Bible Reading Plan

Well ... tomorrow, I'm going to embark on reading through the Bible in a year ... anyone else interested in joining me?

Here's the plan that I'm going to use ... it's the one found in the ESV Study Bible in the back ... with this printout, you can make it into bookmarks to put in your Bible ... you can also get the plan sent to you in a number of ways by going to this link ...

With this plan there are four readings each day, divided into four main sections:

• Psalms and Wisdom Literature;
  
• Pentateuch and the History of Israel;
  
• Chronicles and Prophets; and
  
• Gospels and Epistles.

The introduction explains:

In order to make the readings come out evenly, four major books of the Bible are included twice in the schedule: the Psalms (the Bible's hymnal), Isaiah (the grandest of the OT prophets), Luke (one of the four biblical Gospels), and Romans (the heart of the Bible's theology of salvation).

The list of readings from the Psalms and the Wisdom Literature begins and ends with special readings that are especially appropriate for the opening and closing of the year. The list of readings from the Pentateuch and the History of Israel proceeds canonically through the five books of Moses and then chronologically through the history of the OT, before closing the year with the sufferings of Job. The list of readings from the Chronicles and the Prophets begins with the Chronicler's history of the people of God from Adam through the exile, followed by the Major and Minor Prophets, which are organized chronologically rather than canonically.

The Gospels and Epistles are largely grouped according to authorship; first, the writings of Luke (in the Gospel of Luke) followed by the book of Acts, then the letters of Paul (from Romans through Philemon); next Matthew, followed by Hebrews (both of which seem to have been written to largely Jewish-Christian audiences); then Mark, which was probably based on the experiences of Peter, followed by Peter's own letters; then a repeat of Luke and Romans; finally, James and the writings of John (including the Gospel of John, the epistles of John, and Revelation).

**** If that one doesn't work for you, there are a lot of other plans that can be found at this link ... pick one that works ... you can have the readings sent to you each day in a variety of ways ...