JEFF CAVINS (Masters in Catholic Theology) The Bible Timeline

- God has a plan for sheer goodness. Hunger for God.

Comprehend Gods overall plan. You wont understand your own story unless you
understand your story through his eyes.

4 pillars:

1) First Pillar: The Creed: The Creed is actually following the plan of salvation in the Bible. (The
Plan)
2) Second Pillar: The Sacraments and Liturgy. How we get in to the picture, into the plan.
3) Third Pillar: Life in Christ. Personal Spirit. Spirituality. Intimacy with God.
4) Fourth Pillar: People: Ensures our churches standing.

When the titanic was played, young girls aged between 13-18 years of age went to watch the movie
more than four times. A survey was done to ask why, and apparently they wanted to go on a cruise to
find someone they can fall in love with just like Jack who loved Rose. Cruise tickets sky rocketed.

(The Bible is a library of 73 books). Its not in chronological order though. If you start at the beginning
and stop at the end, it will not help you understand the story. Gods story is accessible and he wants to
be known.

We are not people of the book, we are people of the word. Word of God is inspired. God in the author.
God inspired people to write scriptures.

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Interpretation of scripture.

1) Be attentive to the content and unity of the whole scripture.

2) Read scripture within
3)

a) Allegorical sense
b) Moral sense: How does it apply to my life?
c) Analogical sense: How does it relate to the future?