The Bible

1. How many books does the Bible contain?

1.1. The Catholic Bible is composed of the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament.

2. Name some of the books of the Bible?

2.1. Old Testament: Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Joshua Judges Ruth New Testament: Matthew Mark Luke John

3. Who are the ‘authors’ of the Bible or who wrote the books of the Bible?

3.1. Amos: The book of Amos Daniel: The book of Daniel David: Psalms (Other authors wrote portions of Psalms as well) Ezekiel: The book of Ezekiel Ezra: The book of Ezra Habakkuk: The book of Habakkuk Haggai: The book of Haggai Hosea: The book of Hosea Isaiah: The book of Isaiah Jeremiah: 1st and 2nd Kings, Lamentations, the book of Jeremiah Joel: The book of Joel Jonah: The book of Jonah Joshua: The book of Joshua Malachi: The book of Malachi Micah: The book of Micah Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Nahum: The book of Nahum Nehemiah: The book of Nehemiah Obadiah: The book of Obadiah Samuel: (Samuel is believed to have written 1st and 2nd Samuel, Ruth, and Judges) Solomon: Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Song of Solomon Zechariah: The book of Zechariah Zephaniah: The book of Zephaniah New Testament: James: The book of James John: Gospel of John, 1st John , 2nd John, 3rd John, Revelation Jude: Book of Jude Luke: Gospel of Luke, Acts of the Apostles Mark: Gospel of Mark Matthew: Gospel of Matthew Paul: Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, Philemon (possibly the book of Hebrews) Peter: 1st and 2nd Peter

4. Students identify a person, event, truth or a belief that inspires them in their lives and explain how they are inspired by them?

4.1. While the actual nature of life after death is not physically known, I believe that many spiritual experiences in this life help to give some idea of what eternal life will be like. When we die I believe that our souls are lifted into heaven. Heaven is a peaceful and gentle place where everyday we are met by the nature of God, and the only way to get to heaven is by living a good Catholic life through following God's commandments and confessions of sins.

5. How was Paul inspired to write many letters to the Christian communities he established.

5.1. Back story: A light from heaven flashed around soul. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”. “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” Saul couldn’t see, eat or drink for t days. After those 3 days scales shedded from his eyes and he could see again, he was blessed with the holy spirit and was baptised. Christian Community: There was a very large community in Antioch, and when Saul went there he understood that there was an opportunity for him to preach the new message that he had come to understand as a result of his own experiences with Jesus.

6. Is the Bible the inspired word of God

6.1. The bible is the inspired word of God as it conveys that everybook within the bible Biblical divine inspiration is defined as the work of the Holy Spirit by which, their personalities and literary or human faculties, God so guided the authors of Scripture to enable them to write exactly the words which convey his truth to man kind, and in doing so preserved their judgements from false judgments and showed them truth and what must be followed to achieve heaven.

7. When was the Bible written?

7.1. The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC.

8. How many years did it take to write the Bible?

8.1. The books of the Bible were written at different times by different authors over a period of approximately 1,500 years

9. What does God have to do with the Bible?

9.1. The bible is a collection of miracles and stories of god and his creations as well as conveying god's will

10. Inspiration through "The Fault in our Stars"

10.1. Inspired by Esther Earl, a friend of TFIOS author John Green who died of thyroid cancer at age 16. Teenager Esther Earl, died of thyroid cancer in 2010 and was a significant part of author John Green's inspiration for Hazel.

11. Reflection Upon: 1 Thessalonians 2: 13

11.1. We received the word of God, not as any thing fabricated by man, but as coming immediately from God himself, we being only his messengers to declare what he had previously revealed to us. And we have had the fullest proof that we have not believed in vain; for that the word, under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit, has worked most powerfully in us, filling us with light, life, and holiness.