry a full-time, robust resource for both individuals to learn from and for anyone, any ministry, any church to be able to use, edit, repurpose the Bible lessons and related resources that I create. To see the results of my efforts, please check out the two videos here that are tours of the Bible805 website (www.Bible805.com), which has links to the lessons, podcasts, videos, and other resources and the Bible805 Academy (www.Bible805Academy.com) where you can see how churches can download, edit, modify and use them however they want to teach the Bible. These short videos will give you a good overview of what is available through the ministry.

Here are the links to them:

Tour of the Bible805 website: https://youtu.be/rWVv_V_ZqcQ?si=t1XK1ze7zh83Zppe      

Tour of the Bible805 Academy website: https://youtu.be/XXw8IH5ig-A?si=qhs7lgK7VzBLUpGz [Read more…]

Why you might have a tough time teaching the Bible today and how Bible805 can help

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I’m full of disclaimers and caveats, and I know that there are exceptions to everything I say that follows. I acknowledge there are many ways to teach and disciple, but the Bible805 content-intensive system of teaching is what’s worked for me for many years, and it has resulted in significant spiritual growth in people that have taken my Bible classes.

To explain how I’ve come up with the methods I use in Bible 805 to enable you to know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible, we’re going to look at two apostles: Peter and Paul, the radically different audiences they faced, and how they used different methods to reach them.

We’ll then look at similar situations that occur in our world, and I’ll share how I put together the Bible805 foundation for Bible teaching, which I’ve summarized into 7 Observations:

First is a podcast of the material and then the script for it:

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Clarifying the purpose of Bible805 and its part in the Great Conversation

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The Great Conversation is my term for the combined teachings of all followers of Jesus as we attempt to share Him with our world. I believe it’s important to clarify the place of Bible805 in all the other options you have for learning the Bible, for those of you using my resources so there are no unrealistic expectations.

To do that, I’ll first clarify what I mean by the Great Conversation and then what I believe is my part and the part of Bible805 in it. Below is the podcast and then the text of it.

The importance of understanding the Great Conversation                                     

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