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Jeff Cavins

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1452 total appearances

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The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

Sure, yeah. You know, there was a time where I didn't know really how to read the Bible, and I started in Genesis and thought, well, I'm going to go to Revelation, and at the end, I'm just going to say, man, that was an amazing story. You know, what's next? But I lost my interest in it, trying to read it through in chronological order, at least, and so...

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

Sure, yeah. You know, there was a time where I didn't know really how to read the Bible, and I started in Genesis and thought, well, I'm going to go to Revelation, and at the end, I'm just going to say, man, that was an amazing story. You know, what's next? But I lost my interest in it, trying to read it through in chronological order, at least, and so...

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

Sure, yeah. You know, there was a time where I didn't know really how to read the Bible, and I started in Genesis and thought, well, I'm going to go to Revelation, and at the end, I'm just going to say, man, that was an amazing story. You know, what's next? But I lost my interest in it, trying to read it through in chronological order, at least, and so...

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

What we have put together in the Great Adventure Bible and the studies is we have made the difficult simple. And that's really the key to understanding the Bible is take this incredibly complex book, and it's written over a few thousand years, and make it simple. so that people can understand it. And so what we did is we divided the Bible up, as you said, into 12 periods.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

What we have put together in the Great Adventure Bible and the studies is we have made the difficult simple. And that's really the key to understanding the Bible is take this incredibly complex book, and it's written over a few thousand years, and make it simple. so that people can understand it. And so what we did is we divided the Bible up, as you said, into 12 periods.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

What we have put together in the Great Adventure Bible and the studies is we have made the difficult simple. And that's really the key to understanding the Bible is take this incredibly complex book, and it's written over a few thousand years, and make it simple. so that people can understand it. And so what we did is we divided the Bible up, as you said, into 12 periods.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And then out of the 73 books, not all books are equal. They're all inspired, but they don't all do the same thing. There are certain books that are narrative. There are certain books that are prophetic, certain books that are poetry, apocalyptic, all kinds of different genres.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And then out of the 73 books, not all books are equal. They're all inspired, but they don't all do the same thing. There are certain books that are narrative. There are certain books that are prophetic, certain books that are poetry, apocalyptic, all kinds of different genres.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And then out of the 73 books, not all books are equal. They're all inspired, but they don't all do the same thing. There are certain books that are narrative. There are certain books that are prophetic, certain books that are poetry, apocalyptic, all kinds of different genres.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

So what we are doing is picking out the 14 narrative books, as you will be reading through those 14 books in the next year. But you are going to be expertly putting the other 59 books in the historical context. And so When you're reading one of the 14 narrative books, you're also going to be throwing in, for example, the Psalms or the Prophets when they speak.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

So what we are doing is picking out the 14 narrative books, as you will be reading through those 14 books in the next year. But you are going to be expertly putting the other 59 books in the historical context. And so When you're reading one of the 14 narrative books, you're also going to be throwing in, for example, the Psalms or the Prophets when they speak.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

So what we are doing is picking out the 14 narrative books, as you will be reading through those 14 books in the next year. But you are going to be expertly putting the other 59 books in the historical context. And so When you're reading one of the 14 narrative books, you're also going to be throwing in, for example, the Psalms or the Prophets when they speak.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And this will be an incredible tool for people to get a taste of these books that up till now are sort of a mystery. You'll give them a place to live and to be understood. So that's what we're going to be doing. And And when we look at the early world, you're going to be reading for five different days and going through the first 11 chapters of Genesis.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And this will be an incredible tool for people to get a taste of these books that up till now are sort of a mystery. You'll give them a place to live and to be understood. So that's what we're going to be doing. And And when we look at the early world, you're going to be reading for five different days and going through the first 11 chapters of Genesis.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And this will be an incredible tool for people to get a taste of these books that up till now are sort of a mystery. You'll give them a place to live and to be understood. So that's what we're going to be doing. And And when we look at the early world, you're going to be reading for five different days and going through the first 11 chapters of Genesis.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And that is the beginning of our entire journal, is the first five books of Genesis. And we give it a color, turquoise, because it reminds us of the Earth viewed from space. If you were to go way up there, you know, in space, look down, you see this beautiful turquoise ball. And that reminds you of creation.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And that is the beginning of our entire journal, is the first five books of Genesis. And we give it a color, turquoise, because it reminds us of the Earth viewed from space. If you were to go way up there, you know, in space, look down, you see this beautiful turquoise ball. And that reminds you of creation.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And that is the beginning of our entire journal, is the first five books of Genesis. And we give it a color, turquoise, because it reminds us of the Earth viewed from space. If you were to go way up there, you know, in space, look down, you see this beautiful turquoise ball. And that reminds you of creation.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And so when you look at Genesis 1 through 11, there is going to be an awful lot at the very, very beginning. And what you're going to encounter in these first five days is you're going to encounter themes, right? and patterns which are going to be revisited as you read throughout the year. It might be in June or it might be in September that you're going to think, wow, I've been here before.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Start Here: Introduction to the Early World (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)

And so when you look at Genesis 1 through 11, there is going to be an awful lot at the very, very beginning. And what you're going to encounter in these first five days is you're going to encounter themes, right? and patterns which are going to be revisited as you read throughout the year. It might be in June or it might be in September that you're going to think, wow, I've been here before.