One of the great answers we discovered the first video of this series is the assurance that Life after death is a great promise to those who believe in Jesus. Yet that assurance brings up another question that we will answer in this lesson which is: “What about those who have never heard of Jesus?” We have two more questions in this series,  “Why do innocent people suffer?” And along with that one “How can we comfort those (including ourselves) who suffer?” To go to the blog, notes, and questions: https://wp.me/pazrJD-Em --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

With this lesson we start the adventure of reading through the Bible in Chronological Order. It begins by reading Genesis and three days into it, we jump to the book of Job. We will talk about why we read these two books together and you’ll see how Genesis and Job lay the foundation for much of what we will read in the rest of the Bible by starting out with answers to the Big Questions of life— •       How did the world begin? •       Why are there troubles in this world? •       Is this all there is or is there life after death? God hasn’t left us alone to answer these questions and many more that trouble us in our quiet moments and worst nightmares, as we will learn in this lesson. The material on life after death is especially encouraging as you’ll see in a close analysis of an early very in Job. For the lesson, notes, links to the video on it, and more, go to: https://wp.me/pazrJD-DV --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

I truly believe that getting to know your Bible well by reading it in Chronological Order is THE MOST important thing you can do in the coming year and every year, not only for yourself, but for those you care for in your small groups, classes, or other ministry groups. However, even though I feel deeply about this and have created many resources for it, I realized I hadn’t been very clear on exactly what I’ve done, the resources I have, and how I can help you in this vital area. The podcast here is a description of the resources I have available to help you both do it for yourself and to teach others. Almost all are free, only one at a very low cost so think of them as one last gift of the holiday season that may make the greatest impact in your spiritual life and the lives of those you influence in the coming year. Links to them all are at  https://wp.me/pazrJD-Cq --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

We need a GPS, a global positioning system to help us live a life that pleases God. A GPS in our car or phone can give us directions because it is linked to a system of satellites orbiting the earth that can pinpoint where we are within 1 centimeter of accuracy. We might be lost or not know how to get from place to place where we are on earth. But a GPS system, far above us, can see the big picture and correctly guide us. The book of Proverbs gives us the view of what our behavior from God’s viewpoint should be like that we need when we get lost in the weeds of daily decisions. In this lesson, we’ll look at the book overall and then we’ll look at some specific situations in life that our world tells us to respond in one way, but the book of Proverbs gives us a different way to respond. Link to the Blog: https://wp.me/pazrJD-Ca --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

We may not think of Psalms as a book of the Bible about discipleship, but in reality, it is one of the most instructive books in the Bible to help us follow Jesus in all areas of life, which is the essence of being a disciple. Dallas Willard described discipleship in this way, We need to be clear in our heads about what discipleship is. My definition: A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do. A disciple is not a person who has things under control or knows a lot of things. Disciples simply are people who are constantly revising their affairs to carry through on their decision to follow Jesus. http://www.dwillard.org/articles/individual/rethinking-evangelism The key part of his definition that applies to our lesson is: “people who are constantly revising their affairs to carry through on their decision to follow Jesus. “ Psalms will help us see what that means as they show us how God’s people interact with Him in many areas of life—all areas of life—including those we don’t think God cares about. In this lesson, we’ll look at Psalms of Praise, Salvation History, Lament, and Imprecatory Psalms (these are the hard ones that call down judgment and curses on enemies). I’ll give examples of these specific types and THEN application suggestions and what we can learn from that Psalm for our walk with God and growth as Jesus’ disciples. Link to blog and notes/transcript: https://wp.me/pazrJD-C1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

On the Bible805 Bible Reading Schedule we are going through the Bible in Chronological order. You’ll notice that along with the longer passage each day is a Psalm or a chapter in Proverbs. In this short lesson, I’d like to take a few minutes to explain why we’re doing this. I’ll first explain how we are organizing the books of history and the prophets, and then why these books are different than the books that make up the chronological reading of the Bible, why it’s OK to put them where they are, and more than that, how reading them in this way will help you grow in your Christian life and encourage you on your journey. For links to the video and to download the chart of the Old Testament prophets, go to: https://wp.me/pazrJD-BT --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

Reading the Bible in Chronological Order is one of the most life-changing things you can do. It will strengthen your faith and help you grow as a disciple of Jesus. This lesson is an overview of the reasons why people don't read the Bible in chronological order and the benefits of reading it in chronological order. Go to the following link for the notes and link to the video on the lesson: https://wp.me/pazrJD-Bk --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

The word “advent” means arrival or coming, referring to the coming of Jesus to be born as a baby. Traditionally, we celebrate it by lighting candles, reading devotions, and preparing our hearts for Christmas. That’s all wonderful, but I there’s much more to the totality of Advent—when we look a little more closely at it—we find that the coming of Jesus, to save and dwell with his people, expands out both backwards and forwards from the beginning of time until the end of time. That’s what this lesson is about—Seven Miraculous Preparations for Jesus' Birth and Beyond that took, not 5 weeks, but thousands of years and that all came together in the birth of Jesus that happened, as the Bible says in “the fullness of time” (Gal. 4:4). It’s a fascinating lesson where we look at the history of the Jewish people and how God used their scattering throughout the world, the development of the Old Testament, of the Greek language, the Roman Roads and peace to prepare our world for Jesus. From looking at how did all these things we see how we can trust Him to care for us now and forever. Bible805 Website article on it, notes, and links: https://wp.me/pazrJD-Bb --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

Like many of you, I feel like I never have enough time to do all the study and preparation I would like for the Bible classes I teach. There is always one more resource, one more commentary, one more word study I wish I had time to look at. Though that frustration will most likely never totally go away in this earthly life, I have found some tools that enable me to do a much greater depth of study in a shorter time than I was able to in the past. This podcast is an overview of them and following are links to the videos that demonstrate the sites--do check them out, they will help you tremendously! www.Bible.com VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mYAleEkKtCA www.Biblegateway.com VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8OKIKgJikB8 www.BlueLetterBible.org VIDEO: https://youtu.be/jH8QizSzuGA www.preceptaustin.org VIDEO: https://youtu.be/eWmj63_zZVw www.wikipedia.org VIDEO: https://youtu.be/T7bafPXAM7c --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support

In this lesson, here are THREE Hermeneutical tools that will help us properly interpret the Bible 1. Understand genre—is it a comic book or a cookbook? 2. Beware of the hapax—passages or words mentioned only once 3. Embrace humility—we know so little and so many have gone before us, not one of us is the final authority or expert and so we apply this by using the tools given to us by others in the Body of Christ. We’ll go into each one and discuss how it will help us in our understanding of the Bible. Bible805: Link to blog with links to other resources https://wp.me/pazrJD-zX --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yvon-prehn8/support